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Guide2care
is a free to access, comprehensive one stop shop guide for information and
resources, specifically for the care of elderly. Guide2Care is staffed by
people who have a background in care, with an understanding of the problems
of those seeking care. The care team is focused in its approach to providing
the most comprehensive coverage on all aspects of care for the older person
and is dedicated to obtaining reliable and up-to-date information.
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guide is easy to access being categorised by local area giving
users information and advice relevant to where they live.
The guide contains lists of local care providers, including
home care agencies, care homes, nursing homes (care homes with
nursing) and sheltered housing options. Users can also find
contacts for local social services departments and other agencies
that offer help to older people. |
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is a fact of life that funding is at the centre of the care
system in the UK and this issue above all others causes the
greatest problems. |
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| Guide2care
also operates AbleAids supplying products to enable people to
live the fullest independent life as possible, with respect
and dignity. AbleAids staff are always ready to answer questions
and give advice, if you wish to place an order you can either
use our secure payment system or telephone orderline. |
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Thousands
missing out on compensation for caring warns Age Concern
People providing substantial care for their spouse or partner
are less likely to consider themselves as ‘carers’,
putting them at risk of missing out on the extra cash benefits
they are entitled to, according to Age Concern.
Global impact
of dementia
The
number of people with Alzheimer’s disease will quadruple
to 106 million by the year 2050 when 1 in every 85 people will
be living with the disease, according to researchers at Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Alzheimer’s
Society commissions new study into link between diet and dementia
Alzheimer’s Society has today commissioned a new research
study into the link between diet and dementia. The review hopes
to answer crucial questions about what aspects of diet can help
to people lower their risk of developing the devastating disease.
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