A Room-By-Room Look at Making Your Home Safer for the Elderly
Home can seem like a safe environment, one of the few that is predictable and presents few hazards. Yet, this […]
Carers of Disabled Adults and Children – Caring Issues
Continence Care: A Guide for Care Home Nurses
It is relatively common for care home residents to suffer from one of the various forms of urinary and bowel […]
Help for Dysphagia sufferers: soft meals for people with swallowing or chewing difficulties
Do you have problems swallowing certain food or liquids? The medical term for this is Dysphagia. Signs of Dysphagia are: […]
How Can the Elderly Obtain Social Care in the UK?
Are you or one of your elderly friends or relatives in need of social care? If so, the social services […]
Is ABA Therapy Effective? Everything You Need to Know
The proportion of children in the population who are mentally challenged is close to 3 percent globally. Being a parent […]
Nursing Home: Advance Care Planning
Are you finding it difficult to provide good care to your elderly loved ones? Advance Care Planning has solved this […]
Travelling with a Carer in 2020
Whether you are looking to go away for a holiday or out of necessity, travelling can be fun, enjoyable and […]
What benefits are available for disabled or older people?
There are a range of benefits available for disabled or older people, including Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Winter Fuel […]
Guides and Advice for the Carers of Disabled Adults and Children
Care After your Discharge from Hospital
You may need support and care services when you leave hospital even if you are medically well enough to be ...
Care and Support Alliance
Initiated in July 2009 the Care and Support Alliance (CSA) represents over 70 of Britain’s leading charities campaigning for a ...
Care Homes – Effect on Your Benefits
Advice on your welfare benefits when moving into a care home and leaving hospital to move into a care home ...
Carer’s Allowance – Disabled and Elderly People
A Guide to Carer’s Allowance a benefit to help people who look after someone who is disabled or ill. You ...
Carers’ Assessments – Local Council
You may be eligible for support from your local council If you provide care and support to a member of ...
Caring For a Disabled Child with Special Needs
A carers guide to the special needs childcare services and things to consider for a disabled child such as specialist ...
Caring for Someone who is Terminally Ill
A guide to the financial, practical and emotional support available to you and the terminally ill person you care for ...
Caring for Someone with a Disability or Illness
Help for carers who look after a friend, relative or neighbour who need help because of sickness, age or disability ...
Child Care Workers and Professionals for Disabled and Ill Children
Professionals and workers involved in the care of disabled children and children with health and social problems. see also: Disabled ...
Community Care – A Guide
Community Care aims to enable people who have a disability are ill or elderly achieve maximum independence and control over ...
Early Support Family File – Sharing information about a Disabled Child
The sharing of information part of the Early Support Programme for the families and carers of disabled children under five ...
Paying for Long Term Care – A Guide
A guide to your contribution towards the cost of residential care home and nursing home fees. Your local council will ...
Residential Care Homes – Nursing Homes
A guide on things to consider if you or a relative of yours needs to move into a residential care ...
Social Services – A Guide
Social service departments should provide information about what community care services you can obtain and how to get them. Social ...
Special Educational Needs – Learning Difficulties
Information and advice for parents and those involved with a child with Special Educational Needs through learning difficulties or other ...
The Care Act – Carers’s Rights
The Care Act 2014 sets out carers’ legal rights to assessment and support. A carer is someone who helps another ...