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  1. 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 ... companies or charities accepts any liability arising from its use and it is the reader’s sole responsibility to ensure any information is up to date and accurate. Please note that the inclusion of named agencies

  2. Age UK Response Skills for Care Adult Social Care Workforce - April 2018 (PDF)

    Evidence submission Age UK evidence to Skills for Care Adult Social Care Workforce Consultation April 2018 Consultation Reference Number: 1518 Joel.Lewis@ageuk.org.uk / Tom.gentry@ageuk ... org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6

  3. Policy Position - Social Care Reform, Funding and Access (Sep 2024).pdf

    Position Paper Social Care Reform, Funding & Access (England) September 2024 Older people should be able to expect responsive, person-centred, high quality social care services to meet their ... they live. Services should be based on universal and rapid care assessments that are fully integrated with other key services. Adult social care helps people who are older or living with disability or physical

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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 ... and the referral and assessment process for this 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

  9. Briefing: Universal Credit and couples if one is over Pension Credit age Oct 12 (PDF)

    Credit and couples if one is over Pension Credit age October 2012 The Welfare Reform Act 2012 changes the way that couples are treated within the benefits system when one is over the qualifying age for ... reached Pension Credit age and the other is younger could receive £100 less a week under Universal Credit compared to the current system of Pension Credit if neither is in work. The older partner could be financially

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

    for short-term and temporary care in a care home October 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet explains the financial assessment rules that cover shortterm and temporary care homes placements. These placements ... such as respite care or trial periods. A distinction is made between ‘temporary’ (generally up to 52 weeks) and ‘short-term’ (up to eight weeks). Age UK factsheet 41, How to get care and support, has

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