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Advice on hospital admissions and discharges (141kb)
People can only expect to remain in an NHS hospital while they are receiving medical treatment.  Sometimes older people and their relatives feel unprepared for a return home or ill equipped for making more complex decisions about future care arrangements . This factsheet aims to guide older people and their relatives and carers through their hospital ‘journey’ with particular emphasis on planning for discharge.
Advising older people about their care choices in later life (2,186kb)
This self training module is for people who give general advice on a range of topics e.g. money, housing, services, and who wish to be able to advise older people about their care choices in later life.
Disability Equipment and How to Get It (146kb)
Information on how to get equipment to help with daily living and with getting about.
FirstStop Training Prospectus 2012/13 (459kb)
Specialist courses on Housing and Care Options
Home Care Agencies: what to look for (251kb)
Information about home care and nursing agencies, the minimum standards that they should meet, and how to complain
Homesharing (838kb)
Homesharing is a simple way of people helping each other. One person has a home that they are willing to share but are at a stage in their life where they need some help and support. The other needs accommodation and is willing to give some help in exchange for somewhere to live.