Let's Talk About Care
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Let's Talk About Care
This podcast highlights issues related to social care. We find out the funny, shocking and inspiring stories about care and hear from ministers, care professionals, celebrities and people giving and receiving care.
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31 episodi
Ep.30 Meet Joy Milne: The woman who can sniff out Parkinson's, Alzheimer's & cancer
Host Angeline Albert talks to Joy Milne about what it's like to smell Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer and other diseases. Her rare hereditary condit...
Ep. 29 Kari Gerstheimer, Access Social Care CEO reveals how some battles for care are so 'harrowing' lawyers need counselling
Host Jill Rennie talks to Kari Gerstheimer about why she set up the charity and how the charity is giving free legal advice to thousands of elderly a...
Ep. 28 Comedian Pope Lonergan talks about his new book 'I'll Die After Bingo' and his life as a care home worker
Host Jill Rennie talks to comedian and author Pope Lonergan about his new book where he shares his raw and honest account of his time working as a car...
Ep. 27 Dr Jane Townson, CEO of the Homecare Association talks about infection control fund, overseas recruitment and cost of living crisis
Host Jill Rennie talks to Dr Jane Townson about care workers being denied sick pay because the government has scrapped the infection control fund exac...
Ep.26 Long Covid left us bedbound for a year say Antony Loveless and Claire Hooper
Host Angeline Albert talks to Antony Loveless and former nurse Claire Hooper who describe how long Covid left them bedbound for the whole year in 2021...
Ep. 25 Amanda Woodvine, CEO of Vegetarian for Life talks about respecting beliefs of vegetarians and vegans in care homes
Host Sue Learner talks to Amanda Woodvine about the importance of respecting the beliefs of older vegetarians and vegans living in care homes, many of...
Ep.24 Vic Rayner, CEO of the National Care Forum talks about care staff shortages, the need for pay increase and mandatory vaccine
Host Jill Rennie talks to Vic Rayner, CEO of the National Care Forum (NCF) about how social care is viewed in the eyes of the government since the pan...
Ep.23 Camille Leavold, Abbots Care director talks about mandatory vaccines and the recruitment crisis
Host Sue Learner talks to Camille Leavold, managing director of Abbots Care, a home care provider in the south east of England, about how they have be...
Ep.22 Is football a killer? Dr Willie Stewart says headers aren't worth high dementia risk
Host Angeline Albert talks to traumatic brain injury expert Dr Willie Stewart who says footballs should be sold with a health warning because his stud...
Ep. 21 Stephen Chandler, president of care charity ADASS talks about fixing social care and appearing on Panorama
Host Jill Rennie talks to Stephen Chandler, president of ADASS, about adult social care, his appearance on BBC One's Panorama, the government's respon...
Ep.20 ‘I had panic attacks’ says care manager revealing mental health battle after 9 residents died
Host Angeline Albert talks to care home manager Dawn Bunter about how her mental health was impacted after nine residents died of Covid-19.
Ep.19 Jess Crawford aged 29 reveals what it was like finding she has inherited the gene for frontotemporal dementia
Host Jill Rennie talks to Jess Crawford who has found at the age of 29 she has the gene for frontotemporal dementia, why she chose to take the test,...
Ep.18 Care minister Helen Whately defends her response to Covid deaths in care homes
Host Angeline Albert talks to Care minister Helen Whately about government response to deaths in care homes, care home visits etc
Ep.17 Arlene Phillips, Strictly Come Dancing legend talks about her career, ageism and her work with Alzheimer's Society
Host Jill Rennie talks to Arlene Phillips about her dancing career and the inspirational people she has met such as Freddie Mercury, Ridley Scott and...
Ep.16 Grace Meadows, Music for Dementia director on her passion to make music an integral part of dementia care
Host Jill Rennie talks to Grace Meadows, programme director of Music for Dementia, a charity boosting awareness of the benefits of music and its powe...
Ep.15 Martin Jones, CEO of Home Instead Senior Care talks about caring for his father and his vision for home care
Host Sue Learner talks to Martin Jones, chief executive of Home Instead Senior Care about how caring for his father has shaped the way he leads the UK...
Ep. 14 Care home manager who caught COVID-19 says care homes face free PPE restrictions
Host Angeline Albert talks to care home manager Mark Topps , who caught COVID-19 and says care homes are struggling to get enough free PPE each day...
Ep.13 Karolina Gerlich, head of Care Workers Charity talks about her battle to improve pay and status of care workers
Hosts Jill Rennie and Sue Learner talk to Karolina Gerlich, executive director of the Care Workers Charity (CWC) about her phenomenal achievement in f...
Ep.12 Transgender care director talks LGBT+ rights & inclusive care
Host Angeline Albert asks why should care homes and home care agencies champion LGBT+ rights?
Ramses Underhill-Smith, the MD of the UK's first L...
Ep.11 Care worker facing deportation fears his life's at risk
Host Angeline Albert speaks to care worker Anugwom Goodluck who battled to protect care home residents from COVID-19 but now faces deportation to Nige...
Ep 10. Care home lockdown laughs include perfume-scented love letters to penpals
Host Angeline Albert asks what is life like for a care home in lockdown? Care worker Jack Johnson, 91-year-old resident Doreen Empson & Danielle Bulle...
Ep 9. Care home owner Anita Astle talks about loss of 13 residents from COVID-19 and how ‘love’ from people kept her going
Host Angeline Albert talks to Anita Astle, the managing director of Wren Hall Nursing Home in Nottingham, where 13 residents died of Covid-19. She a...
Ep 8. Martin Green, Care England CEO talks about care homes and his love for the north
Co-hosts Jill Rennie and Sue Learner talk to Martin Green, chief executive of Care England about his passion for the care sector which is nearly as st...
Ep 7. Care minister Caroline Dinenage talks about why social care reform hasn't arrived and death threats
Host Angeline Albert talks to Care minister Caroline Dinenage about her husband’s death threats, government thinking on social care reform and her enc...
Ep 6. John and Nula Suchet talk about finding love through dementia
Co-hosts Jill Rennie and Sue Learner talk to TV broadcaster and Classic FM presenter John Suchet and his wife Nula about how dementia affected them in...
Ep 5. Norma Howard - UK’s oldest female wing walker
Co-hosts Jill Rennie and Sue Learner talk to Norma Howard, who at the age of 91 became the UK’s oldest female wing-walker. If that is not exhausting e...
Ep 4. Freda & The 100+ Club - how she dodged bullets & met Queen's grandparents
Host Angeline Albert talks to 106-year-old Freda Hodgson and Dorothy Gayler, aged 101, two of the nine members of what has been dubbed The 100+ Club a...
Ep 3. Esther Rantzen on care robots, loneliness & the right to die
Host Angeline Albert talks to broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen about loneliness, the right to die, ageism, climate change and care robots
Ep 2. Wendy Mitchell on living with dementia
Co-hosts Jill Rennie and Sue Learner talk to Wendy Mitchell, who was diagnosed with early onset dementia at the age of 58. Since her diagnosis, she ha...
Ep 1. Gyles Brandreth on dementia & poetry
Co-hosts Jill Rennie and Sue Learner talk to Gyles Brandreth about his new book ‘Dancing by the Light of the Moon’ where he not only discusses his pas...
Let’s Talk About Care - Trailer
This podcast is hosted by Jill Rennie, Sue Learner and Angeline Albert. Two of the hosts introduce listeners to the Let’s Talk About Care podcast reve...