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Health
Looking After Your Hearing Aids This Summer
As the weather heats up there are few things you can do to ensure your hearing aids have a hassle-free summer season. Written by Lynne Leeming, Audiologist at Charnwood Hearing Aid Centre Ltd
How much thought do we give to what we wear?
Shoes make a huge difference to your comfort, posture and pain! The feet are very complex with many interdependent components – 28 bones, 33 joints, 9 muscles and 107 ligaments so need proper support. There is no such thing as an “ideal” shoe. Hikers runners, builders have differing requirements. The design has to consider the task […]
A Message From David Newcombe
As we begin a new year, it feels like the right moment to pause and reflect on the changing landscape of care at home, and on the role we play within it here at Right at Home Loughborough
Need Home Care at Christmas?
Many home care providers have little or no capacity to take new clients up to and, through the Christmas period. Right at Home Loughborough have open capacity at most times of the day. If you, or a loved one, need home care now, particularly block hours or night support, please call us on 01509 279360 […]
Planning for Care Home Fees
and why gifting away assets doesn’t always work Many of our clients come to us as they are worried about their future and the potential need for them to go into a care home and pay the extremely high fees. Our clients understandably seek advice on how to protect their assets and their home from […]
Hearing and Fireworks
How loud is too loud? It is well known that loud noise can irreversibly damage your hearing when the delicate hair cells in the cochlea are exposed to high-intensity sounds, causing them to bend, swell and die. Damage can occur either due to continuous exposure to loud sounds or following a single extremely loud event […]
NHS 10 Year Plan
What Does It Mean for Our Community? Improving access to GP services remains one of my top priorities locally. I’ve been working with local GPs and the NHS to help practises get the premises they need and deliver the care our community deserves. Our GP surgeries are delivering more appointments, making it easier to see […]
Bicep tear/rupture
A torn or ‘ruptured’ long head of the biceps is a common shoulder injury that typically affects patients between 40 and 60, often with a history of shoulder problems. It can result from heavy falls in younger people (e.g. skiing or snowboarding) or can develop gradually in older adults due to repetitive use and degenerative […]
