20 years ago, on September 5th 1998, Kiran and Philip Yocom first began providing in-home care services
Before coming to the United States from India, Kiran worked with Mother Teresa for 14 years. From her, she learned that “goodness always brings you blessings”. When Kiran met 78-year-old retired military nurse, Janette Reber, she saw she had […]
We are passionate about fresh food and traditional cooking with our clients. And we are very mindful of nutrition and personal tastes, so here’s a look behind the Ultra-processed food and Cancer risk headlines
Research conducted by the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort in Brazil and France was published in the BMJ 14/2/18. It gave rise to alarming headlines […]
“I’ll Huff and I’ll puff and I’ll close care homes and agencies down,” … said the big bad wolf to the social care sector.
The question is, who is the care sector’s big bad wolf? I loathe the word “industry”. The care of our elderly shouldn’t be a conveyor-belt monitoring until it is time for the […]
More than 80% of local authorities have reduced spending in real terms on social care for older people over the past five years, leading to reports of private companies that deliver care in the community handing back their contracts to local authorities as “undeliverable”.
As the Care Quality Commission (CQC) put it in a recent report, […]
The Government must robustly enforce the Equality Act and the Equality Duty to stop people with dementia being overlooked, forgotten, treated badly and discriminated against. By Pippa Kelly
When I heard that Wendy Mitchell had had her state funded personal independence payment (or PIP) taken away I could, sadly, believe it because I’d had much the same experience […]
Slow-cooker recipes 14 recipes tried, tested and tasted by
Over the last few months we have been working to raise awareness of the importance of older people eating well, and to provide suggestions for how friends and families can help to tempt even the frailest appetites.
In addition to discovering food memories, and creating predictable routine around […]
Boosting Appetite for someone with dementia
Has your loved one gone off meals? Perhaps they’ve lost confidence in the kitchen? As part of Carers Week, Seniors Helping Seniors provide some great suggestions on how to rekindle their interest. Seniors Helping Seniors are an at-home care service providing support for older people in areas like meal preparation, shopping, transportation and house […]
Malnutrition in the elderly is more common than you may think.
The Malnutrition Task Force is an independent group of experts across health, social care and local government united to address avoidable and preventable malnutrition in older people. We have started to work together because we see how dangerous a poor diet is for elderly people and most […]
Nicci Gerrard and Julia Jones founded John’s campaign 30th November 2014 and it affects over 850,000 people living with dementia in UK.
250 hospitals in UK have pledged to welcome carers of people with dementia whenever the patient needs them but that is far from the nationwide right it should be . NHS England has made […]
