Live-In Care is one of the safest types of care during COVID-19

The virus that causes COVID-19 infects people of all ages. However, evidence to date suggests that two groups of people are at a higher risk of getting severe COVID-19 disease The virus that causes COVID-19 infects people of all ages. However, evidence to date suggests that two groups of people are at a higher risk of getting severe COVID-19 disease. These are older people (that is people over 60 years old); and those with underlying medical conditions (such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer). The risk of severe disease gradually increases with age starting from around 40 years. It’s important that adults in this age range protect themselves and in turn protect others that may be more ...

Why CCGs should use live-in care during COVID-19 outbreak

6 Reasons why every CCG should consider live-in care as part of their plan to free up hospital beds and ease the burden on the NHS. As the need to free up beds at hospitals is increasing, many CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups) have been looking into securing additional capacity for discharging people to residential and nursing homes. However, the risk of cross-transmission to vulnerable adults in care homes has become a great concern over the past few weeks. Live-in care is the safest type of care during the pandemic and it also offers a cost-effective alternative to discharging people into care homes. According to new research by the Live-in Care Hub (a not-for-profit coalition of leading live-in care providers), there has ...

Rosemary Conley provides wellbeing support to live-in carers

We launched an initiative aimed to boost physical and mental wellbeing of our live-in carers. The COVID-19 outbreak will have an impact on everyone’s lives and it is important to look after our body and mind during this challenging time. At The Good Care Group, we launched an initiative aimed to boost physical and mental wellbeing of our live-in carers, central and regional teams who are working tirelessly through COVID-19. We partnered with online fitness and wellbeing provider Rosemary Conley. For a duration of twelve weeks, Rosemary Online is available to The Good Care Group’s team free of charge. This gives our dedicated team access to a range of exercise videos, healthy eating recipes as well as chat forums, coaching ...

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