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5th Dementia Friendly Café Opens The dementia friendly cafés were established in 2015 and this month the Sevenoaks Area Dementia Friendly Community Charity celebrates their fifth site opening. Elaine Murray, Community Ambassador at The Good Care Group, is also the Chair Trustee of the Charity and co-founder of the Forget-me-not café's and the Sevenoaks Area…...

Working as a live-in carer can not only be rewarding, but it provides some exciting career development opportunities too. At The Good Care Group, we want to help our Carers pursue their career goals, whether that is developing their care knowledge with our specialist training courses, or supporting Carers to move into other roles within…...

WINTER FALLS PREVENTION Unfortunately, incidences of falls within older adults increases in the winter months. Looking after your loved one and ensuring their safety is paramount. Our Occupational Therapist, Jackie Cooper, has shared her insights into who is more likely to fall and what we can do to help minimise unsupervised falls. Who is more…...

Three years ago I reached the age when advertisers began to interrupt my favourite tv programmes to promote life cover, funeral planning and equity release. At around the same time my parents-in -law approached their ninth decade living independently in their own home and life was comfortable for us all. Like many families we all…...

The Good Care Group is proud to be supporting Age Concern Mole Valley’s befriending service this Christmas. Age Concern Mole Valley has been caring and supporting vulnerable and isolated older people throughout the district of Mole Valley for over 75 years. They are an independent local charity, responsible for their own funding and services. In 2020,…...