Our care & retirement living blog

Callers to the Autumna care advice line are naturally worried, during the Coronavirus outbreak, about the safety of their elderly loved ones. 

A guest blog from Peter Bewert, Managing Director of Meaningful Care Matters a leading care and organisational development group that specialises in helping health and social care providers to access a variety of support services. 

In this blog we will try to answer some of the more frequently asked questions that our Advice line is receiving about care homes during the coronavirus lock down. The situation is changing all the time though, so if you are worried about developments, then please call us on 01892 33 53 30. Our friendly staff will do their best to help you.

A question that the Autumna Advice Line is fielding on a more regular basis during the COVID-19 outbreak, concerns Living Wills - or Advance Decisions - and how to make them so that they are recognised legally. This blog gives a brief overview but will then link to solicitors, Parfitt Cresswell, for the detail.

5 steps to help people living with dementia whilst social distancing policies are in place during the coronavirus pandemic.

As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads, more and more technology providers are developing new tools, or releasing their products for free, to support health and social care providers, staff and people receiving care.

Surrey based care home group CHD Living has digitised its 'Adopt a Grandparent' campaign and is calling for 'virtual volunteers' to keep their residents company, whilst Person Centred Software is making its Relatives Gateway free for all UK and Ireland care homes

Autumna give 5 top tips for choosing a care home without being able to actually step inside whilst the country is locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic

1. Make sure you understand what type of care home you are looking for
2. Be really honest with the home
3. Get help if you need it – these are difficult conversations to have when it’s your dad