Complete Home Care Kent Limited

26/09/2025

Conversations around dementia may not be easy, but they are incredibly important.

Whether you’re a carer or living with dementia yourself, knowing you’re not alone in what you’re experiencing can make a huge difference.

And if you know someone who cares for a loved one with dementia, giving them opportunities to talk can take some of the weight off their shoulders.

Complete Home Care are here to support you.

26/09/2025

Dementia can affect people differently. For some, it changes their ability to speak, for others their memory can be impaired, or they just need more time to understand what is happening around them. These factors can result in a person becoming confused and consequently getting lost.

The Herbert Protocol enables carers to pre-emptively record important details of such vulnerable people, including their interests, the places they like to visit and how dementia affects them, using an online form which is uploaded to Safe and Found Online.

These details can be accessed quickly by the police if a person with dementia is later reported missing, helping officers to find them sooner, bring them to a place of safety and reduce any risk of harm.

You can register information about your loved one here: https://safeandfoundonline.co.uk/herbert-protocol/index.html

For more information: https://www.kent.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/missing-person/missing-persons/vulnerable-people-at-risk-of-going-missing/dementia-missing-risk-herbert-protocol/

13/03/2025

Are you or a loved one looking for care in your own home? Contact us to see how we can support you.

03/02/2025

Always handy to know
I have attended many CPR classes over the years, but was never told this…..
When you are alone and have a heart attack. What are you going to do then ?
A really good post that can't be shared often enough:
1. Take a 2 minute break and read this:
Let's say it's 5:25 pm and you're driving home after an unusually hard day's work.
2. You are really tired and frustrated.
All of a sudden your chest pains. They are starting to radiate in the arm and jaw. It feels like being stabbed in the chest and heart. You're only a few miles away from the nearest hospital or home.
3. Unfortunately you don't know if you can make it..
4. Maybe you've taken CPR training, but the person running the course hasn't told you how to help yourself.
5. How do you survive a heart attack when you're alone when it happens? A person who is feeling weak and whose heart is beating hard has only about 10 seconds before losing consciousness.
6. But you can help yourself by coughing repeatedly and very strongly! Deep breaths before every cough. Coughing should be repeated every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.
7. Deep breathing gives oxygen to your lungs and coughing movements boost the heart and blood circulation. Heart pressure also helps to restore a normal heartbeat. Here's how cardiac arrest victims can make it to the hospital for the right treatment
8. Cardiologists say if someone gets this message and passes it on to 10 people, we can expect to save at least one life.
9. FOR WOMEN: You should know that women have additional and different symptoms. Rarely have crushing chest pain or pain in the arms. Often have indigestion and tightness across the back at the bra line plus sudden fatigue.
Instead of posting jokes, you're helping save lives by spreading this message.
❤️ COPY (hold your finger, click on the text and select copy, go to your own page and where you normally want to write, select finger again and paste).

08/01/2025

👀Did you know that January is national Glaucoma Awareness Month? 👁️

This is an important time to raise awareness of one of the leading causes of blindness in the UK. The World Health Organisation estimates that 60 million people worldwide have glaucoma, although almost half of them do not realise they have it. 👀

As glaucoma develops slowly, it is important to have regular eye exams where your optometrist can carry out several different tests for the condition.

Worried about glaucoma? Book in for a comprehensive eye exam

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/glaucoma/

01/01/2025

Happy new year everyone. 🎉

13/12/2024

If you’re struggling for ideas on what to buy someone with dementia this festive season, look no further! 🎅

We’ve created a list of gifts to help provide comfort, stimulate memories, or minimise stress...

🎁 Reminiscence box with items like photos, scents, books, and other trinkets
☎️ Phone with large buttons for photos or names - just press the button to call
🖐️ Twiddle m**f or twiddle blankets for visual, tactile and sensory stimulation
⏰ Dementia clock to help minimise confusion about the date or time
📷 Create a photo album to look through together
🐶 Soft toys or dolls to soothe and comfort
✏️ Puzzles, word searches or crosswords, depending on what stage their dementia is at

Do you have any gift recommendations for someone with dementia? Share your ideas in the comments.

13/11/2024

Can we ask all our lovely followers to like and share our page. We would love to build our audience. Thank you 🤩

26/10/2024

Just a little reminder 💕

16/10/2024