If you are considering using a home care provider, you'll want to find out the kinds of services on offer, and of course the costs involved. But - do you ever spare a moment to consider the kinds of qualifications and knowledge you should expect care staff to have before they walk through your door?...

Read more: Qualifications in Care...

• 01 December 2015

When you are faced with the difficult decision of having to find a nursing or personal care service, not only do you want to find the best solution with a local care provider, but you want the reassurance that comes with being able to read honest reviews from existing customers.

That's where www.homecare.co.uk comes in. They list the vast majority of home care providers across the country, and allow customers to leave online reviews. Absolute Healthcare would like to expand our existing reviews online and need your help!...

Read more: Help us expand our online reviews...

• 26 November 2015

The Chancellor revealed his eagerly awaited 2015 spending review yesterday, and having already pledged extra money for frontline NHS services earlier in the week, it appears that NHS funding is to be largely protected.

By contrast, the Social Care sector, which has a separate budget from the NHS and a steadily increasing funding crisis, was not so lucky.

Read more: More money for social care – but why aren’t care companies happy?

• 26 November 2015

Christmas is just around the corner, and for many care workers it will have been a long and tiring year!

All the more important then, that we schedule some 'me' time to pamper ourselves and enjoy some massage therapy or beauty treatments and give our bodies and minds a boost. Why not enter our Christmas Competition?!

Read more: Christmas Competition!

• 24 November 2015