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Nightingales Golden Care Clinical Lead Nurse Sally Ridley explains why supporting clients to remain in their own homes is so beneficial for their health and wellbeing. It has been more than 80 years since Dorothy Gale clicked her sparkly red heels together and repeated one of cinemas most famous lines: ‘there’s no place like home.’ … Read more
One of Nightingales Golden Care Registered Manager Ben Chudley’s favourite jobs is delivering big cheques. The company has a policy of rewarding carers with a £500 bonus after ten years of continuous service. Jackie Chapman is the latest staff member to be the recipient of a long service bonus – she joined Nightingales back in … Read more
You may have read that one of the ways the government plans to tackle community transmission of infections, and to prevent avoidable hospital admissions this winter is to appoint Clinical Lead Nurses in social care settings. We are proud to say that this is a step we had already taken. Our Clinical Lead Nurse is … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on people providing and receiving social care. This new threat to our community has created a number of challenges to the delivery of service, keeping us busy and on our toes. Here are some of the ways we have adapted in response to the threat of Covid– … Read more
At Nightingales we provide live in care for the vulnerable and the elderly who require specific care and attention on a daily basis. Sometimes, a person is living alone with no family available to help, or at other times it is too much of a strain on a relationship between family members, struggling to balance … Read more
We understand that it can be difficult to see a loved one struggle with a loss of independence as they get older. What we provide here at Nightingales is a chance for your loved one to receive the care and attention that they need and deserve, without losing any pride or experiencing a dramatic change … Read more
One of the hardest things that we come across here at Nightingales is finding people that have become vulnerable through age, disability, or illness, and struggling to come to terms with a loss of independence. What we offer is a live in care service, or home visits that can open up the possibilities again for … Read more
Our live in services and home care visits cover a wide array of individuals with very different needs. Some are of a more urgent nature, with daily practical requirements, whilst other people we care for are looking for more of a companionship role and a person to help around the house. In some cases however, … Read more
“True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is.” – R.D. Laing Guilt can be a funny thing. It can make us obsessive, miserable, irrational and stubborn. What’s worse, … Read more
Nothing can be more frustrating than wanting to help your parent as they age, but they just refuse. “I don’t need help,” they tell you. “I’ve been fine on my own this long” they snap. And then they drop this question, “Since when do you know what’s best for my life?” While you only want … Read more
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