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Help at home: what may be available in your local area
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
User-friendly factsheet intended for enquirers, and directly relevant to older people, their families and carers. This item deals with accessing home care
Home care: using direct payments
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- London
User-friendly factsheet intended for enquirers, and directly relevant to older people, their families and carers. This item deals with using direct payments.
Extra care housing
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Extra care housing is part of the provision of support which is available to more frail older people to enable them to continue living independently for as long as possible. Extra care housing may suit older people who need a high level of personal care, but who are otherwise able to live independently on their own. This factsheet gives information about extra care housing provision, how to access it, and how to fund a place in such a scheme.
Being cared for: a discussion document about older people with depression living at home
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Initial report from a research project looking at the quality of life of older people with depression living in the community, and at the services they are receiving and the kind of services they should be getting.
The real cost of quality care and support
- Authors:
- NATIONAL CARE FORUM, COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- National Care Forum; Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
The findings of a survey of National Care Forum (NCF) member organisations to explore the issues of quality and cost in the provision of care and support services are presented. A total 189 care homes and 21 home care services responded to the survey. The key findings are briefly summarised under the following themes: the views of people who use services and their families; putting relationship-centred care into practice; effective leadership and management; learning and development; valuing and rewarding staff; service innovation; and income and costs.
Health difficulties: how to cope with changing needs
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The paper explains what help is available for older people from the local Council and the NHS if anyone develops difficulties due to ill-health or disability. This includes support inside and outside the home and financial assistance.