McDonald Homecare were proud to sponsor The Annual Golden Golfer's Tournament in support of The Rosemary Foundation. The event took place Wednesday 8th September 2021 at 11AM at South Petersfield Golf Club.

Leigh talks with Caroline, the Registered Manager of The Rosemary Foundation, about their work and the support of the Golden Golfers event.

McDonald Homecare is proud to sponsor The Golden Golfer's Charity Tournament in support of The Rosemary Foundation.

In this expert guest interview, Leigh talks with Victoria Albury, a health and wellbeing coach based in Surrey. They talk through the benefits of good hydration and nutrition, particularly for older people and share their personal experiences of supporting relatives.

In this episode, McDonald Homecare Director, Leigh, talks to Kate, the daughter of a live-in care client with dementia. In this insightful episode, Kate openly discusses the dilemmas and difficult decisions family have to take with Mum's onset of dementia.

In this episode Leigh and Alex discuss how family dynamics can change as an elderly parent or relative starts to need care.

In this episode, we introduce you to McDonald Homecare founder, Leigh McDonald and discuss some of the fundamentals of good live-in care

If you're between the age of 45 and 65, there's a good chance you'll be supporting an elderly parent or relative. In this post, I'll be continuing the Care at Home series by looking at Activities of Daily Living (sometimes abbreviated to ADLs).

Most people are happy to help elderly parents or family in need but it's still common to find it challenging. It's also very normal to find an older parent is reluctant to accept help or make changes.

An interesting article in the Guardian yesterday (link below) highlighting the positive experiences of people who have needed hospital admission over the last few months. However, the issues around discharge and follow on support (that existed long before Covid-19) remain.

An introduction to live in care from McDonald Homecare.

Research identifies there are approximately nine million lonely people in the UK and four million of these are elderly. Many older people find the constant loneliness the hardest to overcome with lack of friendship and support.