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Care homes

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Introduction to care homes

Are you considering or looking for a care home?

Our Introduction to care homes and Finding care home accommodation guides are the place to start.

 
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Choice of accommodation

What rights local authority-funded care home residents have to choose which home they live in.

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Care home checklist

What to ask and what to look for when you look around a care home, and where to get inspection reports.

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Paying for care

What help is available?

Our guides explain the rules about local authority funding of care and explains what happens if your partner needs residential care in a care home.

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Mental Capacity

Information around the legal framework to decide whether people have the capacity to make their own decisions 

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Deprivation of assets and means testing

How spending, gifts and certain investments can affect means testing.


See information relating to Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
Age UK Advice:
0800 169 6565
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Will Writing

Age Concern Will Writing Service can help you write or update your Will.

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Helpful bathing products

Choose from a wide range of  bathroom and shower products designed to make bathing comfortable and easy for you.

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