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What is a Residential Care Home? | How to Know When Your Loved One Needs Professional Support

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What is a residential care home? Read on to discover some of the key signs to look for that indicate your loved one may need to consider professional support.

Fitness and Mental Health: 5 Ways to Boost Your Mood With Exercise

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How do you keep your fitness and mental health in check? Keep reading to discover some simple ways that you can boost your mood with exercise.

5 Easy Ways to Have a Healthy Lifestyle | MACC Care

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Have you been living a healthy lifestyle this year? Read our blog to discover our 5 top tips for living healthily as we head further into 2022.

Why is Mental Health Important? | How You Can Enjoy Better Self-Care This Winter

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Why is mental health important? There are plenty of ways you can be more positive during winter – and in this blog, we’re sharing a few of our top tips.

Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week…..

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We cannot remember a time when people’s Mental Health was at the forefront of national discussion as it is now. The pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need for…

Maintaining Safety during COVID…..

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At MACC Care our staff teams are committed to doing everything possible to keep our residents safe and COVID free. Our domestic teams are going the extra mile doing regular…

The Benefits of Doll Therapy for people living with Dementia

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Research has shown that some people living with dementia can derive enjoyment from holding or being with a doll or soft toy. It can remind them of a previous time…

Creating relationships..

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The secret to delivering great care is to create great relationships. Across our homes we train our staff in the importance of the relationship and trust between care staff and…

The Importance Of Exercise For The Elderly

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Physical exercise is crucial to maintain well-being and good health. Elderly people are at higher risks of health issues and falls. It is estimated that more than a third of…

How To Stay Fit And Healthy Indoors

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Regardless of your age, it is important to stay physically and mentally fit. It’s especially true for older adults who are more vulnerable to age-related illnesses. As people get older,…

How To Stay Healthy This Winter

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During the winter, it can be challenging for the elderly to stay healthy. With viruses everywhere and the cold weather chilling you to your bones, catching a cold or the…

How To Stay Protected From The Sun

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Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in both the UK and the United States and, each year, millions of people are diagnosed with some form of skin…

How To Keep Cool In The Summer

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This summer is supposed to be a scorcher! With temperatures reaching new heights, more and more people are looking for ways to stay cool. This is especially important for children…

5 Tips On How You Can Feel Younger No Matter Your Age

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An inevitable fact of life is that we will all grow older. We will age, our skin will wrinkle and our hair will turn grey. While there isn’t anything we…

Why Exercise Is Great For The Elderly

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Exercise and an active lifestyle is the key to staying energetic and healthy, regardless of your age. Unfortunately, as we get older, it’s more likely for us to enter into…

It’s The Little Things That Matter

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Have you ever noticed that when you are feeling down or lonely, something as simple as a phone call from a friend or spending some time talking with your neighbour…

How To Stay Safe During The Winter Months

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Keeping warm and safe during the winter months can be especially difficult for the elderly. With outside temperatures dropping well below freezing and roads becoming more and more hazardous as…

Palliative Care

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What is Palliative Care? Palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach to specialized medical and nursing care for people with life-limiting illnesses. It focuses on providing relief from the symptoms, pain,…

Here are 20 ways to help you get to sleep when it’s hot:

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So what can you do to cool yourself down and get some precious shut-eye? 1. Put your bedding in the freezer for a couple of minutes (put it in a…

CQC calls for overhaul of health and social care funding, commissioning and regulation

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The CQC has called for an overhaul of health and social care funding, commissioning and regulation. The Beyond Barriers report follows the completion of 20 local authority area reviews exploring how older…