Chester
Tel: 01244 603400

Northwich
Tel: 01606 814900

Crewe
Tel: 01270 505100

Winsford
Tel: 01606 815600

Ellesmere Port
Tel: 0151 357 4500

Wilmslow
Tel: 01606 815600

Congleton
Tel:01625 534700

Macclesfield
Tel: 01625 534700

Area covered:Cheshire, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and the Lancaster and Morec

Address: Alzheimer's Society,
North West Area Office Tannery Court,
Tanners Lane,
Warrington WA2 7NA

Telephone: 01925 572 239

Email: nnw@alzheimers.org.uk

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For information about stroke and details of The Stroke Association's local services and support in the North West, please call our helpline on 0845 3033 100 or email info@stroke.org.uk  

All staff are based in our Regional Office in Salford, unless otherwise stated.

North West regional office
6th Floor, St James House
Pendleton Way
Salford
Manchester
M6 5FW
0161 745 8222
Northwest@stroke.org.uk

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Anchor Staying Put - Crewe & Nantwich
Tel: 01270 537 422

Anchor Staying Put - Ellesmere Port & Neston
Tel: 0151 355 1313

.Age Concern


Help the Aged

The Princess Royal Trust Carers centre

Ageing

Arthritis

Breathlessness

Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

Falls

Incontinence

Leg Ulcers

Osteoporosis

Parkinson's Disease

Pressure Sores

Shingles

Sight

Strokes

Finding information about the Care System may seem a daunting process, there are also a lot of misconceptions about care for the elderly.

This web site is designed to help you find sources of information and contact details of local organisations that can give practical support and advice.

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The type of Long Term Care you choose will be determined by your particular needs.

In reality there is no, “One size fits all”. Your choice of care service may be as simple as receiving Meals-on-Wheels and utilising aids and equipment, through to intense nursing care in a specialist home.

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In developing a funding strategy for long term care, the starting point is to determine the level of financial support which may be available from the Government. Many people wrongly assume that they will have no entitlement because they own assets but this may not be the case

Direct payments are local council payments for people who have been assessed as needing help from social services, and who would like to arrange and pay for their own care and support services instead of receiving them directly from the local council.

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Care Home
(includes care homes with nursing)
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Home Care Agency
(Homecare is also known as domiciliary care)

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) oversees a range of care services provided for older people and younger adults – including care homes, nursing homes and adult placements. Domiciliary care services also fall under CQC regulation ensuring that agencies are accountable for quality of the services they provide.

Action on elder abuse define elder abuse as:

'A single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person'.

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Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) is a national organisation of lawyers, such as solicitors, barristers, and legal executives who are committed to providing and promoting robust, comprehensive and independent legal advice for older people, their family and carers.

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