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  1. Factsheet - Personal budgets and direct payments in social care

    not prevented by law from receiving direct payments (for example because you must attend drug or alcohol rehabilitation as part of a court order) Condition 3 – the local authority is satisfied you can manage

  2. ID204712_HI_Covid report final.pdf

    attend and because they have to stay in they are not seeing many people... This has led to drinking alcohol which has led to falls and hospital stays.” “I am depressed, I’m eating too much (boredom and that’s

  3. Struggling_to_cope_full_report_2018.pdf

    weight; o Not taking medication; o Substance abuse including excessive smoking, as well as drugs/alcohol; o Social isolation and ‘shutting off from the world’, including not opening mail and having no interest ... participants - Jeremy – this type of apathy characterised his outlook on life. He had struggled with alcoholism and depression over his lifetime, but having taken early retirement related to the onset of osteoporosis

  4. Struggling_to_cope_full__research_report_2018.pdf

    weight; o Not taking medication; o Substance abuse including excessive smoking, as well as drugs/alcohol; o Social isolation and ‘shutting off from the world’, including not opening mail and having no interest ... participants - Jeremy – this type of apathy characterised his outlook on life. He had struggled with alcoholism and depression over his lifetime, but having taken early retirement related to the onset of osteoporosis

  5. Evidence related to reasons for hospital admissions (slide deck).pdf

    Stroke or TIA • Low blood sugar (diabetes) or dehydration • Head injury • Medication side effects • Alcohol poisoning or withdrawal • Carbon monoxide poisoning • Severe asthma attack • Some seizures Delirium

  6. RB_May16_CPA_rapid_review_Diversity_in_older_age_Older_Offenders.pdf

    had a ‘mental disorder’ most commonly mood disorders or major depression or substance misuse and alcohol misuse related disorders.4 Younger older prisoners (aged 50-59) are the most likely to have a mental

  7. Advantage edition 65 web.pdf

    comradeship of serving together is still all too common. This can lead to other issues, including alcohol and drug dependency, which makes the existence of places like the breakfast club so important as

  8. FS5 LP Dental care NHS and private treatment.pdf

    greater risk if you are diabetic or a smoker. Most cases of mouth cancer are linked to tobacco and alcohol consumption. You are at greater risk if you regularly consume them together. The tradition in some

  9. FS21 LP Council Tax.pdf

    somewhere else to provide or receive personal care due to age, illness, disability, past/present alcohol or drug dependence or past/present mental disorder ⚫ it is an empty caravan pitch or houseboat mooring

  10. FS21 LP Council Tax.pdf

    somewhere else to provide or receive personal care due to age, illness, disability, past/present alcohol or drug dependence or past/present mental disorder ⚫ it is an empty caravan pitch or houseboat mooring

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