Factsheets from Disability Cambridgeshire
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Other useful factsheets available online:
Accommodation and housing
including residential care, adaptations, repairs, heating/energy
- Care homes - finding (Age Concern factsheet)
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Care homes - your rights (Age Concern Information Sheet; AdviceGuide)
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Help with heating (Age Concern factsheet)
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Home adaptations/repairs - Disabled Facilities Grants (Age Concern factsheet; Adviceguide)
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Housing associations (Shelter guide)
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Housing options (Age Concern factsheet)
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Moving home (Age Concern Checklist)
See also Equipment and aids
Advice& information agencies
including legal, advocacy, wills, campaigning
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Benefits/tax credits appeals (Adviceguide)
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Deaths - what to do after a death (Adviceguide)
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Disability and ageing - your rights to social services (Age Concern factsheet)
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Disability discrimination (Adviceguide)
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Education - problems at school (Adviceguide)
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Legal advice (Age Concern factsheet)
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Making a will (Age Concern factsheet; Adviceguide)
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NHS complaints (Adviceguide)
Carers
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Community care (Adviceguide)
Equipment/aids
including computing (see Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) website)
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About the home - making a difference (DLF factsheet)
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Bath and bath accessories - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Bed and bed accessories - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Bras - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Chair and chair accessories - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Children's: Daily living equipment - choosing (DLF factsheet) Mobility equipment - choosing (DLF factsheet) | Play equipment (DLF factsheet)
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Computers:(Abilitynet website )
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Dressing - equipment to help (and with footwear (DLF factsheet)
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Dressing for warmth (DLF factsheet)
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Eating and drinking equipment - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Footwear - finding (DLF factsheet)
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Funding for equipment (DLF factsheet)
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Special clothing: For sensitive skins (DLF factsheet) | For continence/incontinence (DLF factsheet) | For people who rip clothing (DLF factsheet) | For wheelchair users (DLF factsheet) | Specialist clothing services (DLF factsheet)
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Disability equipment - and how to get it (Age Concern factsheet)
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Grab rails - choosing and fitting (DLF factsheet)
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Hoists: Mobile hoists - choosing (DLF factsheet) | Overhead hoists - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Household equipment - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Personal alarms - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Pressure-relief equipment - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Second-hand equipment (DLF factsheet)
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Shower and accessories - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Stairs - equipment to get up and down (DLF factsheet)
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Telephones, textphones etc - choosing (DLF factsheet)
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Toilet equipment and accessories - choosing (DLF factsheet)
- Wheelchairs: Out-and-about with your wheelchair (DLF factsheet) | Active user - choosing (DLF factsheet) | Attendant-propelled wheelchair - choosing (DLF factsheet) | Standard self-propelled wheelchairs - choosing (DLF factsheet) | Powered wheelchairs - choosing (DLF factsheet)
Health/care
including well-being, sexual health
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Assessments - local authority assessments for community care services (Age Concern factsheet)
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Chiropodists: Feet for life website -with 'Find a podiatrist' | NHS Direct - about NHS chiropody
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Continence (Age Concern factsheet)
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Continuing care, NHS-funded registered nursing care/intermediate care (Age Concern factsheet)
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Dental care (Age Concern factsheet)
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Discharge from hospital (Age Concern factsheet)
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Help in the home (Age Concern factsheet)
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Advance decisions, advance statements and living wills (Age Concern factsheet)
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National Health Service (NHS) (Age Concern factsheet; Adviceguide)
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Staying healthy in later life (Age Concern factsheet)
Leisure/holidays
including exercise, sport, visiting Cambs, holidays, days out and respite care
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Holidays and outings (Age Concern factsheet)
Money
including benefits, grants and insurance
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Age Discrimination law (Age Concern Information Sheet)
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Attendance allowance and Disability Living Allowance ( Age Concern factsheet)
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Attendance Allowance and care home funding (Age Concern Information sheet)
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Benefits for disabled/sick (Adviceguide)
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Benefits for families and young children (Adviceguide)
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Benefits for people aged over 60 (Age Concern factsheet; Adviceguide)
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Benefits for people looking for work - Jobseekers Allowance (Adviceguide)
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Bereavement benefits (Adviceguide)
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Carers Allowance (Age Concern Information sheet))
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Concessions for older people (Age Concern Information sheet)
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Council tax (Age Concern factsheet)
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Credit and Credit Unions (Adviceguide)
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Debt - dealing with it (Age Concern Information Sheet; Adviceguide)
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Direct Payments from Social Services (Age Concern factsheet)
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Education - help with the costs (Adviceguide)
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Funerals - planning for (Age Concern factsheet)
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Health costs - Low Income Scheme help (Age Concern Information Sheet)
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Heating (Age Concern factsheet)
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Housing benefit/council tax benefit (Age Concern factsheet; Adviceguide)
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Income Support (Adviceguide)
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Instructions for my next of kin and executors on my death (Age Concern Information Sheet)
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Legal advice (Age Concern factsheet)
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Paying for care and support in the home (Age Concern factsheet)
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Pension Credit (Age Concern factsheet; Age Concern Q&A)
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Social Fund - lump sum payments (Age Concern factsheet; Adviceguide)
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State Pension (Age Concern factsheet)
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Supported accommodation - paying for (Age Concern Information Sheet)
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Telephones - help with costs (Age Concern Information Sheet)
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TV licence (Age Concern factsheet; Adviceguide)
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Water - bills etc (Age Concern Information Sheet)
Transport/mobility
including ‘dial a ride’ and travel (Disability Cambridgeshire factsheet)
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Transport options for disabled people (Adviceguide)
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Driving licences (Adviceguide)
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Travel and transport (Age Concern factsheet)
Work/education
including learning, volunteering and courses
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Access to education (Adviceguide)
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Government employment schemes including Apprenticeships (Adviceguide)
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Leisure and learning (Age Concern factsheet)
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Special education needs (Adviceguide)
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Volunteering (Volunteering England website)
Development/services for organisations, groups and employers (ie not direct to users)
including advice, fundraising and courses (see Volunteering England website)
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Disability Awareness (DLF factsheet)
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Printed materials - guidance on design for disabled/older people (Abilitynet factsheet)
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Volunteers - good practice (Good Practice Bank from Volunteering England)
Last updated: 23 December 2008