Now the days (and crucially the nights) are warmer, many of us will be planting seedlings out in our gardens. And that goes for our green-fingered live-in care clients, too. Live-in care is the perfect care solution if you’ve spent years nurturing and developing a beautiful garden. Or even if you have a range of […]
This has been an incredible year, with restrictions, upheaval and unprecedented change. But the high standard of our live-in care service has remained constant, a fact borne out in our live-in care reviews. We take the feedback of our clients, their family and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) extremely seriously. We care what people think […]
This year marks the 35th anniversary of leading independent care provider Agincare. From a single care home in Weymouth, Agincare has grown to deliver high quality and affordable care in over 50 locations nationwide, employing over 3,500 people. In 1986 founder and chairman, Derek Luckhurst, started his first care home – Agincourt – in Weymouth, Dorset. […]
We are excited to be opening a new live-in care regional head office in Harrogate, North Yorkshire this spring. This office will host our fourth regional team (joining our existing teams covering South-West, Central and South-East) co-ordinating high-quality yet affordable 24-hour care services for people living in the North of England. With live-in care becoming […]
Last month we described news of a COVID vaccine for care home residents and the thousands of our care workers who support vulnerable people across the country as offering some ‘light at the end of the tunnel’. However, there is so much conflicting information on COVID vaccines appearing in national and local media, plus in […]
(Published 23 October 2020) Evidence given by members of the Agincare team has played a key role in informing recommendations in the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s ‘Social Care: Funding and Workforce’ report on the future of the social care sector. The committee, led by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, examines the expenditure, administration […]
(Published 21 October 2020) Jo da Silva, a home care worker from our Ferndown branch, was invited to share her experience of the COVID-19 pandemic with the virtual Health and Social Care Select Committee on 20 October. The committee members, led by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, interviewed a series of expert witnesses as part […]
Our live-in care service has seen a massive 43% increase in enquiries since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. That means we’re looking for new people to join our fantastic team of care workers. Coronavirus has meant lots of people are thinking about changing career or needing to look for a new job. So, in […]
This year has been unprecedented for many people and organisations, and that includes our live-in care service. But far from COVID-19 having a negative effect on the service, the complete opposite is true. In researching different types of care, many people have come to understand that live-in care is a particularly safe form of care, […]
Every year we ask our live-in care clients how they feel about different aspects of our service. We do this because we genuinely want to hear their opinions and use what they tell us to make our live-in care even better. And while we could tell you honestly that our 24-hour homecare can have an […]
If I asked you how old you need to be to have live-in care at home, I’d wager you’d reply ‘older’, ‘elderly’, or ‘over 70’. But that’s actually pretty wide of the mark. Live-in care can suit any adult who needs support, no matter how old (or young) they are. And at this time of […]
If you have a fiercely independent parent who’s determined to stay in their own home, live-in care could be just the ticket when it comes to care and support. Sue’s 97-year-old mother Patricia is living with dementia. Although it’s mild, it does mean that Patricia can be extremely forgetful. I was worried that mum would […]
