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Listing of all pages and downloads contained within the site.

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• Funding Advice
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    • The local authority
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      • Handling another person’s finances - Mental Capacity Act
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News

• Report backs government-funded older people’s advice service (13/01/2012)
• Laying the Foundations: A Housing strategy for England (23/11/2011)
• Carers fuel poverty (21/10/2011)
• Under-occupation - should people be expected to leave their homes? (21/10/2011)
• Deliberating the future of Social Care (18/08/2011)
• Yours magazine to highlight best examples of UK care (01/08/2011)
• All party support for FirstStop Advice (23/07/2011)
• FirstStop partners receive Home Improvement Agency Awards (24/06/2011)
• Downsizing with a lifetime of possessions can be the biggest barrier for older people wanting to move to a smaller home. (15/06/2011)
• Care Home Fees Warning (01/06/2011)
• FirstStop partner Compassion in Dying launch new Information Line (19/05/2011)
• OFT Evaluation Commends FirstStop Advice for Older People (13/05/2011)
• Funding secured for FirstStop Advice service (09/05/2011)
• Free conferences for Information & Advice practitioners (07/04/2011)
• Home Improvement Agencies in the limelight (06/04/2011)
• Upholding and safeguarding the interests of people who lack mental capacity (17/03/2011)
• Councils Fail to Support Self-Funding Care Home Residents (28/02/2011)
• Equity Release Service - Improving the Quality of Life for Older People at Home (25/01/2011)
• Post Christmas Rush for Care (25/01/2011)
• Help for older tenants wanting to move (20/01/2011)
• FirstStop expands Finance Advice service through key new partnerships (15/01/2011)
• FirstStop support for the the growing sandwich generation (15/01/2011)
• FirstStop helping people to move home (08/01/2011)
• FirstStop in East Sussex growing (11/12/2010)
• FirstStop Warwickshire in business (11/12/2010)
• EAC forges Strategic Alliance with charity Help and Care (13/11/2010)
• Care Homes Less Affordable Than Ever (10/11/2010)
• Care & Repair England launches FirstStop self-training module on care choices in later life (09/11/2010)
• UK's leading meals delivery service supports FirstStop promotional campaign (22/10/2010)
• Older people forced to resort to using savings or equity in homes to fund care (08/10/2010)
• FirstStop secures major sponsorship (01/10/2010)
• FirstStop promotes Home Improvement Agencies (27/07/2010)
• 'Yours' magazine launches Caring Home of the Year Awards (14/06/2010)
• 'Get Digital' programme targets sheltered housing residents (24/04/2010)
• FirstStop Advice receives accolade (15/03/2010)
• A Two Tier System for the Funding and Delivery of Social Care for Older People (10/03/2010)
• 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 Releasing Capital from Your Home (850kb)
• A Two Tier System for the Funding and Delivery of Social Care for Older People (636kb)
• Abuse - Older People at Risk (471kb)
• Accommodation and care for disabled people under 60 (21kb)
• Accommodation options for people with dementia (45kb)
• Advice on hospital admissions and discharges (141kb)
• Advice on housing and care options for older people in East Sussex (1,629kb)
• Advice on housing and care options for older people in Warwickshire (828kb)
• Advising older people about their care choices in later life (2,186kb)
• Buying a Computer (200kb)
• Buying and Selling Property - Your legal rights (310kb)
• Care home fees and treatment of couples (1,167kb)
• Care home fees and treatment of property (1,453kb)
• Care Home Fees: paying for them in Scotland (395kb)
• Care Home Fees: paying them in England (370kb)
• Care Home Fees: paying them in Wales (649kb)
• Care Home Fees: third party top ups (in England) (249kb)
• Care Home Fees: third party top ups in Scotland (260kb)
• Care Home Fees: third party top ups in Wales (580kb)
• Care Homes: what to look for (590kb)
• Carers: what support is available? (292kb)
• Claiming Benefits (346kb)
• Community Care - Understanding the System (608kb)
• Complaints about Community Care and NHS Services in England (358kb)
• Complaints about Community Care and NHS Services in Scotland (244kb)
• Complaints about Community Care and NHS Services in Wales (604kb)
• Dementia - how FirstStop can help (58kb)
• Deprivation of Assets (207kb)
• Deprivation of capital: what can I spend before moving into a care home? (176kb)
• Disability Benefits: Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance (259kb)
• Disability Equipment and How to Get It (146kb)
• Equipment for Daily Living (219kb)
• FirstStop Finance Advice (1,480kb)
• FirstStop Moving Home Service (2,052kb)
• FirstStop Training Prospectus 2012/13 (459kb)
• Funding Care & Support at Home (221kb)
• Getting legal advice (18kb)
• Habitual residence test (16kb)
• Health Difficulties: how to cope with changing needs (646kb)
• Help to Stay Put (143kb)
• Help to Stay Put (Northern Ireland) (26kb)
• Help to Stay Put (Scotland) (28kb)
• Help to Stay Put (Wales) (29kb)
• Help with the costs of moving (63kb)
• Helping older people choose the right home for them: (5,071kb)
• Helping others to make decisions (33kb)
• Holidays (135kb)
• Home Care Agencies: what to look for (251kb)
• Home Care: using Direct Payments (459kb)
• Home Repairs and Improvements (154kb)
• Homesharing (838kb)
• Hospital Discharge in England (288kb)
• Hospital Discharge in Scotland (301kb)
• Hospital Discharge in Wales (202kb)
• Hospitals - What to Expect (560kb)
• Housing & Care Options for Older People (1,058kb)
• Housing Decisions & Options in Later Life (341kb)
• Housing Options (567kb)
• Housing: adapting your home to stay independent (239kb)
• Housing: how to pay for the maintenance of your home (625kb)
• How well does your home suit you? (1,005kb)
• In Good Repair (768kb)
• Independent Advocacy (646kb)
• Information & Resources for people who have dementia, their carers, relatives and friends (33kb)
• Leisure ideas (223kb)
• Lifetime leases (20kb)
• Living with family (family version) (31kb)
• Living with family (older person's version) (31kb)
• Meal delivery services to your home (16kb)
• Memory loss, Depression, Confusion, & Dementia (697kb)
• Moving to and returning from abroad: benefits and services (302kb)
• Mutual exchanges (18kb)
• NHS Funding for Nursing in Care Homes (1,310kb)
• Obtaining Care & Support at Home (132kb)
• Pension Credit (249kb)
• Planning to live abroad (216kb)
• Possible Sources of Topping up Funding (18kb)
• Property fraud information from the Land Registry (67kb)
• Self-Funding Care Home Fees (546kb)
• Sheltered Housing (120kb)
• Sources of Financial Help (20kb)
• test resource (6,036kb)
• Your safety : Preventing accidents in your home (167kb)
• Your security : Personal safety at home and in the street (215kb)