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  1. NPLH Fair Processing Notice.pdf

    organisations are legally obliged or permitted to disclose the information to another organisation or person, or;  You or your carer provide consent to share the information Please read the information in ... your age, gender, living situation and outcomes of benefit check session. Will any identifiable personal details be shared? All data will use a reference number instead of your name, and you will not be

  2. Factsheet - Home improvements and repairs (PDF)

    human habitation 13 5.1.4 Electrical safety 13 5.1.5 Gas safety 14 5.1.6 Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms 14 5.2 Social tenancies 15 5.2.1 Qualifying repairs 15 5.2.2 Awaab’s Law 15 5.2.3 Protections for ... Facilities Grant (DFG) This grant is provided by local authorities to pay for adaptations to a disabled person’s home. This includes people with physical or mental health difficulties, hearing, sight, and speech

  3. TV licences briefing.pdf

    Credit is the main means-tested benefit that exists to buoy up very low pensioner incomes. As a single person you have to be on less than about £167 a week to qualify for it (higher in some circumstances) and ... the benefit, and others whose income is just above the threshold so do not. Take, for example, a person whose income is 10 pence a week too high to receive Pension Credit. They are £10 a year better off

  4. Getting help at home information guide (PDF)

    adaptations or equipment to make your home safer or easier to live in • help from home carers or a personal assistant • day care in a day centre. There’s more information about the support that’s available ... you’d have difficulty with the assessment process without support but there isn’t an appropriate person, the council must provide you with an independent advocate. An advocate is someone who supports and

  5. AgeUKIG14_staying_steady_inf.pdf

    eye tests for them. You can ask the optician to adapt the tests to accommodate the person’s needs. Encourage the person you care for to wear their glasses and make sure the lenses are cleaned frequently ... a set time and automatically send an alert to a carer or call centre in case you’ve fallen. Personal alarms allow you to call for help if you need it – for example, if you’re unwell or if you have a fall

  6. Elections Bill (Second Reading Briefing).pdf

    they require it. However, we believe the addition of compulsory photo ID will add barriers to in-person voting. If proposals in the Elections Bill surrounding the implementation of photo ID go forward ... women. Personation fraud The Electoral Commission’s record of instances of personation fraud in their annual reports on electoral fraud shows one case of unsuccessful attempted personation fraud in

  7. FS64 LP Specialist housing for older people.pdf

    6 4.5 Noise 7 4.6 Scheme manager or warden service 7 4.7 Disability-related adaptations 8 4.8 The alarm system 8 4.9 Location 9 4.10 Local communal facilities 9 4.11 Transport 9 4.12 Pets 9 5 Sheltered ... and buildings may be designed to be age friendly, but little or no support is provided, and no personal care ⚫ ‘housing-with-support,’ where residents have access to support from an on-site or visiting

  8. Factsheet - Specialist housing for older people (PDF)

    5 4.5 Noise 5 4.6 Scheme manager or warden service 6 4.7 Disability-related adaptations 6 4.8 The alarm system 7 4.9 Location 7 4.10 Local communal facilities 7 4.11 Transport 7 4.12 Pets 7 5 Sheltered ... and buildings may be designed to be age friendly, but little or no support is provided, and no personal care ⚫ ‘housing-with-support,’ where residents have access to support from an on-site or visiting

  9. Factsheet - Paying for short-term and temporary care in a care home (PDF)

    are care homes where a nurse must be present to provide or supervise medical-type care alongside personal care. The term ‘care home’ is used in the text, unless ‘nursing home’ is specifically required. ... financial contribution you must make towards your stay in the home. This is £232.60 a week for a single person of State Pension age or over. For a member of a couple, where either or both members are State Pension

  10. use_of_peoples_data.pdf

    and consented to data sharing. The first principle of the Data Protection Act 1998 requires that personal data is processed fairly. To meet this requirement these organisations are under a duty to supply ... organisation. Personal data is being shared in order to see if this service leads to a reduction in people’s need for hospital care. NHS Digital is the only agency that your personal information will

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