The Barnet Carers Blog
This is where you will find up-to-date information, articles, and other items of interest. Updated weekly. If you have a topic that you would like us to cover, please email us here.
Keeping warm this Winter
Winter often brings some extra challenges. Between managing your care responsibilities and coping with rising energy costs, making sure that you are staying warm feels like another difficult...
Have you heard of Hygge? A great approach to Winter for carers
Winter can be a challenging season for carers. Shorter days, colder weather, and the demands of caring responsibilities often combine to create feelings of fatigue and isolation. Amid these...
Carers Rights Day – Know Your Rights, Use Your Rights
Using tech to support dementia carers
Caring for someone with dementia is a journey filled with both rewarding moments and daily challenges. With memory lapses, confusion, and changes in behaviour often part of the experience, it can...
Armistice Day 2025
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.” November the 11th is...
Setting boundaries – why it is important for carers
Why setting boundaries is important for carers
Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)
What is the DFG? The Disabled Facilities Grant is a government-funded scheme that helps cover the cost of essential home adaptations for disabled people. This includes installing stair lifts, ramps,...
World Alzheimer’s Month 2025
World Alzheimer’s Day, observed annually on 21st September, provides us all with a moment to reflect, raise awareness, and stand in solidarity with the millions of people affected by dementia. And...
Do you use WhatsApp? Would you like to be part of a WhatsApp Carers Community? Join us..
Lots of us are on WhatsApp Groups these days. WhatsApp provides a very easy way to keep up with people, ask questions, get information and much more all from our 'phone. And it is not that...
Got an idea? Use our Virtual Suggestion Box and let us know about it.
Have you got an idea or issue that you would like us to look at? In Barnet we know that there are things that we can improve on - and we are looking for your help to improve and develop things. If...
Drink Up: the important role of hydration in elderly and dementia care
The Importance of hydration for you and the person you care for Yes, I know. When it is not incredibly hot, or when we are not in direct sunlight, it is easy to forget about the importance of...
Armed Forces Day 2025 – why Barnet Carers have signed the Armed Forces Covenant
June the 28th 2025 is the UK Armed Forces Day and to show our support and appreciation to our Armed Forces community, we want to share with you some exciting developments. Barnet Carers Centre has...