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News

• FirstStop and Care & Repair England launch training programme for advisors (21/09/2009)
• FirstStop launches a second free guide booklet (19/07/2009)
• FirstStop launches free new guide to housing and care options (12/06/2009)
• Homesharing pilots underway (12/04/2009)
• New care regulator unveiled (06/04/2009)
• Abbeyfield Unites (31/03/2009)
• Times Online care homes petition (16/01/2009)
• Care Options in Retirement (13/09/2008)
• "England needs a new care and support system" - says Government (14/08/2008)
• First tenants move into exciting new care facility for older people (18/07/2008)
• Counsel and Care focuses on choice and control for care home residents (15/03/2008)
• Help the Aged challenges Government to link thinking on ageing population and climate change (15/03/2008)
• EAC welcomes National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society (08/03/2008)

Downloads

• A guide to equity release (902kb)
• Abuse - Older People at Risk (657kb)
• Accommodation and care for disabled people under 60 (39kb)
• Accommodation options for people with dementia (35kb)
• Advising Older People about their Housing Choices in Later Life (1,787kb)
• Assessment and Services from your local Council in England (631kb)
• Assessment and services from your local council in Scotland (597kb)
• Assessment and Services from your local Council in Wales (612kb)
• Buying and Selling Property - Your legal rights (310kb)
• Care home fees and treatment of couples (203kb)
• Care home fees and treatment of property (221kb)
• Care Home Fees: paying for them in Scotland (676kb)
• Care Home Fees: paying them in England (672kb)
• Care Home Fees: paying them in Wales (648kb)
• Care Home Fees: third party top ups (in England) (598kb)
• Care Home Fees: third party top ups in Scotland (583kb)
• Care Home Fees: third party top ups in Wales (579kb)
• Care Homes: what to look for (590kb)
• Carers: what support is available? (590kb)
• Choosing and Paying for a Care Home (218kb)
• Claiming Disability Benefits - April 2009 to April 2010 (182kb)
• Community Care - Understanding the System (608kb)
• Complaints about Community Care and NHS Services in England (635kb)
• Complaints about Community Care and NHS Services in Scotland (586kb)
• Complaints about Community Care and NHS Services in Wales (604kb)
• Computers and the internet (265kb)
• Continuing Healthcare - should the NHS be paying for your care? (676kb)
• Deprivation of capital: what can I spend before moving into a care home? (265kb)
• Disability Benefits: Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance (611kb)
• Disability Equipment and How to Get It (127kb)
• Equipment for Daily Living (101kb)
• Extra care housing (639kb)
• FirstStop Newsletter, Summer 2009 (541kb)
• Getting legal advice (32kb)
• Habitual residence test (27kb)
• Health Difficulties: how to cope with changing needs (646kb)
• Help in your home (244kb)
• Help with the costs of moving (28kb)
• Helping others to make decisions (40kb)
• Holidays (123kb)
• Home Care Agencies: what to look for (584kb)
• Home Care: using Direct Payments (658kb)
• Home Repairs and Improvements (149kb)
• Homesharing (838kb)
• Hospital Discharge in England (640kb)
• Hospital Discharge in Scotland (598kb)
• Hospital Discharge in Wales (597kb)
• Hospitals - What to Expect (560kb)
• Housing & Care Options for Older People (282kb)
• Housing Decisions & Options in Later Life (655kb)
• Housing Matters (232kb)
• Housing: adapting your home to stay independent (588kb)
• Housing: how to pay for the maintenance of your home (625kb)
• How well does your home suit you? (278kb)
• In Good Repair (768kb)
• Independent Advocacy (646kb)
• Lasting Powers of Attorney (469kb)
• Leisure ideas (141kb)
• Lifetime leases (36kb)
• Living with family (family version) (31kb)
• Living with family (older person's version) (31kb)
• Meal delivery services to your home (22kb)
• Memory loss, Depression, Confusion, & Dementia (697kb)
• Moving to and returning from abroad: benefits and services (634kb)
• Mutual exchanges (24kb)
• NHS Funding for Nursing in Care Homes (147kb)
• Pension Credit (587kb)
• Planning to live abroad (376kb)
• Self-Funding Care Home Fees (162kb)
• Sheltered Housing (120kb)
• Treatment of couples (248kb)
• Treatment of property (136kb)
• What Can You Claim? (346kb)
• Your safety : Preventing accidents in your home (226kb)
• Your security : Personal safety at home and in the street (215kb)