Have you considered couples care?

With care homes beginning to open their doors, and loved ones allowed to visit for that much missed companionship and embrace, it has been a tough year for couples who have been separated by the pandemic.   The news this week is full of feel good stories of couples of over 60 years, partners with dementia and others forced to isolate away from their loved ones, reunite at the start of the road out of lockdown life Here at The Good Care Group, we have had the joy of sharing our ‘feel good’ news throughout the pandemic, with our Live in Professional Carers providing care to our client couples. From wedding anniversaries, landmark birthdays and Christmas Day celebrations, our Professional ...

Care at home for elderly couples

Couples who reach an elderly age together are in a fortunate position and one where the expectation is to be able to enjoy their senior years together, relaxing, enjoying each other’s company and taking pleasure in the pastimes they have always wanted to enjoy. Couples who reach an elderly age together are in a fortunate position and one where the expectation is to be able to enjoy their senior years together, relaxing, enjoying each other’s company and taking pleasure in the pastimes they have always wanted to enjoy. However, this is not always possible when it becomes apparent that one or both partners require care because of frailty, immobility or illness, sometime illnesses that can be very complex and challenging ...

Caring For a Couple With Different Needs

Caring for a couple with such different needs can be very challenging at times. Prior to their ill health this couple had travelled extensively around the world and experienced many happy times together. However, J’s Parkinson’s diagnosis and the accompanying frailty meant his mind was active while his body was not. Caring for a couple with such different needs can be very challenging at times. Prior to their ill health this couple had travelled extensively around the world and experienced many happy times together. However, J’s Parkinson’s diagnosis and the accompanying frailty meant his mind was active while his body was not. He was now permanently in a wheelchair. B, on the other hand, was extremely active, a lover of ...

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