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• #1morecard

• 10 Tips for a Successful First Client Meeting

• 10 ways you can be part of Close to Hand’s #onemorecard campaign

• 7 reasons NOT to scrap the Christmas card tradition this year

• America Is Running Out of Family Caregivers, Just When It Needs Them Most

• Are you an older first-time mother?

• Back to School: Back to Work

• Can I ask for your help?

• Care but not as you may know it: introducing Close to Hand

• Caring for very elderly parents in your retirement years

• Choosing attorneys for your lasting power of attorney

• Close to Hand introduces Home Helper Identity Verification

• Close to Hand introduces SMS alerts to Home Helpers

• Close to Hand is all about choice

• Close to Hand is expanding

• Close to Hand is invited to speak with the Government

• CORONAVIRUS: AN UPDATE FROM OUR FOUNDER

• Does your Will need a New Year health check?

• Earn money with flexible, meaningful work that can make a difference in your local community

• Equity Release

• Flexible, paid work with a purpose

• Hannah – Close to Hand’s first Home Helper

• Help and support at home following the arrival of a newborn

• Help at Home following surgery

• Help at home following treatment for cancer

• Here’s a Black Friday Alternative for you

• Home help following a fall or surgery

• Home help is for anyone who needs an extra pair of hands

• Home Helper Valerie's story

• Home Helpers explained

• How can a Home Helper make a positive change to your ageing parents

• How to write a job posting to attract the right Home Helper for you

• Icebreaker tips for making conversation

• Introducing Home Helper ratings and reviews

• Is time to care about care?

• Let’s celebrate the changing face of ageing

• Linda's story as a Home Helper for Close to Hand

• Living with chronic illness and remaining independent at home

• Local rewarding work

• Loneliness and nourishment: how sharing a meal with an elderly person can be life changing

• Loneliness in new mothers

• Loneliness; the hidden epidemic that’s crushing our communities

• Making the most of your profile

• Meet Home Helper Andi 

• Meet Julia who signed up looking for local help

• Meeting the Rehabilitation Team at Crowborough Hospital

• More in Common: Bring Back Good Old-fashioned Community Spirit 

• Mum and Then Some

• New Parents and Wills

• Old age companionship – why having friends as you age matters

• Our #onemorecard campaign is back and this year we want it to be bigger and better

• Our #onemorecard Christmas Campaign Reaches Thousands of Lonely Older People

• Our new service is now live: connecting Home Helpers with local people

• Overcome writer’s block and start your profile today

• Plan ahead with a Lasting Power of Attorney

• Planning early for later life

• Planning now to stay independent for longer in your old age

• Post Operative Home Help – feel more like yourself and recover in your own home

• Q&A with local home helper and mum of two

• Q&A with Silke Thistlewood of Nourish to Thrive

• Q&A with Tunbridge Wells Home Helper, Clare.

• Rates of Pay

• Redefining the working day – truly flexible work

• Respite homecare: the importance of taking a break from caring for your partner

• Rethinking retirement

• Screen, meet and evaluate

• Social Care is in Crisis – Are you planning ahead for your care needs?

• Social prescribing – what is it and does it work?

• Staying safe online

• Stepping in before an ageing parent needs advanced care

• Tackling the taboo of loneliness at Christmas

• Take a bite out of loneliness and share a meal with an older person in your community

• Taking extra care of older people during a heatwave

• The perfect antidote to Black Friday Fever

• The Sandwich Generation: caught between caring for their children and supporting ageing parents

• Time to quit your job and find a new one with a sense of purpose?

• Tips to get your ageing parents to accept help

• Top tips for preparing for future care fees

• We all know somebody who is lonely

• We are Small Business Sunday winners

• We’re living longer – shouldn't we be celebrating?

• What is home help and who is it for?

• What makes a good profile picture

• What qualifications do you need?

• Why intergenerational bonding is a game changer

• Why older people lose their appetite and what you can do to help

• Working mums