by Denise Watson Were you ever witness to your grandmother unpicking one of your granddad’s jumpers, so she could knit him a new one? It was my job to unravel the spaghetti pile and, sometimes, it was easier to snap the wool at both ends of the unforgiving tangle and knot the already rolled wool [...]

This touching post is by Ellen Denton and is a submission for our disabled blogging contest The Lost When I brought my father, who was in his eighties, to California from New York to place him in an assisted living facility here where I could be close to him, he was in the  advanced stages of Alzheimer’s and [...]

We have had some feedback recently on the most useful items for Alzheimer’s and dementia sufferers, and I thought I would let others know what might assist at this very difficult time. First, the Alzheimer’s Society has an excellent forum, offering peoples’ own experiences and solutions. Our own customers, often buying for grandparents and parents [...]

Afer years of negelct and ignoring pleas for assistance from  charities and mental health organisations, the Government has today (very shortly before the next General Election) announced a “radical shift” to their mental health strategy and approach. The strategy is aimed at preventing the development of mental health conditions amongst “at risk” victims of abuse, [...]

Did you know, on average, 8,000 older people fall each day in the UK? Here are some great products to detect falls and put your mind at rest.