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  1. FS46 LP Paying for care and support at home.pdf

    home stays 25 Age UK factsheet 46 May 2026 Paying for care and support at home Page 3 of 32 14 Free mental health ‘after-care’ services 25 15 Housing related support 26 16 Information, advice and advocacy ... future funding liabilities. If you are responsible for paying for your own care but do not have mental capacity to arrange it for yourself, and have no one to do this for you, the local authority has a duty

  2. FS46 LP Paying for care and support at home.pdf

    home stays 25 Age UK factsheet 46 May 2026 Paying for care and support at home Page 3 of 32 14 Free mental health ‘after-care’ services 25 15 Housing related support 26 16 Information, advice and advocacy ... future funding liabilities. If you are responsible for paying for your own care but do not have mental capacity to arrange it for yourself, and have no one to do this for you, the local authority has a duty

  3. Looking after your money information guide (PDF)

    account holder loses mental capacity, banks and building societies may temporarily restrict access to essential transactions only (such as living expenses). When we talk about mental capacity, we mean someone’s ... while you still have mental capacity (see page 9). It’s a temporary measure, so it can be particularly helpful if you go into hospital or away on holiday. If you lose mental capacity, an OPA is no longer

  4. LGBT+ information guide (PDF)

    6 Financial and legal considerations. 7 Health and wellbeing Health services 12 Sexual health 13 Mental health 14 Bereavement 15 Feeling connected 16 Telling services about yourself 17 Home and care. Getting ... benefits such as State Pension or disability benefits such as Attendance Allowance or Personal Independent Payment. These are calculated on the basis of your individual circumstances. Tax relief If either

  5. FS66 Resolving problems and making complaints about NHS care.pdf

    Ombudsman 10 6.8 Monitoring and reporting on complaints handling 10 7 Complaints about NHS use of Mental Health Act 11 8 Feedback to Care Quality Commission (CQC) 11 9 Raising safeguarding concerns 12 10 ... friend or relative who cannot give consent for you to act on their behalf because they lack mental capacity. If the NHS organisation believes pursuing the complaint is not in that person’s best interests

  6. Factsheet - Resolving problems and making a complaint about NHS care (PDF)

    Ombudsman 10 6.8 Monitoring and reporting on complaints handling 10 7 Complaints about NHS use of Mental Health Act 11 8 Feedback to Care Quality Commission (CQC) 11 9 Raising safeguarding concerns 12 10 ... friend or relative who cannot give consent for you to act on their behalf because they lack mental capacity. If the NHS organisation believes pursuing the complaint is not in that person’s best interests

  7. FS10 LP Paying for permanent residential care.pdf

    Paying for permanent residential care Page 3 of 38 17.3 NHS-funded nursing care payments 28 17.4 Mental health ‘after-care’ services – section 117 28 18 Arranging and paying for your care yourself 29 19 ... financial assessment Examples of disregards include: ⚫ Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment mobility components (although not care or daily living components) ⚫ War Widows’ and Widowers’

  8. Factsheet - Paying for permanent residential care

    Paying for permanent residential care Page 3 of 30 17.3 NHS-funded nursing care payments 21 17.4 Mental health ‘after-care’ services – section 117 21 18 Arranging and paying for your care yourself 22 19 ... financial assessment Examples of disregards include: ⚫ Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment mobility components (although not care or daily living components) ⚫ War Widows’ and Widowers’

  9. FS66 LP Resolving problems and making a complaint about NHS care.pdf

    Ombudsman 13 6.8 Monitoring and reporting on complaints handling 13 7 Complaints about NHS use of Mental Health Act 14 8 Feedback to Care Quality Commission (CQC) 15 9 Raising safeguarding concerns 15 ... friend or relative who cannot give consent for you to act on their behalf because they lack mental capacity. If the NHS organisation believes pursuing the complaint is not in that person’s best interests

  10. FS41 LP How to get care and support.pdf

    support 12 4.2 Case examples 13 4.3 What happens if I do not meet eligibility criteria? 14 4.4 Mental capacity and the duty to meet needs 14 5 Care and support planning 15 5.1 What your care and support plan ... 2025 How to get care and support Page 3 of 42 11 Information, advice and advocacy 30 11.1 The independent advocacy duty 31 12 Complaints and safeguarding 32 12.1 How to challenge decisions and complain

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