LT Caring Services

28/10/2026

Friendly debate of the week… 🤣

Now when someone asks me for a cookie, this is where the confusion starts 😂

A client’s partner was away to the bakers for pancakes (totally acceptable) and… cookies?? (Can you even get cookies from the bakers?!) 🤣

Do you call it a buttery or a cookie?? Or is it a rowie in your house?

To me, a cookie is a biscuit with chocolate chips in it!! 🍪

Let’s settle this, tell me what you call it and where you’re from, because I’m sure that has something to do with it 🤣

Lauren 🩷

22/10/2026

I’ve had a few messages recently from people letting me know about care homes going up for sale. Thank you for keeping a lookout for me. It means a lot that you remember my dream 🩷

But the care home I have in my head needs to be built from scratch, because the plans I have are quite different from your typical care home! 👀

I’m hearing of fees of £2,000–£4,000 per WEEK 🫣

Now, I’m not saying I’ll be able to offer care for less. Providing good care costs money. But for that amount, people should be receiving exceptional care AND a quality of life that reflects what they’re paying.

Too often, I hear people describe a care home as “somewhere you go to die”. It’s heartbreaking that getting older and needing more support can come with that fear.

I want people to feel they still have a life to look forward to. Somewhere with laughter, purpose, choices, things to do and people who have time for them. Somewhere their family feels welcome and involved, too.

And when I tell you I’ve already had people in their 30s and 40s asking to go on my future waiting list… 😂 That’s the start of the change I want to make!

That same care needs to extend to the staff. Carers do such valuable work, and I don’t believe their pay always reflects the skill, responsibility and heart they bring to it. I want the people delivering that care to feel valued, supported and fairly paid.

Imagine a care home where residents are treated like family, their loved ones feel part of it, and the carers, nurses, chefs, housekeepers and everyone keeping the place running feel appreciated too.

That’s what I want to build. It’s a big dream, but there’s a reason I’m so passionate about it.

Care that feels like family. That’s always been the heart of LT Caring Services, and it would be the heart of my care home too 🩷

So in the meantime, I’ll keep working away as a private carer, giving people the care I believe in, while I work towards making that dream a reality 🩷

Lauren x

LT Caring Services - Private Carer
📞 07503 086966
✉️ [email protected]
📍 Aberdeenshire

17/10/2026

10/10/2026

On horseback, in the very place where I dream of one day building my own care home. 💜🐴

“How do you cope doing the job you do?”

This.

Getting out on horseback, gathering my thoughts and processing everything that’s happened. Giving myself a little breathing space, then picking myself up, ready to help the next person.

For now, my aim is to help as many people as possible stay in their own homes, where they want to be, for as long as possible. One day, I hope to offer that same love and care in a care home of my own.

Every client who passes away leaves their mark. I’m human, and of course I get upset. But alongside that sadness, there’s a quiet sense of pride in knowing I’ve helped care for them right until the end, supported their family and helped them stay at home, surrounded by love.

If love could have saved them, they’d have lived forever. 💜

Thank you to every single one of you who trusts me to care for you or your loved ones. It’s a privilege I don’t think I’ll ever get over.

Here’s to helping more people stay at home, and keeping the dream of my own care home alive.

Although, with the cost of diesel, I might be cheaper turning up to my visits on horseback!! 🤣🐴

Lauren xx
LT Caring Services

02/10/2026

A little apology to anyone waiting for a reply from me 🤍

I’m a little behind with new enquiries and catching up on messages from clients’ families.

A couple of my clients are needing extra care just now, and between caring and driving from visit to visit, I just haven’t had a minute to catch up on my phone.

Please don’t think I’ve forgotten about you. Anything needing immediate attention is being prioritised, and I’ll reply to everyone else as soon as I can.

Thank you so much for your patience and understanding.

Lauren xx
LT Caring Services
Private Carer | Aberdeenshire

19/09/2026

📣 CALLING ALL ABERDEENSHIRE PEOPLE, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS! 📣

We’re looking for people who would be interested in attending one of our upcoming Conversation Cafés for elderly and vulnerable members of our community. ☕️🩷

Could you offer an interesting talk, activity, demonstration or entertainment? Previous cafés have included Scottish music and singing, scam-awareness advice, dental-health talks, prize bingo, Christmas songs and visits from local schoolchildren.

Perhaps you’re a:

🎶 Musician, singer or choir
🏫 School, nursery or youth group
🐾 Animal-related business or organisation
🎨 Craft or activity group
🚒 Local emergency service
💐 Florist or gardener
🏛️ Local history group
💪 Health, wellbeing or support service
🎲 Bingo or games organiser

We’re open to absolutely any ideas! It’s a lovely opportunity to bring people together, reduce loneliness and give our elderly and vulnerable residents something enjoyable to look forward to. Even a short visit could make someone’s whole week. 🥰

If you, your business or your group would be interested in getting involved, please send me a message.

Please tag anyone below who you think might be interested or would be brilliant for one of our cafés! 🙏🏼

Lauren - Private Carer 🩷

📞 07503 086966
📧 [email protected]
📍 Aberdeenshire

08/09/2026

🩷 Carers, I see you and I understand. 🩷

Picture this…

You’re new to working in a care home. You walk into a building where friendship groups have already formed and everyone seems to know one another. Suddenly, you’re the little fish in a very big pond.

You complete one or two shadow shifts, watching people you naturally assume are experienced and properly trained. Before you know it, you’re included in the staffing numbers and expected to get on with the job.

Then you witness something that doesn’t feel right.

Do you report it?

Do you challenge it there and then?

Or do you keep quiet because you’re frightened of the backlash?

It’s easy to say, “I would speak up,” but the reality can be very different.

You might be young, shy, anxious or completely new to care. The person involved may be a popular senior carer who has worked there for years. If you report it, an investigation begins and it can quickly become obvious who raised the concern.

Suddenly, you’re being ignored.

Your name is being passed around through Chinese whispers.

You’re walking into every shift knowing that certain people don’t want you there because you “got their friend into trouble.”

If you challenge the person directly, you may be met with, “I’ve worked here longer than you. I know what I’m doing.”

Whatever way you handle it, you can find yourself working in a hostile environment simply because you tried to do the right thing.

When I worked in care homes, younger carers would sometimes tell me about things they had witnessed but were too frightened to report. They didn’t want confrontation, workplace drama or trouble outside of work.

It isn’t only younger carers either. It can be anyone who is shy, anxious or worried about being pushed out.

Eventually, some good carers can’t take it anymore and leave. Others learn to keep their heads down and mouths shut because they need their wages to pay their bills.

Before long, the culture continues and another good carer has been silenced.

I’ve never been afraid of being disliked for speaking up. I live in the middle of nowhere with my husband, children and animals, perfectly happy being selectively social! 😆

I went to work to care for vulnerable people, not to win a popularity contest.

I would rather be disliked for protecting someone than liked for staying silent when something isn’t right.

However, I completely understand why others can feel unable to speak up. Nobody should be bullied, isolated or made to dread going to work because they raised a genuine concern about someone’s care.

This is not about attacking every care home or every person working within one. I have worked alongside some absolutely incredible carers who genuinely care with their whole hearts.

The problem is that good carers are not always being supported, listened to or given the time and resources to provide the standard of care they desperately want to give.

Something needs to change within the care sector and I’m going to keep shouting from the rooftops.

If you are a carer who has spoken up when something wasn’t right, thank you. 🩷

If you are a carer who wanted to speak up but felt frightened of the consequences, I see you and I understand.

This is one of the reasons I’m so determined to have my own care home one day. I don’t only want to protect and care for the vulnerable and elderly. I want to protect and value the carers looking after them too.

Because supported carers provide better care.

Carers deserve to be listened to, respected and paid properly for the incredibly important work they do.

Please like, comment and share this post. Every interaction helps it reach another person and makes more people aware of what can happen behind closed doors.

If those with the power to change things won’t listen, then we need to keep making our voices louder. 🩷

Lauren
LT Caring Services - Private Carer

📞 07503 086966
📧 [email protected]
📍 Aberdeenshire

04/09/2026

💔 The sad state of reality…

A family is currently being pressured to prepare for their loved one going into a care home.

They were initially scared into believing they wouldn’t be able to find carers to support their loved one at home. The family then found private carers themselves who are ready and willing to provide that support.

Now, instead of helping the family make care at home work, they’re being told that their loved one won’t be able to remain at home long term. They’ve even been offered counselling to help them prepare for a care home placement.

It’s difficult not to question why there seems to be such a push towards residential care, particularly when considerably more money can be attached to a care home placement than the support being offered to keep someone safely in their own home.

Please don’t misunderstand me. There are many wonderful carers and professionals who genuinely care and want the best for the people they support. Unfortunately, they’re often restricted by red tape, limited resources and decisions made much higher up.

When the family told me what was happening, my response was simple:

If your loved one wants to remain at home, I’ll do everything within my power to help make that possible.

I’ve helped people avoid unnecessary respite and long term care home placements before. With the right carers, planning, equipment and support network, it absolutely can be done.

A care home may be the safest and most appropriate choice for some people, but it should never feel forced because it’s financially easier for the system.

People deserve to be listened to.
Families deserve to be supported, not frightened or bullied into decisions.
Every realistic option should be explored before someone is expected to leave the home they know and love.

Here’s to helping as many people as possible remain at home for as long as it’s safe and right for them… at least until I finally build my own dream care home! 🩷🏡

Private care that feels like family.

Lauren
LT Caring Services

📞07503 086966
📧[email protected]
📍Aberdeenshire

03/09/2026

🦷 Let’s talk about teeth…

Why is oral health treated as such a priority when we are young, yet it can become almost forgotten when someone grows older or moves into a care home?

Dentists visit schools to check children’s teeth, and if there are concerns that their oral health is not being properly looked after, these concerns may be raised with social work. I completely understand why, but shouldn’t concerns also be raised with adult social work if an older or vulnerable person’s oral health isn’t being looked after too? Shouldn’t the people responsible for providing their care be held accountable?

Surely they deserve the same protection?

Whether someone has their natural teeth or dentures, their mouth still needs to be cleaned and cared for every day. In fact, those who are unable to manage it themselves need even more support, not less.

I have witnessed dentures practically cemented into someone’s mouth through a lack of oral care. I have also seen personal care charts where teeth brushing has been signed off as completed, yet it is clear that a toothbrush has not even entered that person’s mouth.

Ticking a box does not mean the care has actually been provided.

Poor mouth care can cause pain, infection, difficulty eating and a loss of dignity. A toothbrush should never simply be forgotten.

I always carry plenty of toothbrushes and oral care supplies in my van for my lovely clients, thanks to Diane Lawson at NHS Grampian. 🪥

I know there are carers who make teeth brushing a priority, and this post is not aimed at those who already do. Sadly, however, I have seen far too many occasions where it has been missed completely.

For me, brushing my teeth is one of the first things I do when getting myself ready, so it feels completely natural to offer and encourage the same when helping someone else get ready.

If there is one piece of advice I could give, it would be this:

Be the carer you would want looking after you.

Oral care is not an optional extra. It is basic care, health and dignity. It matters at every age. 🩷

Lauren - Private Carer

📞 07503 086966
📧 [email protected]
📍 Aberdeenshire