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Personalised Integrated Care - blended evaluation report summary (PPT)

Intermediate care including reablement consultation response - May 2017 (PDF)

Intermediate care including reablement Consultation on NICE Guideline (SCWAVE0709) Ref: 1417 Date: May 2017 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for ... 2 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing a guideline on ‘Intermediate care and reablement’. Intermediate care is split into several areas and this guideline

Caring for someone with dementia information guide (PDF)

Practical help and emotional support Caring for someone with dementia Information guide AgeUKIG47 2 Information written with you in mind. Our guides are produced with the help of older people, carers ... and other benefits 20 Dealing with money 22 Home 24 Driving 26 Health and care 26 Help with care Help from the council 32 Day centres 34 A break from caring 35 Your changing relationship 37 Communication

Factsheet - How to get care and support (PDF)

to get care and support November 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet explains the process for: ⚫ obtaining a local authority assessment of your needs, whether you are someone who needs care and support ... support, or you are a carer ⚫ deciding whether you are eligible to receive care and support services ⚫ agreeing a plan to meet your care and support needs, including the overall cost and any contribution you

Policy position: end of life care (PDF)

End of life care (England) May 2019 Everyone has the right to expect services and support that help them to achieve a dignified and pain-free death, with choice in how they are cared for in their ... achieve a ‘good death’ and to choose how they are cared for in their final months and days. This should include access to high quality palliative care services (including pain management) which supports

Policy position: health and care integration (PDF)

Policy Position Paper Health and care integration (England) March, 2016 Older people must be able to expect public services to work together to meet their health and care needs and take account of their ... their circumstances. Health and care integration should enable older people and their carers to achieve greater control over their health and well-being and maintain their independence. Key issues People

Policy position: social care assessment (PDF)

Policy Position Paper Social Care Assessment and Eligibility (England) May 2019 Older people must be able to expect full consideration of their individual care and support needs and access to ... to services that will fully meet them. The Care Act 2014 introduced new standard assessment criteria for local authority funded care and support. The Act replaced the previous locally determined criteria

Care in Crisis - Supporter pack (PDF)

Meet your MP and tell them how the care system is letting many people down. On Friday 12 October can you meet with your MP to tell them how the care system is failing to support those that desperately ... help? You could have direct experience of needing care, or supporting someone who has. Or you could simply be someone who can see that our social care system isn’t working for those that need it. We’ll

Factsheet - Intermediate care and reablement (PDF)

Page 1 of 12 Factsheet 76 Intermediate care and reablement May 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet explains intermediate care, which also includes reablement. It describes its characteristics and ... short-term NHS and social care support that aims to help you: ⚫ avoid unnecessary admission to hospital ⚫ be as independent as possible after a hospital stay or illness ⚫ remain living at home if you are having

Factsheet - Disability equipment and home adaptations (PDF)

Disability equipment and home adaptations March 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet covers the help you can get from the local authority to manage your daily life at home by the provision of disability ... disability equipment and home adaptations. It can be read in conjunction with other Age UK factsheets and information guides including: ⚫ factsheet 46, Paying for care and support at home ⚫ factsheet 41, How