We are delighted to announce that we won the Innovation in Home Care award at the National Leaders in Care Awards held in Birmingham. The Innovation in Home Care award recognises providers who have devised creative ways to reduce risk, improve operation efficiency and, most importantly, improve outcomes for individuals. We were recognised ahead of read more

The Good Oaks team with MP Conor Burns.  It’s been a busy start to Autumn at our Good Oaks offices. Staff have been busy planning events to support the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Last Friday, Good Oaks Bournemouth and Poole held their Macmillan Coffee Morning at the Good Oaks read more

September is World Alzheimer’s Month: a worldwide campaign by Alzheimer’s Disease International to raise awareness of the stigma surrounding dementia – and to challenge it. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia in the UK . According to Alzheimer’s Society, there are 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK. At Good Oaks, read more

Good Oaks is one of the first UK home care companies to become carbon neutral. We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded Carbon Footprint accreditation after offsetting our carbon emissions. This follows an audit of our carbon emissions across all four of our offices in Dorset, Hampshire, Reading and Mid Sussex. Carbon read more

We’re delighted to share some exciting news from Good Oaks New Forest and Good Oaks Reading.   The team at Good Oaks New Forest is delighted to be named as finalists in the South Coast Business Awards, in the ‘Best New Business’ category. This award reflects the hard work and dedication to client care by read more

This week is Loneliness Awareness Week (17 – 21 June 2019). To recognise this, we’re looking at how we can all help elderly people in our local communities to feel less lonely. We know that loneliness is one of the biggest challenges facing our elderly population. Loneliness Awareness Week is run by Marmalade Trust, a charity read more

This week is Volunteers’ Week (1 – 7 June 2019), a chance to celebrate and say thank you for the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. Good Oaks Volunteers We are big supporters of volunteers at Good Oaks. As part of our employment package, we offer our carers paid volunteer days. Our read more

Respite Care is a temporary period of care cover. It has many benefits and we receive respite care enquiries from families for a number of reasons. Respite care can be a brilliant way of bringing in some extra help to cover a period when a person’s normal care isn’t possible. It might be that family read more