Housing and care related resources

This section contains an a-z listing of all resouces stored in the HousingCare.Org library.

Resources beginning with D

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
  How deafness is described and measured, causes of deafness, hearing aids, communicating with deaf & hard of hearing people, equipment, & the Disability Discrimination Act
• Dealing with Debt
  Information and advice about legal rights of people who have debts, and the prorections from people who are demanding payment of money. It covers problems with rent, mortgage, council tax, hire purchase, utilities, loans, credit, and bailiffs
• Dealing with Debt
  Guidance on potential action that can be taken to deal with debt
• Dealing with Someone Else's Affairs
  Describes the arrangements that must be made to help with, or take over, the management of someone else's affairs. It's aimed at relatives and carers of people who can no longer cope on their own with financial affairs
• Dealing with Someone's Estate
  When a person dies, somebody has to arrange the funeral and deal with their estate (the money, property and possessions owned by the person who has dies). This factsheet provides information on ways in which the money may be collected, the debts paid and the balance distributed to those who are entitled to receive a share in the estate.
• Dealing with Someone's Estate
  When a person dies, somebody has to arrange the funeral and deal with the estate (the money, property and possessions owned by the person who has died). This factsheet provides information on the ways in which the money may be collected, the debts paid and the balance distributed to those who are entitled to receive a share in the estate.
• Deferring Retirement Pension : Questions & Answers
  When people reach retirement age they can choose to claim the state pension or to defer it. This information sheet explains the potential benefit of delaying claiming the pension. It also refers to rules from April 2005 that enable people to take out a lump sum rather than defer their pension
• Delivering Adaptations
  Explains how HIAs can help giving case studies, minor adaptations & schemes, and costs & benefits
• Delivering End of Life Care in Housing with Care Settings
  The aim of this factsheet is to raise awareness among housing with care practitioners and providers of the current agendas and developments in practice around end of life care
• Delivering Housing Adaptations for Disabled People: a good practice guide
  A joint ODPM & DoH good practice guide for local authorities. It advises on how they can establish a quality service to deliver adaptations to the homes of disabled people to meet their needs and statutory entitlements
• Delivering housing for an ageing population - Informing housing strategies and planning policies
  This report sets out the key issues facing all those involved in planning the housing supply, and in planning for communities, for an ageing Britain over the next decade and beyond. It is intended for use primarily by planners, commissioners, and housing providers.
• Delivering Housing for an Ageing Population: informing housing strategies and housing policies
  This guide is intended for housing commissioners and providers, and examines what type of housing is needed for an ageing population
• Demand Management
  Good practice guide for Home Improvement Agencies on demand management. Promotes good practice and need for strategies to manage increasing demand.
• Dental Care
  Information about NHSdental services in England, paying for NHS treatment, and dental health issues for older people
• Depression
  Explanation of what depression is, its symptoms, the causes, why it is so common in older people, the relationship between depression & dementia, and available treatment.
• Depression in the Elderly
  Information about depression, the symtpoms and treatment for older people and their carers
• Deprivation of Assets
  Guidance for people considering giving away or disposing of assets to avoid paying for care. Local Authorities may deem the following to be deprivation & this would adversely affect financial assessment - transferring property title deeds to someone else, giving a lump sum to someone else, transferring assets into a Trust, or unusually high expenditure.
• Design Principles for Extra Care
  Essential basic information about key design principles and issues to consider when designing and developing a brief for a new Extra Care Scheme
• Developing a Housing and Community Care Strategy for Older People: A Do It Yourself Guide
  A guide for housing providers to develop strategies for joint housing and community care for older people.
• Developing and implementing Local Extra Care Housing Strategies
  The guide is designed to help local authorities develop a strategy with regard to Extra Care housing
• Diagnosis and Assessment (Dementia)
  The process of assessment & diagnosis of dementia, it's importance, and what happens
• Did you know
  Factsheet containing facts about visual impairment
• Digital Switchover questions and answers
  This briefing outlines the changes in television signals, what it means, the options, and timescales.
• Digital Unite
  Digital Unite (formerly Hairnet) is an independent computer training company specialising in older people. The website has useful links for older people on education & employment, organisations & societies, & websites for the over 50's.
• Dignity in Housing
  This report and accompanying checklist takes a detailed look at policy and practice in relation to achieving dignity in a housing setting
• Direct Payment of Pension and Benefits
  From April 2005, the government repalced pension books with the Direct Payments system, which means that all pension and benefits are paid straight into the recipients bank, building society or post office account. This information sheet explains the system and choices available
• Direct Payments
  Information about Direct Payments which people who have been assessed as needing care can use to pay for the care and support of their choice
• Direct Payments from Social Services
  Information on payments that can be made by social services departments, so that individuals can arrange their own care, to meet the needs they have been assessed as having.
• Direct Payments from social work
  This explains the payments that can be made by Social Work Departments, so that individual people can arrange their own care to meet the needs that they've been assessed as having. It explains what Direct Payments are and what they can be used for.
• Directory of Housing Advice and Information Services for Older People
  A handy booklet that aims to help older people and their advisors locate the right housing advice service.
• Directory of Housing Advice and Information Services for Older People - order form
  
• Disability and Ageing: Your Rights to Social Services
  Aims to help people find out if they have a right to social services because they are elderly or have a disability.
• Disability and Ageing: Your Rights to Social Services
  Aims to help people find out if they have a right to social services because they are elderly or have a disability. It describes the mandatory and discretionary Social Services, how to apply for services, and how to challenge Social Services decisions.
• Disability Benefits : Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance
  Helps you to find out if you qualify for Attendance Allowance or Disability Living Allowance which are benefits for people who have health problems or have a physical or mental disability.
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) - A Guide for Providers of Goods, Facilities & Services
  Guide explains what the DDA is, the customers and service providers who are covered by the DDA, and how it affects providers and services. It also describes what "reasonable adjustments" are, when less afvourable treatment is permitted, and putting the theory into practice
• Disability Equipment and how to get it
  It is aimed at people who may need help to manage more easily or safely around the home, and gives information about ways to access equipment in Scotland
• Disability Equipment and How to Get It
  Information on how to get equipment to help with daily living and with getting about.
• Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for a Person Aged 16 or Over
  If you have a severe physical or mental illness or disability and need help for more than 6 months you may be able to claim a Disability Living Allowance (DLA). These webpages describe what the DLA is, how to find out if you are eligible and how you can claim it.
• Disabled Living Centres Council
  Through this website you can search for a Disabled Living Centre (DLC) closest to where you live. DLCs provide free information and advice about products that can increase disabled or older people's choices about how they live. At a DLC you can see and try out products and explore other solutions. The Centres provide free information to people in person, by telephone, letter or email.
• Disabled Living Foundation
  This website offers information about the right type of equipment that will help you manage your household chores and day-to-day living without having to depend on other people. There are a number of factsheets that you can download, including those on footwear, everyday/household equipment, mobility equipment, clothing, design advice and sources of funding.
• Disrepair in Rented Accommodation
  These web pages, available through the Citizens Advice Bureaux Adviceguide website, outline what you can do if you are living in rented accommodation and need to get repairs carried out.
• Divorce and Separation
  Explanation of the legal position for people who are married and are considering divorce or separtion
• Domestic Violence : A guide to Civil Remedies and Criminal Sanctions
  The guide sets out the civil remedies and criminal sanctions that are currently available through the courts to victims of domestic violence. It is intended for statutory And voluntary sector service providers who deal with the impact of DV
• Domestic Violence, Abuse and Harassment
  This leaflet tells you about your legal rights if you are suffering any sort of abuse in your home from other members of your family. It also tells you how to get practical help to protect you.
• Domiciliary Care National Minimum Standards : Regulations
  The criteria on which domiciliary care agencies (including LA provision & NHS Trusts) are assessed. Domiciliary care agencies provide personal care to people in their own homes, and they need to meet the required standards.
• Domicillary Care
  A good practice guide on domicillary care for sheltered housing staff
• Drug-Induced Parkinsonism
  Describes what it is, what drugs can cause it, characteristics and progression of drug-induced Parkinsonism
• Drugs and Arthritis
  Information about medication used to treat arthritis