Did you know that people living with dementia may be entitled to a council tax reduction or council tax exemption? If your neighbour, friend or loved one is living with dementia and is still paying council tax the following may provide you the information you need to...
Did you know that people living with dementia may be entitled to a council tax reduction or council tax exemption? If your neighbour, friend or loved one is living with dementia and is still paying council tax the following may provide you the information you need to...
What is Vascular Dementia? Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia, with only Alzheimer’s affecting more people. Currently, there are about 150,000 people in the UK living with vascular dementia. Vascular dementia occurs when the brain is...
Why are older people targeted? Throughout our modern history older people have been seen as vulnerable and therefore an easy target for scams. There have been roofing scams, distraction thefts, postal scams and fraud committed by phone. Now we have online scams. None...
What is a 12-week property disregard? Funding residential care is a large financial commitment that in most cases requires a property sale at some stage. In some cases this does not need to happen for months or even years after a resident has moved into the care home...
Continuing Healthcare (CHC) funding is an expensive cost that the NHS has to fund out of their already stretched budgets. For that reason they ensure that they do a full and thorough assessment of each individual prior to awarding such funding. As you would probably...
