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For many older people, staying independent at home can become harder and routine tasks may become increasingly difficult to keep up with. Yet independence at home is where most people feel happiest. Your home is where memories live and everything is organised as you like it. Home Support Services Can Enable Staying Independent at Home Home support services can make a surprisingly big difference. Keeping on top of laundry, cleaning, shopping trips and tidying may seem minor

Keeping our homes clean and tidy is about far more than appearances, it can also be important to mental wellbeing and also crucial to safety at home. However, for many older people across Britain, infirmity may mean that keeping up with the day-to-day requirements of cleaning, dealing with rubbish and clearing out-of-date food can be difficult. In this article we look at home safety and how home support services can help. At Blue Dove Home Support, we work to help our clien

As our population gets older, for a growing number of people, the issue of loneliness is becoming greater, but it is not always appreciated that home support services can help. It is sometimes inevitable that an individual will spend part of their life alone after the loss of a partner. With our social structures changing too, there is often a reduction of family support networks that perhaps were available to previous generations. Loneliness can, of course, affect younger

Our gardens can bring us so much joy and satisfaction during the spring and summer but the time comes when we have to think about garden maintenance in autumn. Obviously, every garden is different and the necessary jobs will depend upon the size of the garden, but these chores may include: Raking leaves – Autumn will bring the start of falling leaves and these can soon become a major clearance job if not kept up with. Too many leaves may smother and kill plants or grass as

Blue Dove was created to help people live at home independently and we are often asked about the difference between home support and care services. What is Home Support? Home support is designed to provide non-medical assistance for daily chores such as cleaning, cooking, washing, tidying, shopping, garden maintenance, accompanied visits or simply companionship. These are all services that enables individuals to live comfortably, safely and independently in their own homes bu

The benefits of doing crafts There can be many benefits of doing crafts which can include the self-satisfaction of developing a skill and producing something as well as reducing stress or anxiety. This can be perhaps more important and beneficial when dealing with a disability or an illness that inhibits mobility. Do You Need Particular Skills to Start a Craft No, not at all. Crafting for pleasure means that you are doing this for you and so whatever you create you will get