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    • Introduction to elderly care
      Hospital
      Care assessments
      Paying for care
      Care at home
      Care for the carer
      Care Homes
      End of life
    • Funding Care Introduction
      Getting an Assessment
      Funded Care Overview
      Local Authority Funding
      Benefits
      Attendance Allowance
      Disability Living Allowance
      NHS Funding
      Self Funded Care Overview
      Annuities
      Equity Release
      Deferred Payment Agreements
    • Introduction to Legal Matters
      Writing a Will
      Advance Directive & Living Wills
      Power of Attorney
      Managing your Parents Finances
      Statutory Wills
      The Probate Debate
    • Keeping Healthy in Old Age
      Elderly Illnesses & Ailments
      Mental Health
      Healthy Old Bones
      Dehydration in elderly people
      You are what you eat
      Incontinence
      Urinary Tract Infections
      Keeping Elderly Parents Busy
      Coronavirus
    • What is Dementia?
      Understanding Dementia
      Diagnosing Dementia
      Early Signs of Dementia
      Diagnosing Dementia
      Dementia Care
      Types of Dementia
      Treatments used for Dementia
      Dementia Care Options
      Looking after someone with Dementia
      Dementia Care
      Help someone with Dementia to Eat More
      Helping Dementia Patients Sleep Better
      Protecting Parent's Legal & Financial Situation
      Herbert Protocol
      Dementia Guide for Families
    • Care for the carer
      Emotional Help
      Practical Stuff
      Elderly Respite Care
      Death and grief
    • Living at Home
      Preventing falls at home
      Holidays and leisure
      Holidays with Care
      Driving
      Renewing a driving licence
      Tech help
      Benefits of personal alarms
      Local NHS services
      Hiring a Carer
      Employing a Care agency
      Planning a holiday
      Escorted holidays
      Keeping busy
      Driving safely in old age
      Which personal alarm?
      3 rings plug review
      Telecare and how it can help
      Assistive technology
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Stages of Elderly Care

Where to start with elderly care

Guiding you through the care system and how best to support your elderly parents and relatives.

Introduction to elderly care

You may be starting out or in the thick of it, caring for elderly parents or relatives...
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Care assessments

A care needs assessment from the Local Authority is the first important step...
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Care at home

There are lots of useful services and practical changes to help your elderly...
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Care homes

Looking for a Care Home? Our guide should make this difficult decision a little bit easier...
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Hospital

Our guide to helping elderly parents receive the best care in hospital...
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Paying for Care

The majority of people want to be able to stay living independently...
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Care for the carer

This could be you and/or one of your parents but you probably...
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End of life

Whilst death is inevitable, we rarely discuss the details around it...
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Care Forum

Visit our friendly forum..
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Care Podcast

Listen to our latest Podcast episode..
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Coronavirus Support Group

In light of the current situation with Coronavirus we’ve created a group for people supporting elderly relatives at risk of Coronavirus.

A chance to virtually meet others in the same position, ask questions and share your experience in these strange and uncertain times.

It’s going to be a big team effort to get through this.

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