Oliver Stirk
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Specialist Home Care and Dementia Care for the Elderly Expert
Oliver Stirk Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Home Care for the Elderly
- Affiliation
- Carefound
Oliver Stirk is a Director at Carefound (www.carefound.co.uk) which is a provider of high quality specialist home care services to elderly people in North Yorkshire, enabling clients to continue to live independently in the comfort of their own home whilst maintaining the highest quality of life achievable.
Their professional team of home carers provides a wide range of home care services including basic help in the home, companionship, personal care, medication help, post-operative rehabilitation, respite care and specialist help such as dementia care and palliative care.
The flexible service ranges from 1 hour to 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, including bank holidays, and can also encompass 24-hour live-in care services.
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Dementia Awareness Should be Encouraged at Christmas
Early diagnosis of dementia is crucial in ensuring that people are able to get the specialist dementia care and support they need to maintain independence and enjoy the highest quality of life possible. Being aware of the early signs and symptoms of dementia is particularly important at Christmas as it can be the first time families get together in months and therefore the time we notice differences in the behavior and memory of relatives. Symptoms of dementia that we can all look out for over Christmas include:
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Protecting Elderly People During Hot Weather Conditions
It is great news when the sunshine and good weather arrives, however it is important to remember that high temperatures can be dangerous for vulnerable groups such as the elderly and they should be protected from the possible health effects of hot weather where possible.
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Help at Home Needed Amongst Elderly People
A report has been released in the UK indicating that thousands of elderly people in England are struggling at home with little or no help with day-to-day living.
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Opportunity Presented by Demographic Challenge of Elderly Care Market
As the UK’s population ages and people continue to live longer both families and health and social care services are being put under increased pressure. At the same time, the supply and funding of statutory care services have not seen sufficient growth and almost 800,000 people with care-related needs are now living with no formal support of any kind.
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New Home Care Guidelines Promote High-Quality Home Care for Older People
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new set of guidelines to promote a better standard of care and support for older people living in their own homes. The report offers a number of key recommendations for home care providers to follow when supporting elderly people at home.
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Alzheimer's Disease: A Global Issue
Alzheimer’s Disease International has marked September 2012 as the first global World Alzheimer’s Month - an international campaign to raise awareness and challenge the stigma of dementia. The theme of this year’s Alzheimer’s Month is Dementia: Living Together, when Alzheimer’s associations across the world are encouraged to focus on reducing the stigma associated with the condition and make communities more dementia-friendly.
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Care in Crisis Report
Age UK, a prominent charity which supports older people, has released its Care in Crisis Report 2012 which offers a damning analysis of the funding of social care services for older people in the UK.
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Help at Home Needed Amongst Elderly People
A report has been released in the UK indicating that thousands of elderly people in England are struggling at home with little or no help with day-to-day living.
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Top 10 Tips for Choosing a Home Care Company
Awareness of care at home as an alte ative to residential care homes is growing amongst older people and their families. Naturally therefore, when elderly people do begin to require support with their daily lives many more families are actively choosing to remain in the comfort of their own home, surrounded by the people and things they love, rather than being forced to move into residential care.
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Home Care to Help Prevent Loneliness amongst Elderly People
Loneliness has become a major issue amongst elderly people in the UK and is something that can result in significant damage to health. Social interaction and friendships are not only important in helping reduce the risk of mortality or developing certain diseases, but they also help individuals recover when they do fall ill.
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Home Care could Help Elderly People with Fear of Falling
A recent report by the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service charity (“WRVS”) has highlighted the extent to which elderly people are suffering from falls and the psychological impact this has on them. According to the findings, more than 35% of people over 65 have fallen in the last two years and 32% of those living alone have suffered a fall in the last year (compared to 22% of people who do not live alone). This has also been seen across hospitals with the number of readmissions of people over 75 having risen from 306,000 to 360,000 per year in the period 2006-2011.
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The Effects of Parkinson's Disease and Specialist Care
Parkinson's Disease is a progressive neurological condition that causes people to lose nerve cells in the brain, causing the symptoms of the disease to appear. As symptoms get worse, Parkinson's Disease can cause people to be robbed of control in their day-to-day lives. Some examples of things that people may experience are: - You can freeze on the spot - You can lose the ability to communicate - Eating and drinking can be painfully slow and difficult - Your muscles can get so stiff, it’s hard to even move - You can get very ill if you don’t get your medication on time
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