Author: Hazel Norton

  • Could biscuits be a clue to a care home being good?

    I will eat rich tea biscuits, but I don’t feel they say quality and one is never enough! I feel a choice of ‘hot beverage accompaniment’ is required, and at least one type should have chocolate on it (and not just be chocolate coloured). Why do I feel that a quality biscuit is important you…

  • Spring has Sprung ?

    Its that time of year where the sun comes out, you turn your heating off and resolutely refuse to turn it back on again because its Spring. Regardless of how cold it gets. Older adults tend to feel the cold more, and even when the sun comes out to play may not open a window…

  • Why not care?

    When you ask anybody who works in care ‘What are some of the biggest challenges you face?’ their answer will most definitely always be, staff shortages! So, my question is, why do people not want to work in care? Care work may be challenging, and no two days are ever the same, but it is…