Free advice and information for older people
FirstStop provides independent, free advice and information for older people, their families and carers, about care, housing and finance options in later life. It is delivered by a network of local and...
View ArticleA new website to help ‘Find Me Good Care’
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), the national charity charged with providing rigorous information and evidence to drive up the quality of social care services, is actively developing a...
View ArticleAccredited peer brokers to help others plan their care
My Support Broker is a peer support brokerage service based on a social franchise model. Disabled, older people and their supporters are trained and accredited as peer brokers to help others to plan,...
View ArticleImproving the co-ordination of end of life care
New approaches are being implemented to improve the co-ordination, and quality, of care for people approaching the end of life. As recommended in the End of Life Care Strategy (DH, 2008), EPaCCS...
View ArticleThis is me – a snapshot of the person with dementia
This is me is a leaflet produced by Alzheimer’s Society to help people with dementia to receive person-centred care, particularly if they are admitted to hospital. It is a simple and practical tool...
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