Housing and care related resources

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

Resources beginning with P

• Park (Mobile) Homes
  Information about park homes (sometimes called mobile homes) for people who own one or who are considering this. Information includes legislation, rights, and payment of Utilities charges
• Parkinsonism
  Information about parkinsonism - including Parkinsons Disease.
• Parkinson's & Diet
  Information for people with Parkinson's about diet. It includes food groups, fluids, eating plans, medication, food supplements, and advice about eating and swallowing
• Patient Information Publications
  Database including a directory of self-help groups, patient groups & other organisations involved in health related matters. It contains a large number of patient information leaflets about all aspects of health & treatment. UK GPs and practice nurses use the data & print off entries to give to patients.
• Paying for a care home: NHFA Top Ten Tips
  Clear & simple explanation of the funding regime for care homes, and what can be done to fund a care home placement.
• Paying for Care & Support at Home
  This gives details of the help people can get to pay for care that they might need to enable them to stay in their home. It briefly covers the financial assistance available for people with disabilities, and explains how social work departments decide on how much a person should pay for non-residential social services.
• Paying for Care & Support at Home
  Information on available Welfare Benefits (including Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Carers Allowance), payments for the costs of care, Local Authority charges (including services where there is no charge, Government guidance on charging schemes,Benefit advice), and charges for Supporting People services
• Paying for care homes (in England)
  
• Paying for care homes (in Northern Ireland)
  
• Paying for care homes (in Scotland)
  Care home fees; care fees;
• Paying for care homes (in Wales)
  
• Paying for Care in a Care Home if You have a Partner
  Information for couples on financial support that is available to them if one or both go into a care home.
• Paying for long-term care
  Explains what long-term care means, how the state might help, and how financial products can be used to help pay for care.
• Paying for Residential Care and Nursing Homes
  A brief look at several topics - not being able to pay the full fees; financial assessment; savings; jointly held accounts; moving to a smaller house; third party contributions; deprivation of assets.
• Paying for Your Care Home
  Information on how the local authority can help you to pay for a place in a residential or nursing home and explains the rules for working out how much you have to pay towards the cost of care.
• Payment of Pensions & Benefits into Bank Accounts
  Information about how payment of Benefits & Pensions will be made in the future. From April 2005, there will be no more payments made by order books or giros. Instead payments will be made by direct payment
• Peace of Mind Whilst you are away
  Advice on making your home and belongings secure whilst you are away
• Pension Credit
  information about Pension Credit.
• Pension Credit
  Information about Pension Credit, including how it is calculated and qualifying income. The figures apply from April 2006
• Pension Credit for blind and partially sighted pensioners 2004-2005
  Explains what is important for claiming Pension Credit. Useful for people who are blind or partially sighted, and those that work with them.
• Pensioners Guide - England & Wales
  Information guide about the range of help and advice available through central and local government for pensioners.
• Pensioners Guide - Scotland
  Information guide about help and advice available from central & local government ; includes benefits and concessions
• Performance Framework for Home Improvement Agencies : monitoring and review of supporting people services
  Detailed guidance on Supporting People monitoring and review requirements for Home Improvement Agencies
• Pets As Therapy
  This organisation arranges theraputic visits to hospitals, care homes and similar institutions, by volunteers with their own friendly, temperament-tested and vaccinated dogs and cats, to benefit those who can no longer keep pets, or have their pet with them.
• Physical Activity & Your Heart
  Information for people with heart disease or high blood pressure & their families & friends about the causes of coronary heart disease, and the importance of physical activities for the heart. Describes the most appropriate activities and advises on safety.
• Pick it up. It's yours.
  Information about Pension Credit - eligibility, rates and how to apply for it.
• Planning a Holiday
  Suggestions on where to go to get information on holidays for older and disabled people.
• Planning for a funeral
  Information to help those people who have to organise someone's funeral and/or those people who want to plan ahead for their own funeral.
• Planning for a Funeral
  Information to help those people who have to organise someone's funeral and/or those people who want to plan ahead for their own funeral.
• Planning for Later Life as a Lesbian, Gay Man, Bisexual or Transgendered person
  Information on planning for later life for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered, covering general advice & support, bereavement & registration of deaht, Care service at home, Caring for an ill or disabled partner, Housing & residential care, Inheritance, Next of Kin status & incapacity, Pertnership rights, Pension provision, Queer bashing, hate crime & abuse, Tenancy, Transgender issues, and Wills & Intestacy
• Planning for Retirement Housing
  Good practice guide, with recommendations, for those involved in the planning and development of retirement housing
• Plymouth Guide to care homes for older people
  A sample Guide, drawing on EAC's unique 'Care Options' database and accompanying system for classifying care homes by lifestyle types.
• Prepaid funeral plans
  Information about prepaid funeral plans, and advice on what to look for, and how to make a complaint about one.
• Preparing Older Peoples Strategies
  Guidance on the preparation of housing strategies that link housing to health, social care, and other local strategies. Glossary of terms, Introduction to the guidance framework, Executive summary, Introduction - setting the local context, Identifying the housing ingredients - needs & demand, How the current housing & service systems work, Planning for the future, Proposals & recommendations, Taking the strategy forward.
• Preventing Falls
  Based on research, this information to help providers to reduce the risk and effect of falls in care homes, and the resources available to do this.
• Preventing Heart Disease & Stroke
  Advice and information about self help to minimise the likelihood of developing heart disease and stroke.
• Private Retirement Housing
  Briefly discusses retirement housing and covers topics such as scheme managers (wardens) and alarms, facilities usually provided, design features, providers of private sheltered housing, restrictions, cost of properties, quality, arranging a viewing, how to get more information about purchase options and service charges and the legal aspects of buying.
• Private Tenancies - Paying Your Rent. Knowing your rights and accessing help with your rent
  Information and advice about the rents that different types of private tenants or licencees should pay, and what rights they have.
• Private tenants' rights
  This factsheet provides information on rights for those living in private rented accommodation, including rights to remain in the home, the landlord's duty to carry out repairs and how rents can be increased.
• Problems with Goods and Services : your legal rights
  Explanation of the legal rights consumers may have with goods (products) and services, and how redress may be sought.
• Promoting housing advice services for older people: Directory to be launched 24 November
  Information about the publication 'Directory of Housing Advice and Information Services for Older People'.
• Property Law Reform & Retirement Housing
  An overview of Scottish legislation, i.e. Abolition of the Feudal tenure (Scotland) Act 2000, The Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003, & The Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 effective on 28th November 2004, and how this might affect owners of retirement housing in Scotland
• Protection of Vulnerable Adults Scheme in England & Wales for care homes & domiciliary agencies: Frequently Asked Questions
  Department of Health responses to frequently asked questions about the POVA scheme, to protect vulnerable adults in care homes or in receipt of domiciliary care
• Protection of Vulnerable Adults Scheme in England & Wales for Care Homes & Domiciliary Care Agencies: A Practical Guide - including changes to the requirement for Criminal Records Bureau Disclosures in certain circumstan
  The Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) Scheme became operational in July 2004 with respect to services regulated under the Care Standards Act. The scheme provides for a list of people who are considered unsuitable to work with vulnerable adults. This is a practical guide on implementation for care homes and agencies
• Public Services for Tomorrows Older Citizens Changing Attitudes to Ageing
  A statement by the ADSS, Audit Commission, Local Government Association, Better Government For Older People, Nuffield Institute, and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. These organisations promote the need for a fundamental shift from focussing on prevention of illness/need for intensive support, to positive emphasis on well-being & engagement with the wider community. There needs to be a widespread change in attitudes to ageing, an holistic approach, and greater joint working between agencies to address the issues and priorities identified by older people
• Putting a Stop to the Abuse of Older People
  Information for everyone who may come into contact with an older person who may need help or protection. It outlines the types of abuse that can happen, where, and when - and how to obtain help.