Report, based on interviews with older people, about the need to maintain independence in the home or more appropriate accommodation....
Advice for people caring for someone with dementia on how to use measures that can help that person continue to make best use of their skills and abilities as their condi....
Good lighting practice , ideas, tips and advice on how to light your home more effectively with the different types of household and task lighting that are available....
A guide for use by anyone who voluntarily helps to care for an adult who has impaired mental incapacity. It expalins what the law (Mental Capacity Act 2005) says about me....
A guide for care professionals and volunteers involved in the care of adults who need support to make decisions - due to dementia, mental health problems or any other ill....
IMCA is a new type of statutory advocacy introduced by the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which gives some people who lack capacity a right to receive support from an IMCA.The....
A guide for people who wish to prepare for possible future mental incapacity. It explains what the law says about mental incapacity, how decisions should be made on finan....
Report on a one day conference held on 23rd November 2003, organised by HOPDEV, the joint ODPM / Dept. of Health Housing and Older People Development Group.....
A good practice guide for landlords....
Retirement villages are a relatively new type of provision in the UK. Using the authors own research and other studies, the report reviews evidence to date on the impact ....
Information for anyone wishing to make a Will.....
Information on making your own will. Including witnessing, going to a solicitor, appointing an executor, revising and storing your will, taxes on your death and what will....
Getting medicine on prescription, buying medicine over the counter, medicine names, getting the best from your medicine, remembering to take your medicie, safe-keeping, e....
The Master Locksmiths Association is the professional body of locksmiths. Their website will help you to find a licensed locksmith in your area. You can also download a....
Commercial organisations able to deliver frozen or chilled meals to your home....
Information about mediation and the role of AIMS in mediation....
Mediation is a way of resolving disputes that helps people involved to reach an agreement with the assistance of an impartial third party - the mediator. The parties in d....
People who have had medical treatment that went wrong or didn't work properly may be able to get compensation for injuries. This explains what to do in the event of a med....
Factsheet 23 is aimed at practitioners, commissioners, care services managers and housing managers in extra care housiong, an environment not specifically referred to in ....
Information for people who are experiencing memory problems, and for carers of people who have memory problems, It describes the potential causes....
Suggestions about ways to help someone with dementia cope with memory problems & retain their confidence and independence as long as possible....
Advice & information about Memory loss, Depression (what it is, treatment, local support, loneliness leading to depression), Confusion, and Dementia (types, symptoms, dia....
The Code of Practice provides guidance to anyone who is working with and/or caring for adults who may lack capacity to make particular decisions. It describes their respo....
Case Study 34 provides an overview of extra care housing in general and concludes with a cost model based on a scheme of 16 self-contained single bedroom flats and 6 two-....
Comprehensive information on the position of minority ethnic groups followed by specific demographic, socio-economic and health indicators, policy in care and welfare are....
Technical Brief intended to help housing and care providers with mixed tenure developments to anticipate and avoid some of the problems and risks inherent in mixed tenure....
Explanation of extra care housing, as housing & care provision, buildings, lettings, tenure.....
This document provides a toolkit for undertaking work that will support a whole system approach to planning and developing accommodation and care.
It is good practice ra....
A guide, including best practice examples, to involving and consulting residents around the design and review of service delivery arrangements.....
Immigration status. Income. State pensions. Other social security payments. Health & Social services. Housing. Cost of living. Leisure & education....
Access to original items (written materials and photos etc) from 30 museums, archives and libraries, recording the migration of Jewish, South Asian & Carribbean communiti....
A checklist of the things that generally need to be done by people moving home....
Information for people who are considering moving into rented accommodation. It covers issues relevant to local authority, housing association, and private landlords, and....
A report on policies and procedures for tenants transferring in local authorities and housing associations....
Information for older people about claiming Benefits when they return to the UK after living abroad. It also explains how absences from home can affect Benefits, and what....
Website providing culturally appropriate & accurate information on areas of welfare law (debt, employment, health, housing, immigration, welfare benefits), in 11 language....
The report is a result of collaboration between Help the Aged, the National Care Homes Research & Development Forum, older people, & representatives from the care home se....