See below for guides listed alphabetically.
Abuse - older people at risk (guide 20)
(Independent) Advocacy (guide 25)
Assessment and services from your local council in England (guide 12)
Assessment and services from your local council in Scotland (guide 50)
Assessment and services from your local council in Wales (guide 70)
Bereavement - the emotional impact (guide 36)
Care Home fees - paying them in England (guide 16)
Care Home fees - paying them in Scotland (guide 52)
Care Home fees - paying them in Wales (guide 72)
Care Home fees - third party top ups in England (guide 17)
Care Home fees - third party top ups in Scotland (guide 53)
Care Home fees - third party top ups in Wales (guide 73)
Care Homes - what to look for (guide 19)
Carers - what support is available (guide 10)
Community Care - understanding the system in England (guide 1)
Complaints
about
community
care
and
NHS
services
in
England (guide 18)
Complaints about community care and NHS services in Scotland (guide 54)
Complaints about community care and NHS services in Wales (guide 74)
Continuing Healthcare - should the NHS be paying for your care? (guide 27)
Continuing Healthcare - understanding the assessment process (guide 40)
Council Tax Benefit and Housing Benefit (guide 22)
Disability Benefits - Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance (guide 3)
Extra care housing (guide 30)
Funeral planning (guide 35)
Grants and loans from the state for people on a low income (the Social Fund) (guide 4)
Grants from charities for people on a low income (guide 21)
Health difficulties caused by hot and cold weather (guide 26)
Health difficulties - how to cope with changing needs (guide 8)
Help at home - what may be available in your local area (guide 14)
Home care agencies - what to look for (guide 15)
Home care - using Direct Payments and Personal Budgets (guide 23)
Hospital discharge in England (guide 13)
Hospital discharge in Scotland (guide 51)
Hospital
discharge
in
Wales (guide 71)
Hospitals - what to expect (guide 11)
Housing - adapting your home to stay independent (guide 28)
Housing decisions and options in later life (guide 7)
Housing - how to pay for the maintenance of your home (guide 29)
Information - other useful organisations (guide 24)
Memory loss, depression, 'confusion' and dementia (guide 9)
Money and welfare - managing my affairs if I become ill (guide 33)
Moving to and returning from abroad - benefits and services (guide 5)
Organ donation and transplants (guide 38)
Pension Credit (guide 2)
Practical information for coping with a death (guide 37)
Sensory loss: if you can't hear and/or see well, what support is available? (supported by Thomas Pocklington Trust and Sense) (guide 39)
Terminal illness - caring and coping (guide 34)
Will
writing
and
leaving
a
legacy (guide 32)
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31 Aug 2010
The Great British Care Awards are delighted to announce that Counsel and Care are to be the charity partner for the Carer's Award category for the 2010 regional awards. (more...) -
24 Aug 2010
Tunstall Lifecare celebrates Counsel and Care's ElderCare Week - win peace of mind for a year. (more...) -
23 Aug 2010
Counsel and Care has today set out its view on the outcome of the serious case review report into the deaths of Mr & Mrs Randall in Northamptonshire earlier this year. (more...)
