A SOUTH Devon home care provider says its carers offer a vital lifeline to those who can’t get out as much as they would like during the colder winter months (November 2019).
Guardian Homecare says now the clocks have changed, elderly and vulnerable people are more inclined to stay inside, and its carers are sometimes their only link to the outside world.
Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which delivers personalised home care in the Exeter area, said: “The days are now getting darker and much colder, and this can often limit the amount of time our service...
Being surrounded by technology most of the time has a lot of us craving the good old days of human connection and a vacation from phones and the Internet. What we used to do on a night with friends or family, before streaming services, was to host a wholesome game night!
That’s not to say that your favorite bits of technology won't make it into the evening. Kids these days are all about playing games via their phones, which the whole family or a whole party can get involved in. But if you want to go back to basics with your game night, that’s still just as doable.
We all know that the last thing that we want to happen to our home is for it to be consumed by fire. So, being a homeowner, it is already a natural instinct that we do the necessary steps so that we can avoid getting our homes to burn down. But still, even with such precautions in place, there are things that we still cannot control and accidents can happen. So with this, it is also necessary that you not only make your home “fireproof” but you should also have an insurance policy to protect you once the inevitable happens.
And when it does, despite the tragedy, you can still be...
Hormone replacement therapy is performed to balance the estrogen and progesterone levels in women, primarily around the time of menopause. Hormone therapy is used to reduce the risk of osteoporosis and to relieve symptoms of menopause like sweating and hot flashes.
Progesterone and estrogen are mainly used in HT; however, testosterone is also used in some therapies. Hormone therapies are also used in males that undergo a sex-change operation. If you feel a need to talk with a medical expert visit https://www.hgha.com where you can surely have a free and qualified consultation...
When you’re launching a startup, there are a million important things on your mind.
For starters, you’ll have to develop your kernel of an idea into a fully-flourished business plan if you hope to secure the funding necessary to develop it to its full potential.
And you might be shelling out on prototypes to ensure a novel product works and market research to assess whether there’s enough consumer demand to make it profitable.
Then there’s the issue of deciding whether you’ll have a physical store as well as an online presence and hiring the core staff needed to get...
There’s always so much going on with the approach to Christmas, but EFC is getting in early with a lovely assortment of musical treats to be had on Wednesday evening, 11 December, at St David’s Church in Exeter.
There’ll be everything from the familiar to the less well-known, from the serious to the light-hearted, from the mediaeval to the modern – all to celebrate the great festive traditions of Christmas. There’ll also be plenty of opportunity for the audience to join in the fun and the carols, and lend an ear to spoken...
Dementia wellness innovators Active Minds have teamed up with primary schools across the UK to broaden the level of education surrounding dementia.
Creators of dementia friendly activities, Active Minds, know all too well the importance of raising awareness and removing the stigma surrounding dementia. Teaming up with a range of schools across the country, Active Minds are undertaking an educating children campaign that saw youngsters explore dementia for the first time.
With around 50 million people living with dementia around the world, there’s certainly a high chance...
An Exeter law firm has secured compensation amounting to almost £100,000 for four clients in a series of successful Employment Tribunal cases.
The cases won by Stephens Scown LLP ranged from age and disability discrimination to sexual harassment, victimisation and constructive unfair dismissal.
“It takes an enormous amount of courage to bring a claim against your employer,” says Terry Falcao, head of the employment team at Stephens Scown and the advocate for all of the claims. “The individual circumstances of each of these cases was very different, but they all share a...
Costa Coffee, has expanded its partnership with Too Good To Go, the world’s largest food waste fighting app, from nine to 100 stores across the UK.
After a successful trial across nine stores, Costa Coffee fans are now able to select from 100 participating UK stores to save delicious unsold food from going to waste. With only the customer’s smartphone needed, consumers simply download the free app, purchase the food from a nearby store and collect at the designated pick up time. The collection can consist of three or more items which collectively would total £10, all reduced to the...
Exeter City slipped to their third away defeat on the spin in an action-packed game at Bradford City.
The Grecians were reduced to nine men in the 2-0 loss, with both Jake Taylor and Tom Parkes seeing red, while the hosts also had a man sent-off, Callum Cooke, for two bookable offences.
That ill-discipline will have been an annoyance to manager Matt Taylor as well as some sloppy defending that saw them fail to deal with routine balls into their box for Bradford’s first and second goals.
The City manager kept with the same starting XI that had beaten Plymouth so...
