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Name: Live in Care
Brand: The Good Care Group
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Read the latest care industry news, interesting articles, important announcements plus recent thoughts and ideas from The Good Care Group.

Working with a regulated care provider in England

When searching for a new role within the care sector you can be faced with a lot of choice, which may feel overwhelming. So, how do you choose who to work with? Unless you are wanting to work privately, one...

Helping Carers Achieve SVQ level 2 in Scotland

From the first day of working with The Good Care Group our Professional Carers will be supported by a community of caring people dedicated to providing them with everything they need to perform their role to the highest standard. But...

Complex Care in the Home

At The Good Care Group we provide respite care to clients for a variety of reasons; giving a family member a break from caring for a loved one, allowing family to take a family holiday or simply giving people the...

Grow with The Good Care Group

How often do you look back to realise just how far you’ve come in your caring journey? At The Good Care Group, we recognise our Professional Carer’s hard work and have recently rewarded Jill with a certificate of Carer of...

Ensuring a continuity of care

The Good Care Group’s professional care services extend beyond our specialist dementia care, to include cancer care, stroke care and other complex needs. We also service couples with different care needs, allowing them to stay in their home together. For...

Butterfly Café launch

Since October 2021, Community Ambassador, Elaine Murray, has been on the steering group for a set up of The Butterfly Café driven by Dr Ruth Cairns, Consultant Psychiatrist, King’s College Hospital and Andy Wells, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Liaison Psychiatry for...

A Guide to Positive Ageism

WHAT IS AGEISM? Ageism is a bias against people based on their age and manifests in stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination in many aspects of life. Evidence shows ageism is widespread in society and can be found everywhere from our workplaces and...

Care in the Community – A spotlight on Forget-me-not cafés

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...

Lina’s progression in care: “This job changed my life”

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...

Who is more at risk of unsupervised falls

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...

Heartfelt Testimonial

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...

Age Concern Mole Valley and TGCG

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....