{"id":340492,"date":"2025-10-07T11:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T11:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/?page_id=340492"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:03:33","slug":"the-essential-guides-to-home-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/home-care-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"The essential guides to home care"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"page-banner hero-banner responsive-banner-block_0e48d28321a8106a4bc797b9654cb683 image-focal-point-center\"\n\t\t style=\"--hh-banner-overlay: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0) 60%);--hh-mobile-banner-overlay: linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,0.3), rgba(0,0,0,0.3));\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-s col-lg-6 justify-content-center py-lg-11xl py-4xl align-items-lg-start align-items-center min-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"text-white fw-bold 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class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-97dd234c gb-headline-text fw-light text-large m-0 p-0 text-dark\">Each of them walks you through all you need to know about the home care services we offer and how we can support you or your loved one at home.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns m-0 p-0 d-flex gap-lg-m gap-m is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column m-0 p-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"d-flex flex-column align-items-start justify-content-between gap-s w-100 h-100 p-lg-m p-s border border-light-grey rounded-3 bg-grey-20\">\n    <div class=\"d-flex flex-column align-items-start justify-content-start gap-s\">\n        \n            \n            <h5 id=\"dementia-home-care-guide\" class=\"d-flex flex-column align-items-start justify-content-start gap-xs m-0 fw-medium text-xlarge text-purple-dark\">\n                \n                                    <span>Dementia home care guide<\/span>\n                            <\/h5>\n        \n                    <div class=\"acf-wysiwyg-reset-24\">\n                <p>Discover specialist knowledge and top tips for caring for someone living with dementia.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <a href=\"\/home-care-guides\/dementia-home-care-guide\/\"\n           class=\"btn text-nowrap btn-primary btn-sm text-medium\"\n           target=\"_self\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"dementia-home-care-guide\" aria-label=\"Guide to dementia home care\">\n\n            \n                <span>\n        Free Download    <\/span>\n    \n            \n        <\/a>\n        <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column m-0 p-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"d-flex flex-column align-items-start justify-content-between gap-s w-100 h-100 p-lg-m p-s border border-light-grey rounded-3 bg-grey-20\">\n    <div class=\"d-flex flex-column 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