Sacrificing their career and holidays – What it’s like to look after relative with dementia
Carers have revealed what it’s really like to look after relatives with dementia, including sacrificing their career and holidays away – and doing it all alone. And worryingly, the burden has only increased in the wake of the pandemic. A third have spent more time caring for relatives than before and 27 per cent have […]
Care home staff help 72 year old cross finishing line after life-changing stroke
Kind-hearted care home staff helped Elizabeth Barber cross the finishing line of a half marathon – two years after the keen runner was told she would never walk again. Sporty Elizabeth, 72, suffered a life-changing stroke at her home in August 2016, leaving her paralysed and unable to speak. But after extensive treatment at a Bupa […]
Diamond wedding couple share jewels of wisdom for Harry and Meghan
There’s nothing like a royal wedding to get couples reminiscing about their own marriages, and Barbara and Robert Nicholls’ marriage has been longer than most. Mrs Nicholls, who lives at Bupa Brunswick Court, in Watford, is visited most days by her doting husband Robert. The pair met whilst working together at Odham’s Printing, and have […]
Bupa: Speak ‘boldly’ about the value of independent healthcare…
In light of the growing uncertainty over NHS funding which is prompting more people to consider paying for private healthcare, the leading global health and care company, Bupa, has issued a ‘rallying cry’ to the independent healthcare sector to fight harder for affordability, customers and to be bolder in talking about its contribution to the […]
