Relatives & Residents Association

We support, inform and speak on behalf of older people in care

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About us
- - The Relatives & Residents Association is the national charity for older people in or needing care and the relatives and friends who help them cope. Browse here for more details about our activities and aims as a unique specialist charity in this vitally important sector, how we are run and how to contact us.
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News & Policy
- - After a quarter of a century of work for older people in care and their relatives, the R&RA is a leading and respected voice with the authority to speak out effectively for the changes still needed to improve care. Follow our News pages and Current R&RA policy issues.
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Resources
- - R&RA's resources are independent and expert, with the input and endorsement of people living and working in care. Free factsheets and guides to download, plus a variety of materials available to buy .
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Keys to Care
- - Keys to Care: R&RA''s invaluable resources family for all carers.
    Jargon-free, handy and practical.
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- - We could not exist without our members and donors. Sadly good quality care for all our older people is still far too low a priority so please consider joining or contributing to ensure R&RA's much needed work continues.
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Your Covid Stories

How can a daughter with know-how of mum’s dementia connect with her carers?

15th September 2020

“I’ve been working really hard to keep mum living well with dementia, to stimulate her. That’s now fallen off a cliff. Covid has pulled up the drawbridge. I feel so shut away from her.” Our family has been happy to be partners in care with the homes my 88 year-old mum has been in for the past eight years, mainly for her dementia. Between me and my sister ...

Visiting restrictions keep family seperated

“My relationship with mum now? I don’t have one. I’m not able to provide her comfort, reassurance, love.” Mum had been living with me till her dementia, then a heart attack, made a move to the care home necessary two years ago. It was a distance from me, so to supplement my visits I recruited a local, paid-for visitor who visited mum five times a week. My...