The trend of caring for elder parents at home is growing rapidly. Partly because of the expenses of special geriatric care cannot be handled by everyone and partly because younger folks want to connect with elders on a deeper level and prefer caring for their parent by themselves. Whatever your reasons might be, read this mini guide and act on it to make sure your parents remain safe.

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It should not come as a shock when I say that the Care sector struggles with recruiting and retaining staff:

• The National Minimum Data Set for Social Care reports that 32% of Care Workers and Registered Nurses in England left their jobs in a one-year period.
• In a Scottish Care survey, 67% of services employing nurses, reported difficulties filling nursing posts.

There are many factors at play, and it will take a series of posts to talk about them all. So for now, let us focus on what care management teams can do to enhance existing practices to encourage a more engaged, committed workforce.

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Firstly, I would like to lay my cards on the table with both a ‘from the heart’ message – the UK has some of the hardest working and most dedicated carers in the world. Are they given the help and support they need? What can the UK take from other countries’ way of doing things so that we can do better? Care on Demand takes a look…

Interestingly, high government spending does not necessarily mean improved social care. The USA and the Netherlands spend the highest proportion of their GDP on health (according to the Commonwealth Fund’s health policy survey of 2013) but were also the two countries that had the most people that could not access health care because of its costs.

Now the election is over and the dust is beginning to settle, it is time to reflect on the pledges made by Theresa May and the Conservative government. Will she stick with her controversial ‘Dementia Tax’? Will she backtrack due to fear of a revitalised Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party? Or will Northern Ireland’s DUP add another twist to the tale?