MHA Blogs

16 August 2023

Loneliness is not just an emotional state; it also has profound implications for mental health and recent studies show the affect loneliness has on the brain.

04 August 2023

It's so important that housing and care settings are pet inclusive with everyone being able to have a pet if they wish. Sadly, despite being a nation of animal lovers, we heard that there is a long way to go, and many landlords prohibit pets.

01 August 2023

MHA is taking part in the poll and you can cast your free vote for us over at the My Favourite Voucher Codes homepage.

28 July 2023

This week marks four years since former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, promised to fix social care once and for all. Two years ago the Government announced reforms and a White Paper, and although the reforms weren’t perfect, it did feel like there was mov

19 July 2023

There has been a huge amount of media attention this week surrounding the results seen by trial users of new drug, donanemab. Hailed as a major step forward in treating symptoms for people with Alzheimer’s, results of global clinical trials have shown tha

06 July 2023

The Government has published its plan for the NHS workforce. While this is a good move for the thousands of people who work for the National Health Service, there is one glaring omission - the social care workforce.

22 June 2023

The membership body for Directors of Adult Care and Social Services (ADASS), has published their spring survey. Within the survey they paint a picture of the current landscape within social care and call on the Government to make social care a priority.

26 May 2023

You may have heard of down-sizing, but right-sizing is becoming a more popular term to use. Down-sizing is where you move into a smaller home or property, usually when you’re older and no longer need as much space. It tends to be linked with more negative

12 May 2023

Cornella is a Senior Nurse at MHA Herondale & Kingfisher care home. We caught up with her to talk about her experience.