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Your comprehensive guide to understanding dementia diagnosis and ongoing support options.

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How to finance your care at home and at care home and what benefits you are entitled to.

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Funded Nursing Care (FNC)

Funded Nursing Care (FNC)

This is a non-means-tested allowance payable by the NHS to cover the cost of the ‘nursing care component’ of nursing home fees. It is a flat rate paid directly to the home. It is only payable to Nursing Homes and cannot be paid to a Residential Care Home under any...

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The care fees financial assessment  

The care fees financial assessment  

The local authority will conduct a financial assessment of older people to establish who, the LA or you the individual, will pay for any necessary care and support.  The aim of the council in these processes is to make sure that they do not have to fund the placement...

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Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA)

Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA)

As explained elsewhere in this document, the local authorities are required to assess whether an individual is liable to pay for their own care, or if the council should pay. When it is deemed the local authorities’ responsibility to pay, they ensure that the...

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Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA)

When does the council pay for Care Home Fees?

If a person cannot afford their care requirements, local authorities (LA) are required by law to arrange and fund the care. It is usually assumed that a person has sufficient funds to pay for their own care if their combined capital is above £23,250. To establish if...

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Dementia assessment

Dementia assessment

If you are worried that you are getting more forgetful, or you have been feeling confused, anxious, or low for a while, it is a good idea to visit your GP.  Such symptoms may be caused by several conditions, but they may also be an indication of dementia.  Your GP...

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Dementia assessment

Dementia brain scan

A brain scan is included in the standard evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.  Both CT (computed tomography) scans and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans will show brain changes caused by dementia. For more information or if you wish to...

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Dementia assessment

Dementia blood test

A research is currently under way to develop a blood test that can detect dementia up to two decades before people develop any symptoms relating to Alzheimer’s such as memory loss. The research undertaken by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in...

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Will dementia show up on a CT or MRI scan

Will dementia show up on a CT or MRI scan

A brain scan is included in the standard evaluation for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.  Both CT (computed tomography) scans and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans will show brain changes caused by dementia. For more information or if you wish to...

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The care fees financial assessment  

How dementia is diagnosed

If you're worried about your memory, or think you may have dementia, please see your GP. If you're worried about someone else's memory problems, encourage them to make an appointment with their GP and perhaps suggest that you go with them. Getting a formal diagnosis...

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The care fees financial assessment  

Dementia risk factors

There are several risk factors which affect someone getting dementia.  Some of these factors you will not be able to change, such as: Age – dementia usually affects people who are over 65 years old. Above this age, a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or...

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