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 ....
Case Study 32 describes the development of five new build homes for people with a learning disability in South Tyneside.....
Information about parkinsonism - including Parkinsons Disease.....
Information for people with Parkinson's about diet. It includes food groups, fluids, eating plans, medication, food supplements, and advice about eating and swallowing....
Database including a directory of self-help groups, patient groups & other organisations involved in health related matters. It contains a large number of patient informa....
Information on available Welfare Benefits (including Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Carers Allowance), payments for the costs of care, Local Authority....
Information for couples on financial support that is available to them if one or both go into a care home.....
Explains what long-term care means, how the state might help, and how financial products can be used to help pay for care.....
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 pay....
Advice on making your home and belongings secure whilst you are away....
Case Study 29 describe the development of extra care housing opportunities for older people with learning difficulites within a conventional shetered housing scheme in Sa....
information about Pension Credit.....
Information about Pension Credit, including how it is calculated and qualifying income. The figures apply from April 2011.....
Explains what is important for claiming Pension Credit. Useful for people who are blind or partially sighted, and those that work with them.....
Information guide about the range of help and advice available through central and local government for pensioners.....
Information guide about help and advice available from central & local government ; includes benefits and concessions....
Detailed guidance on Supporting People monitoring and review requirements for Home Improvement Agencies....
This Guide offers case studies, ideas, reflections and discussion to help clarify some of the questions providers have about Performance Indicators specific to sheltered ....
This organisation arranges theraputic visits to hospitals, care homes and similar institutions, by volunteers with their own friendly, temperament-tested and vaccinated d....
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 act....
Information about Pension Credit - eligibility, rates and how to apply for it.....
Suggestions on where to go to get information on holidays for older and disabled people.....
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.....
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.....
Information on planning for later life for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered, covering general advice & support, bereavement & registration of deaht,....
Good practice guide, with recommendations, for those involved in the planning and development of retirement housing....
Many of us dream about packing up and starting a new life abroad. We have visions of a better quality of life and getting more for our money. Around 1 in 12
people of pe....
A sample Guide, drawing on EAC's unique 'Care Options' database and accompanying system for classifying care homes by lifestyle types.....
Essential information for care and nursing home owners interested in developing extra care housing. Information also for local authority and health commissioners who wish....
Information about prepaid funeral plans, and advice on what to look for, and how to make a complaint about one.....
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 fr....
This paper by the Sussex Gerontology Network of the University of Sussex makes the case for seeing sheltered/retirement housing in the context of the 'preventative' agend....
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.....
Advice and information about self help to minimise the likelihood of developing heart disease and stroke.....
The report uses a case strudy approach to look at how particular organisations have responded to the growing need for preventative services under thematic headings, draws....
This Code of Practice and Addendum has been prepared by the Association of Retirement Housing Managers to promote best practice in the management of leasehold residential....
Case Study 37 examines the approach of one housing developer in seeking to understand the extra care housing market and engage with local authority commissioners.....
Case Study 33 describes the development of a private sector leasing scheme for people with learning difficulties....
The private sector has had an involvement in the provision of extra care housing for at least 20 years. This fact sheet is intended to help statutory authorities commissi....
Assured shorthold tenancies & exceptions, and evictions of assured shorthold tenants. Assured tenancies, and evictions of assured tenants. Regulated (or protected) tenanc....
Information and advice about the rents that different types of private tenants or licencees should pay, and what rights they have.....
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 r....
Explanation of the legal rights consumers may have with goods (products) and services, and how redress may be sought.....
The reports describes the findings of a research project which explores the ways in which local authorities and health authorities are currently developing preventive str....
Property fraud information from Land Registry.....
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 200....
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....
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 statement by the ADSS, Audit Commission, Local Government Association, Better Government For Older People, Nuffield Institute, and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. These....
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 -....