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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

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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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Did you know that a recruiter will make up their mind in an average of six seconds as to whether you are a ‘fit’ or ‘no fit.’ With this in mind, you can see how important it is to have a resume which gets you results, namely an interview followed by a job offer...

Date created: 27/08/2021

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Sometimes when we go shopping with clients it is difficult to persuade them to buy smaller portions. Every so often we find that we have an excess of some or other food. You may even have made double that cottage pie just in case the family arrive unannounced...

Date created: 19/08/2021

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In the course of your live-in carer placements, you will at some point need to turn of the water. This may be because there is a leak, or because of a routine plumbing repair. Either way, it is a good idea to know where to start looking and how to do it...

Date created: 17/08/2021

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Although many modern freezers are frost-free, they will still need to be defrosted twice a year. This is to remove chunks of ice which often build up. It is also the opportunity to give the freezer a good clean, check that all the food is still in date and to neatly repack it...

Date created: 17/08/2021

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Toasters are one of the kitchen gadgets that get used on most days. Apart from the kettle, they are probably the most well-used items in the kitchen. They are also the one we are most likely to ignore when it comes to maintenance...

Date created: 17/08/2021

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While many live-in carers may never be asked to entertain lots of other people, laying the perfect formal table is something which is easily done, and which will bring comments of admiration from most guests...

Date created: 20/12/2021

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Very often you will arrive at a new client to find that there is paperwork all over the place. It is a shambles! For most live-in carers this is not an acceptable situation as we all know that this is the way appointments are forgotten and bills left unpaid...

Date created: 18/02/2022

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If ever there was a household chore that is loathed, it is cleaning the oven. This must be one of the most despised tasks in the entire house. And yet, every so often it needs to be done, even if you very seldom spill things inside...

Date created: 18/02/2022

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Sometimes, whether we like it or not, it may become necessary to change doctors and find a new one. ..

Date created: 18/02/2022

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Every so often you will feel that adding some fresh herbs to a dish will enhance it and even make it more appealing to a fussy client. Dried herbs will work, although some people believe that fresh herbs are far better. Either way, it looks attractive to see fresh herbs growing on the kitchen windowsill – and it’s not that hard to do!..

Date created: 17/01/2022

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