Barnstable
Tel. 01271 388 010
Bideford
Tel. 01237 475 693
Crediton
Tel. 01392 384 133
Exeter
Tel. 01392 384 444
Exmouth
Tel. 01392 385 700
Honiton
Tel. 01392 385 800
St Michaels
Tel. 01404 41422
Ivybridge
Tel. 01752 891030
Kingsbridge
01752 891 466
Newton Abbot
Tel. 01392 384 900
Okehampton
Tel. 01392 383 848
Ottery St Mary
Tel. 01392 385980
Tavistock
Tel. 01392 386 990
Teignmouth
Tel. 01392 384930
Tiverton
Tel. 01392 384 133

South West Area

Area covered: Covers 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

South West of England

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

South West

Care & Repair Plymouth
Tel: 01752 221933

Devon Care & Repair - East Devon Team
Tel: 01395 514790

Devon Care & Repair - Exeter Team
Tel: 01392 822650

Devon Care & Repair - Mid Devon Team
Tel: 01884 255587

Devon Care & Repair - North Devon Team
Tel: 01271 326141

Devon Care & Repair - South Hams Team
Tel: 01752 896652

Devon Care & Repair - Teignbridge Team
Tel: 01626 355793

Devon Care & Repair - Torridge Team
Tel: 01237 424240

Devon Care & Repair - West Devon Team
Tel: 01822 613638

Torbay Home Improvement Service
Tel: 01803 208333

Age Concern


Help the Aged

Carers Uk Devon

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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