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We know that growing older doesn't come with a manual. Later life may bring changes and opportunities to your life and you may need to know about rights, organisations and services which are unfamiliar to you.
We provide free information and advice to help you on diverse topics ranging from claiming benefits and Power of Attorney, to care at home and care homes. Please browse our guides and place your order below.
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Care and Support at Home: Assessment and Funding
Most people want to live independently and safely in their own home for as long as possible. Care and support may be available to help you remain at home for longer. Financial help may be available towards your care costs too.
Care and Support at Home: Practical Help
As you become older, you might start to need help with things you used to be able to manage for yourself. You may be eligible for care, support, equipment or minor adaptations that could help you to manage better at home
Care Home Guide: Checklist
Everyone has different ideas about what they want from where they live. This guide contains some questions you might want to consider, with space for you to write answers to these questions and add any of your own.
Care Home Guide: Before you Move
This guide provides a checklist of things you might need to think about, and people you should contact, before you move into a care home. It may also be useful if you are making arrangements because you have Power of Attorney for someone.
Care Home Guide: Contracts and paying for your own care
Moving into residential care is a big decision, especially if you think you will need to pay your own care home fees. This guide provides information on choosing and paying for care, the support available and things to know about your care home contract.
Care Home Guide: Friends and Family
Whether you are a friend, family member, or someone with a formal decision-making role such as Power of Attorney, this guide provides information about care homes, the moving-in process, and how you may be able to provide support.
Care Home Guide: Funding
This guide provides information about the financial help that may be available from the local council, for older people who have been assessed as needing care in a care home. It aims to answer some of the most commonly-asked questions.
Care Home Guide: Living in a Care Home
This guide is for anyone considering moving into a care home, or already living in one. It provides information on living in a care home, your rights as a care home resident, what you can expect from a good care home, and what to do if there is a problem.
Carer's Allowance and Carer Support Payment
If you provide unpaid care for another person, there may be help, including financial help, available for you.
Caring for someone with early stage dementia
Being a carer can be challenging and sometimes you may need support.
Challenging Benefit Decisions
If you disagree with a benefit decision, it is often possible to challenge it. This guide will take you through the process in detail.
Council Tax and Council Tax Reduction
Council Tax can be complicated as there are rules about who is liable to pay the bill, how the bill is calculated and how the bill may be reduced. This guide looks at the rules most likely to apply to older people in Scotland.
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