Our care & retirement living blog

In this article, by healthcare writer Declan Davey we’ll show you how you can use the advanced search fields in Autumna to filter your search to produce a shortlist of elderly care providers who meet your exact needs.

The summer weather is hit-and-miss in the UK, but we need to prepare for the possibility of a heatwave.

Healthcare writer, Declan Davey gives his thoughts.

Finding a care home is a daunting prospect and a situation that requires organisation, patience and a great deal of emotional strength.

In this blog we will attempt to answer this question and some of the many others that get put to us regularly on the Autumna elderly care advice line.

A question that the Autumna Advice Line is fielding on a more regular basis during the COVID-19 outbreak, concerns Living Wills - or Advance Decisions - and how to make them so that they are recognised legally. This blog gives a brief overview but will then link to solicitors, Parfitt Cresswell, for the detail.

Autumna give 5 top tips for choosing a care home without being able to actually step inside whilst the country is locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic

Debbie Harris writes in Living Magazine about planning your later life care.

After a lifetime of looking after yourself it’s often hard to accept you may need help.

Respite care provides a short stay in a care home that provides ‘respite’ from caring responsibilities for a carer.