Morrisons Customers Learn about Elderly Care at Home
Friday, 10th January 2014
Published 10 January 2014.
Customers at Morrisons in Ripon learned about caring for elderly people at home recently when the specialist team from Carefound Home Care had an information stand.
Local families were interested to learn about Carefound Home Care’s home care and dementia careservice in Ripon and also how they can better support elderly friends and relatives at home. People were particularly keen to discuss the specialist dementia care techniques used by the team and what they themselves can do to be better prepared to help people they know experiencing the condition.
Oliver Stirk, Director at Carefound Home Care, commented: “We were delighted to have the opportunity to spend time with families in Ripon and are very grateful to Morrisons for supporting us. It is extremely important that people are both informed and prepared when considering how best to help elderly people at home and this is even more the case with more complex conditions such as dementia. We will continue to do everything we can in spreading the word about help available from our specialist team and other health and social care professionals we work with in the local area.”
Carefound Home Care is a provider of specialist home care and dementia 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. Services provided include basic help in the home, companionship, personal care, medication help, post-operative rehabilitation, respite careand specialist help such as dementia care and palliative care. The flexible service is available from 1 hour to 24 hours per day, 365 days a year, including a specialist live-in care option.
To contact Carefound Home Care in Harrogate call: 01423 774070, for Ripon call: 01765 530000, for Wetherby call: 01937 220200. For additional information please visit: www.carefound.co.uk.