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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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The longer you work as a live-in carer, the more likely it is that one day you will be working with a client who is approaching the end of their life...

Date created: 27/07/2021

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This is a question that as a live-in carer, you may have thought about. Sometimes the amount of stress we seem to be under, and the amount of physical work we do can leave us drained and wondering if we are more than just exhausted...

Date created: 13/12/2021

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As a live-in carer in the UK, you will very likely need to make use of public transport and while this will work well, there may be times when you long for your own ‘wheels’ to get somewhere...

Date created: 01/12/2021

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At many placements you will find that there is no alcohol in the house, or at least very little. You may find that your client does not drink anymore because medication and alcohol simply do not mix...

Date created: 19/11/2021

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If you have decided to start a career as a live-in carer, then most likely you have been searching online. No doubt you have come up with hundreds of agencies who all promise you work with the perfect client in perfect conditions and at the perfect pay rate...

Date created: 08/10/2021

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As live-in carers we are normally a self-assured group of people who adapt quickly to different situations that we face. We manage very effectively to get ourselves from other countries to the UK and then move all around to our placements...

Date created: 13/09/2021

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As live-in carers we always hope that things will go smoothly with our placements and that we will return after a short break if we so choose...

Date created: 12/08/2021

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With live in care work, it is not uncommon to hear that some of us feel tired all the time. Lack of quality sleep may account for this because it seems as if we are always waiting for that call in the middle of the night...

Date created: 06/07/2021

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We all love the summer, particularly after a long, cold winter. Seeing the sun again and feeling warm lead us to spend more time outdoors than in cooler months...

Date created: 21/06/2021

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In an ideal world you and your client would get on like a house on fire. You’d have happy meals and pleasant days together for as long as your placement lasts...

Date created: 08/06/2021

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