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Social care is probably not something most people think about everyday. And honestly, why would you? If you are healthy, independent and do not have a parent, grandparent or loved one who needs care, the world of care homes, home care and social care policy can feel, well... very far away. But it should not. According to the latest population projections from the Office for National Statistics, there were around 1.75 million people aged 85 and over in the UK in 2024. By 2049,

It was in 2022 that i realised I had a pull towards caring for older people. Since then, working in adult social care has introduced me to a world I knew very little about. New experiences, challenging behaviours, medical conditions I had never heard of, new terminology, different personalities, and I could go on. Every shift teaches me something. One of those lessons has been sundowning. The Alzheimer's Association describes sundowning as the increased confusion that people

Recently, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said something that I have spent a lot of time reflecting on: "To me, they should be the best paid people in society, not the worst." Like many people, my first thought was about pay. But the more I reflected on his words, the more I realised they raised a much bigger question. What makes a profession valuable? As a care worker, people sometimes joke about the number of hours I work. They would usually say, "You must have a lot of money i

I trained and qualified as a lawyer in Nigeria. Today, I'm a care worker in the UK. If you'd asked me years ago whether that's where life would lead me, I would have probably laughed. Like many people who move countries in search of new opportunities, my career took a different direction. But I did not expect my legal background to follow me into social care. In many ways, it has. I've been working as a care worker for the past 18 months, and during that time I've seen compas

“Life goes on” is probably my favourite line these days. I say it to myself often, and I say it to other people too. It reminds me not...