Search results for social care
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How to care for someone with communication difficulties - Social care and support guide
Find out more about how to care for someone with communication difficulties, including information about language disorders, mutism, deafblindness, sign language and sources of help.
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Work and disability - Social care and support guide
Find out about your rights, looking for work, government support and how employers can help if you have a disability.
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When the council might pay for your social care - Social care and support guide
Find out about your council paying for you social care.
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Personal budgets and direct payments - Social care and support guide
If you get social care funding from your council, personal budgets give you more control over how it is spent.
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Paying for your own social care (self-funding) - Social care and support guide
What you need to know if you are paying for your own care.
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NHS-funded nursing care - Social care and support guide
Find out about NHS funding for care by a registered nurse for people who live in a nursing home.
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NHS continuing healthcare - Social care and support guide
Find out about NHS funding for social care for people with long-term complex health needs.
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Benefits if you're under State Pension age - Social care and support guide
Find out what benefits you're entitled to if you're under State Pension age and have a disability or illness.
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Benefits if you're over State Pension age - Social care and support guide
Find out what benefits you're entitled to if you're over State Pension age and have a disability or illness.
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Mental Capacity Act - Social care and support guide
Find out what the Mental Capacity Act is and what it means for you.