Category Archives: Older care

Pensioners have been warned they may have to remortgage their homes to pay for personal care

November 7, 2011   Carers, disability, Older care

Remortgage to pay for your care… even in your own home, pensioners warned

 

  • Plans blasted as ‘smash and grab raid’ on incomes
  • Proposals in Andrew Dilnot report would see homes included in means test

By Tim Shipman

Last updated at 7:18 AM on 7th November 2011

Pensioners have been warned they may have to remortgage their homes to pay for personal care – even if they don’t go into a residential home.

Under plans being considered by ministers, pensioners who need help washing, feeding and clothing themselves would be forced to seek equity release on their homes to pay for the help.

The plans were last night branded a ‘smash and grab raid’ on the incomes of the elderly.

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Carers are asked to give their views

November 6, 2011   Carers, charities, disability, Older care

Care views are wanted

PEOPLE who use care services in Central Beds are being asked to pinpoint the priorities for reform on the Social Care System.

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Carers look forward to Fridays to have a sing song

November 5, 2011   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Older care

Singing groups offer people with dementia, and their carers, a chance to socialise and sing with other people in the same situation. The Alzheimer’s Society runs ‘Singing for the Brain’ groups in England.

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“It seemed to me a way of giving people confidence,”

Chreanne Montgomery-Smith, co-founder of Singing for the Brain

Dementia is a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) that is associated with a progressive decline of the brain and its functions. These include:

  • thinking
  • language
  • memory
  • understanding
  • judgment
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