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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

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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

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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

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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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As the months pass, the seasons change, and we start to head into summer, it is worth remembering a few things about the heat and how this can affect our clients...

Date created: 23/07/2020

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As live-in carers, we will often have to oversee our clients taking their medication. Sometimes we will need to help administer meds, particularly if a client cannot do this. ..

Date created: 23/07/2020

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Many live-in carers will find themselves in a placement with a client who suffers from Dementia. Simply because there are so many older people who have this disease, it is only a matter of time before you are placed here...

Date created: 23/07/2020

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If you have been staying with your client through the entire lockdown period, as many carers have chosen to do, then by now you are either bored out of your mind or frazzled with work which seems to come from nowhere when you stay in the house all the time...

Date created: 23/07/2020

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While it may be stressful taking care of our clients, most live-in carers face all sorts of adversity and challenges in a positive way. We simply handle things as they come, and make sure that we do the best we can for our clients...

Date created: 23/07/2020

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While no one wants to admit that they are depressed, it is part and parcel of live-in care work, either in yourself or your client. If left untreated depression can do serious damage to the quality of life...

Date created: 10/06/2020

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With coronavirus regulations changing all the time, it is difficult to know what we can do as live-in carers, and what we are not allowed to do yet...

Date created: 10/06/2020

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Older people are already at risk of being lonely but with the isolation of the coronavirus they may become even more sad and lonely. This is particularly true for older people who live alone...

Date created: 10/06/2020

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During this time of the coronavirus there have been many stringent rules about what we as live-in carers can and cannot do. ..

Date created: 10/06/2020

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Many senior people suffer from sleep disorders. This condition is often labelled as insomnia, with over 30% of older people experiencing things like infrequent sleep patterns and being awake in the middle of the night...

Date created: 10/06/2020

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