Dealing with a narcissistic client as a live-in carer can be emotionally taxing but also rewarding when approached with the right strategies. ..
Date created: 17/01/2025
Caring for clients with spinal injuries requires skill, empathy, and support for both physical needs and emotional well-being to enhance quality of life...
Date created: 21/02/2025
Being a live-in carer is rewarding but mentally demanding, often leading to stress and isolation. Try these practical methods to maintain well-being and ensure compassionate care...
Date created: 14/02/2025
Live-in carers provide essential care and must know their employment rights, including pay, contracts, working hours, and legal protections..
Date created: 31/01/2025
Try these de-escalation techniques to handle client refusal of personal care while maintaining respect for their autonomy...
Date created: 10/01/2025
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While we all hope for a sweet, kind client, who is a delight to work for, this is often not the case. Sometimes live-in carers simply do not get along with their clients. ..
Date created: 11/05/2020
Because of the number of elderly and disabled residents in the UK who need full-time care, there are many carers who come from other parts of the world. These include places like Africa, South Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East...
Date created: 04/05/2020
Right now, with the coronavirus getting a grip on countries, there are many live-in carers who find themselves displaced. In a ‘normal’ situation an incoming carer returns and the previous live-in carer heads home or to another placement. ..
Date created: 15/04/2020
In the normal day-to-day live-in care job having a two-hour break is accepted as part of the carer agreement. In fact, it is also a legal requirement that a total of 14 hours per week should be allocated to the carer as a rest time...
Date created: 15/04/2020
Your client may recently have received a letter from the NHS to say that they are considered a ‘high risk.’ This is because the NHS has contacted everyone who they consider to be at risk of serious illness because of the coronavirus. ..
Date created: 15/04/2020
Every live-in carer will be asking questions right now about protecting themselves, their client and still carrying out daily or weekly routines such as collecting medication and shopping. ..
Date created: 15/04/2020
Live-in care work can be stressful at the best of times. Sometimes you may find yourself in situations you never thought you would be in such as caring for very ill people or being alone with a client in a remote place...
Date created: 06/04/2020
This is a question that many new live-in carers may ask, and it is a very valid one so let’s look at the ideal time frame for a live-in carer to be with the same client...
Date created: 25/03/2020
In the light of the recent troubles in the world, namely the Corona Virus, this is a question that a live-in carer may well ask...
Date created: 25/03/2020
Much as we want our clients to have their family around them, there are some occasions when all live-in carers wish that they would just go away for a bit and leave things alone...
Date created: 25/03/2020
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