Penzance
01736 365714

Camborne
01209 714721

Truro
01872 278533

St. Austell
01726 63582

Liskeard
01579 342919

Bodmin
01208 74491

Launceston
01566 773750

Area covered:
Bristol, Channel Islands, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and So

Address: Alzheimer's Society,
South West Area Office International House,
Bank Road,
Kingswood,
Bristol BS15 8LX

Telephone:
0117 967 2975

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The South West region covers Gloucestershire, Somerset, Devon, Wiltshire, Dorset, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

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Anchor Staying Put - North Cornwall
Tel: 01208 815615

Carrick Care & Repair
Tel: 01872 260777

Hanover At Home in Caradon
Tel: 01579 340073

Hanover AtHome in Restorme
Tel: 01726 815731

West Cornwall Care & Repair
Tel: 01736 367535

.Age Concern


Help the Aged

Carers Support
Cornwall Rural Community Council
6 Walsingham Place
Truro
TR1 2RP

Tel: 01872 261 035
Fax: 01872 263 196
Email: carers@cornwallrcc.co.uk
Web: http://cornwallcarers.org.uk

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Parkinson's Disease

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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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