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More Home Care Delivered

Councils commissioned 30% more home care hours from January to March 2023 at 54.5 million hours than the previous quarter according to...

Care Assessment Wait Reduces

Local Authorities have cut care and assessment waiting lists by 60,000 since last summer and are arranging more home care, but continue...

What is pension credit?

Pension Credit provides extra money to help with living costs for people over State Pension age and on a low income. Pension Credit can...

The Cinnamon Trust

The only specialist national charity for people in their last years and their much loved, much needed companion animals. Their network of...

Available Care Beds

The number of Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered care home beds as at the start of March 2023 was 461,958 – a decrease since last...

Care home inspection reports

In the UK, there are four watchdogs responsible for inspecting and reporting on care providers. The reports are publicly available and...

Professor of Scamming

Professor Keith Brown leads the National research into financial fraud and scams with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute and the...

ADASS Demands

To improve social care, boost our economy and enable carers to continue working, social care leaders are calling on the Government to...

Get a Care Needs Assessment

Sometimes, it can be difficult to know the best way to meet the care needs of a loved one. So how do you decide? The first step is to...

Mobility Aids and Home Adaptations on Hospital Discharge

If you have mobility issues and would benefit from home adaptations or mobility equipment, you will need to be assessed by...

How to find sheltered housing

The majority of sheltered housing schemes are operated by local councils and housing associations. Some charities and landlords...

Carers Allowance

You could get £76.75 a week if you care for someone at least 35 hours a week and they get certain benefits. You do not have to be related...

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