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New service offers housing help for older people in Norfolk

October 7, 2014   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Featured Article, Norfolk

carer John Cook and his wife Maureen who has dementia. Photo by Simon Finlay.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014
8:13 AM

Moving home is considered one of the most stressful things to do in life, which is why a Norfolk charity is offering older people free advice and support about housing and care.

Examples of who the service has helped and how:

• A couple in their mid-70s were helping to move into sheltered housing after returning to the UK from living abroad. They will also helped to access benefits.

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More than 100 elderly a week are having properties seized to pay for care home fees

September 26, 2014   Carers, Featured Article, Older care

  • Between 30,000-40,000 thought to lose homes this way every year

  • Coalition promised a cap on care costs by 2016, but this will only apply to bills of £72,000 or more
  • Those with assets of more than £23,250 are expected to pay their own way 
  • Critics say the system denies families their inheritances and punishes those who have worked hard, saved and paid mortgages 

By Steve Doughty, Social Affairs Correspondent For The Daily Mail

Published: 23:47, 25 September 2014 | Updated: 06:36, 26 September 2014

More than 100 homes a week are being seized from elderly people by councils to pay for their care home fees.

Families have been forced to hand over properties because local authorities are refusing to pay for the care.

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Why black and minority ethnic communities need targeted dementia services

September 24, 2014   Carers, dementia, Featured Article

African-Caribbean and South Asian UK communities are at greater risk of developing dementia

African-Caribbean and South Asian UK communities are at greater risk of developing dementia than the indigenous white population, but there is a lack of specialist care

As her mother swaps childhood stories with her peers at a social club, Amina Begum sees another side to her 65-year-old parent. Her mother, Jahanara, is at ease and animated instead of being confused and frustrated.

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