Staying Safe Online

Getting online can make life easier in many ways, but also comes with the risk of scams and fraud. Online scams are becoming increasingly common, but you can protect yourself by knowing what to look out for, and what to do if you suspect a scam.   What are online...

The Value of Live-in Homecare

(Guest blog from the Live-In Care Hub for The UKHCA Blog) Whilst we’re all going to have to learn to live with Covid-19, the vaccination program is substantially reducing the link between infection rates and hospitalisations. Now is the time to examine how UKHCA...

Stroke Awareness

Strokes are often associated with older people but, according to figures, one in four of them occur in younger people. The BBC spoke to three young survivors who wanted to share their stories to help raise awareness. Kayleigh Trainor was 27 when she had a stroke...

Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

Top tips on connecting with nature to improve your mental health. There’s a lot of good research to support the role nature can play in protecting and supporting our mental health. The good news is, there are lots of simple ways to bring nature into your everyday. 1....

Deaf Awareness Week 2021

3rd – 9th May 2021 – ‘Coming Though it Together’ Deaf Awareness Week is a unique campaign in that so many different organisations participate, each able to promote their own work within the broad spectrum of deafness. Ran by the UK Council on deafness,...
Whatever happened to social care reform?

Whatever happened to social care reform?

In these trying times of Brexit, a previous useless parliament and major debate on the fundamentals of our democracy (shouldn’t the Liberal Democrats be changing their name?), it is worth reiterating the drastic need for something to happen on social care reform given...