Taking the worry out of paying
for care the NHFA provides a specialist advisory service
to older people, their carers or relatives on financial
and legislative problems arising when entering Nursing
or Residential Care including advice on how best to
meet the cost of care from resources available with
an aim to protect and preserve capital whilst also paying
increasing fees.
Advice and guidance on DWP benefits, local authority
assessments, health authority responsibilities, important
legislative matters and tax problems.
A UK money advice and debt management charity providing free, confidential advice and support to hundreds of thousands of people and families each year, helping them achieve a realistic resolution to their money worries. It operates a national freephone service, and gives counselling online via its CCCS Debt Remedy service.
Organisation:
Elderly Client Adviser
Address:
3rd Floor, 266 Upper
Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 6TQ
Elderly Client Adviser (ECA) is designed to provide practical advice and guidance on the range of legal and financial issues that affect older people. The information is specifically tailored to meet the interests and concerns of professionals who advise older people, providing readers with the practical guidance they need to advise their clients effectively. In terms of the market ECA is totally dominant with no other publication covering this breadth of material related to older clients.
Organisation:
time4care
Address:
Copenhagen Court, 32
New St, Basingstoke, RG21 7DT
Telephone:
01256 313786
Fax:
Telephone Helpline:
0800 0838 039
Email:
info@time4care.co.uk
Website:
www.time4care.co.uk
Main Contact:
Ivan Gould
Contact times:
-
Service Areas Covered:
All of UK
Local Reps:
Yes
Aims:
A membership organisation for people over
60. We provide help and support in property and care issues. This could
be
adapting or maintaining your current home, moving to a smaller property
or
into care or an income supplement..
Organisation:
Dutton Gregory (Member
-Solicitors for the Elderly)
Address:
Trussell House, 23 St
Peter Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8BT
Telephone:
01962 844333
Fax:
01962 863582
Telephone Helpline:
-
Email:
r.peel@duttongregory.co.uk
Website:
www.duttongregory.co.uk
Main Contact:
Richard Peel
Contact times:
Mon - Fri, 9 - 5
Service Areas Covered:
All of UK
Local Reps:
Yes
Aims:
A full range of
private client advice including Wills, Powers of Attorney,
Tax Planning, Investment Services, Long Term Care Planning,
Estate Administration and Living Wills on a personal
basis from a team of 4 Solicitors.
Organisation:
Caroline Coats Solicitor
(Member -Solicitors for the Elderly)
Address:
43 Long Lane, Holbury, Southampton,
SO45 2LG, Southampton, SO45 2LG
Advice on legal issues that
concern the elderly.
Including Care Home fees funding, Care Home contracts,
Wills, Enduring
Powers of Attorney, Trusts, Estates, Preservation of
Assets etc. Home
visits are available at no extra charge if resident
within the area bordered
by Poole, Salisbury, Basingstoke and Portsmouth.
Organisation:
Oxfordshire Community Care Rights
Address:
Unit 2, Home Farm Barn, Thrupp Lane, Radley Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3NG
OCCR is an independant charity that provides free confidential rights based information, advice and support in Community Care Law to anyone who is in need of, or receiving, community care services which are provided by social services or health. ie. those with mental health problems, elderly, sick, disabled, children in need.
We provide unoccupied and let property home insurance in respect of Long Term Care or Probate cases. Friendly advice, flexible and easy to arrange. Benefits include full insurance cover, basic buildings cover up to £350,000 which can be increased as required. Contents can be covered.
Services Description: Solicitors who
provide expert advice on,
inheritance tax planning, Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney,
Equity
Release, and care fees planning. We are also estate agents
so we can help
you sell your house, if you need to.
Community Care is the leading social
care information provider.
www.communitycare.co.uk is a specialist site dedicated to
all areas of the
social care profession, reflecting the 30 years of quality
information
offered by Community Care.
