Explains how FirstStop Advice can help you explore your housing and care options and also how to fund and pay for accommodation or services you need....
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Our database of sheltered and retirement housing has specialist schemes
which usually cater for people over 60 or sometimes 55. If you are under
60 and not eligible for sheltered housing the follo...
There is an increasing range of options available for the accommodation and
care of people who have dementia. Some people with dementia are now
being diagnosed at an early stage when they remain ...
People can only expect to remain in an NHS hospital while they are receiving medical treatment. Sometimes older people and their relatives feel unprepared for a return home or ill equipped for making...
This guide is an introduction to services in Warwickshire that can help older people live more comfortably or independently at home, and the options available to those who decide to move in later life...
This self training module is for people who give general advice on a range of topics e.g. money, housing, services, and who wish to be able to advise older people about their care choices in later lif...
Whilst most older people wish to stay in their existing home, a growing number are considering the possibility of moving. This course will enable advisers to offer older people information and advice ...
This guide is intended to be an introduction to choosing, living in and funding a care home. The financial and legal information contained within this guide is
based on our understanding of the law a...
Early diagnosis of dementia means that a person with dementia can be involved in decision making and planning for their future care needs. FirstStop can provide information and advice to help them do ...
If you, or someone you care for, are self-funding care home fees, fully understanding what the State provides and being certain about costs and affordability is essential. This straightforward factshe...
According to the Government, almost 40% of older people in care homes pay
for their own care and many of these do so from the proceeds of their former
homes. There are circumstances where a propert...
Having spent many years living together it can be a very difficult, emotional and
worrying time when one or both members of a couple need to move into a care
home. This factsheet aims to clarify exa...
Helping you to understand when the NHS will fund Nursing Care in a Care Home...
The complete report on the evaluation of the FirstStop Advice service. Including aims and objectives, methodology, findings and analysis. Includes both the National and Local service and Value for Mon...
Summary of the evaluation including key successes, challenges and the future....
When asked, many older people would prefer to remain in their own homes if
they needed care and indeed, for some time now, it has been government
policy to encourage and enable this to happen. Wha...
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A guide to paying for care, equity release, annuities and investments....