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Anchor Staying Put - Burnley
01282 838 876

Anchor Staying Put - Oldham & Tameside 0161 339 5656

Anchor Staying Put - South Lancashire 01772 644916

Anchor Staying Put - South Manchester
0161 872 7622

Arena Care & Repair (Wigan)
01942 825849

Blackpool Care & Repair
01253 651555

Care & Repair Wyre & Fylde
01253887569

Housing Care Services01254 269220

Hyndburn Homewise Society Ltd
01254 232249

Manchester Care & Repair Ltd
0161 872 5500

Pendle Home - Care & Repair
01282 611088

Preston Care & Repair 01772 204096

Rochdale Home Improvement Agency01706 926671

St Vincents Homecare & Repair
01706 221849

Trafford Care & Repair
0161 873 8666

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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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(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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