Staying independent using home care

Resources to support home care services for older people and help them stay independent.

Better home care for older people

Advice for older people

Better home care for older people. A quick guide for people who arrange their own home care.

Achieving excellence

Achieving excellence

Quality in social care: achieving excellence in home care.

Early onset dementia: living at home with nursing support

Early onset dementia

Living at home with nursing support. In this video we meet Jim and Janet Swift, both keen travellers until Janet was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 58.

End of life care

End of life care: dying at home

Most people say they would like to die at home, but we know that only about 20 per cent get their final wish. Good domiciliary care is crucial if people are to be able to die at home.

Reablement

Reablement

Resources for home care providers, GPs, commissioners and families on how to deliver reablement services that promote independence.