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Action on Elder Abuse
A charity working to prevent abuse and protect
elderly adults.
Website: www.elderabuse.org.uk
Email: enquiries@elderabuse.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8765 7000
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Age
Concern
A chariety promoting the well being of older
people
Website: www.ageconcern.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8765 7200 |
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Arthritis
Care
The leading UK charity with a mission to support
all with arthritis.
Website: www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 800 4050
(Helpline) or 0207 380 6500 |
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Benefits
Enquiry Line
(Department of Social Security)
Telephone: 0800 882 200
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British
Diabetic Association
The leading UK diabetic group
www.diabetes.org.uk
Telephone: 0845 120 2960 or 0207424 1000
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Bettercaring
An information and advisory service specialising
in the issues relating to long term care, offering free
advice and factsheets
Website: www.bettercaring.com
Telephone: 0845 644 1701 |
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British
Heart Foundation
The UK’s leading heart charity, aiming
to eliminate heart disease via research and provide support,
information and care for heart patients.
Website: www.bhf.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7935 0185 |
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Cancer
Research UK
The world’s leading independent organisation
dedicated to cancer research.
Website: www.cancerresearchuk.org
Telephone: 020 7121 6699 |
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Counsel
and Care
A Charity giving advice and information to older people,
their relatives and carers across the UK.
Website: www.counselandcare.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7241 8555
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Careaware
A free public information and advisory service
specialising in issues relating to long term care.
Website: www.careaware.co.uk
Telephone: 08705 134 925 |
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Cruse
Bereavement Care
A charity promoting the well being of bereaved
people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand
their grief and cope with loss. Services are free to
the bereaved people
Website: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Telephone: 0208 939 9530 Helpline: 0844 477 9400
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Carers
UK
A dedicated charity campaigning for practical,
financial and emotional support for carers.
Website: www.carersuk.org
Email: info@carersuk.org
Telephone: 020 7922 8000
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Citizens
Advice
Citizens advice service helps people resolve
their legal, money and other problems by providing free
information and advice, and by influencing policy makers.
Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk |
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Department
of Health
A government body established to improve the
quality and convenience of care provided by the NHS
and social services
Website: www.doh.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 7210 4850
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Department
of Work and Pensions
The government department overseeing benefits policy
and work schemes
Website: www.dwp.gov.uk
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Elderly
Accommodation Counsel
A charity offering free advice to older people
seeking information regarding housing and care needs
Website: www.eac.org.uk
EAC Advice Telephone number: 020 7820 1343 |
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English
Community Care Association
A charity promoting high standards of care and
health in the independent care sector.
Website: www.ecca.org.uk
Email: info@ecca.org.uk
Telephone@ 08450 577 677 |
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Gold
Standard Framework for Palliative Care [GSF]
The national GSF central team, based in the
NHS, develop frameworks and training programmes to enable
generic care providers deliver a gold standard of care
for all people nearing the end of life.
Website: www.goldstandardsframework.nhs.uk
Email: info@goldstandardsframework.co.uk
Telephone Helpline: 01922 604666 |
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Hearing
Concern
A national charity helping deaf and hard of hearing fight
isolation through support, advice and information
Website: www.hearingconcern.org.uk
Email: info@hearingconcern.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7440 9871
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Housing
Care
A website run by the Elderly Accommodation Counsel to
help older people make informed choices about their
housing and care needs.
Website: www.housingcare.org
Email: enquiries@eac.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7820 1343
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Help
the Aged
A UK based international charity set up to protect disadvantaged
elderly people from poverty, isolation and neglect.
Website: www.helptheaged.org.uk
Email: info@helptheaged.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7278 1114
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Huntington
Disease Association
The Huntington Disease Association provides support for
suffers of Huntington’s Disease and their families.
Website: www.hda.org.uk
Email: info@hda.org.uk
Telephone: 0151 298 3298 |
Help
the Hospices
A leading charity supporting hospice care throughout the
UK.
Website: www.helpthehospices.org.uk
Email: info@helpthehospices.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7520 8200 |
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Local
Counsel [find your]
Local Counsel help with a variety of tasks from funding,
to providing with lists of care providers. The website
below should direct you to your local council.
Website: www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm
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Leeds
City Council
Website: www.leeds.gov.uk
Telephone: 0113 222 4444 |
Bradford
Council
Website: www.bradford.gov.uk/bmdc
Telephone: 01274 432111
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Macmillan
Cancer Relief
A charity that provides medical, financial, emotional
and practical support for people affected by cancer
Website:
www.macmillan.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7840 7840
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MIND
[National Association of Mental Health]
The leading mental health charity in England and Wales,
set up to challenge discrimination, achieve equal rights
and influence policy for the benefit of people with mental
health problems
Website: www.mind.org.uk
Telephone: 0845 766 0163 |
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Sclerosis Society
The UK’s largest charity for people affected by
multiple sclerosis (MS)
Website: www.mssociety.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8438 0700
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NHFA
An independent group that offers advice to older people
looking to obtain and meet the cost of care.
Website: www.nhfa.co.uk
Email: enquiries@nhfa.co.uk
Telephone: 0800 998 833 |
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Parkinson’s
Disease Society
An organisation that provides information and support
for people suffering with the disease and their families.
The society also raises funds for research into treatments.
Website: www.parkinsons.org.uk
Email: enquiries@parkinsons.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 800 0303 |
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The
Princess Royal Trust for Carers
This chariety is the largest provider of comprehensive
carers support services in the UK. It provides quality
information, advice and support to over 400,000 carers
including 25,000 young carers.
Website: www.carers.org
Email: info@carers.org
Telephone: 0844 800 436 |
The
Patients Association
A national healthcare charity providing patients with
an opportunity to raise concerns and share experiences
of healthcare.
Website: www.patients-association.org.uk
Email: helpline@patients-association.com
Telephone: 0845 608 4455 |
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Royal
Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
[ RADAR]
The UK’s largest disability campaigning network,
with over 900 individual and corporate members
Website: www.radar.org.uk
Email: radar@radar.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7250 3222
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Royal
National Institute for the Blind [RNIB]
The UK leading charity that supports blind and partially-sighted
people.
Website: www.rnib.org.uk
Email: helpline@rnib.org.uk
Telephone: 0845 766 9999 |
The
Relatives’ and Residents Association
The relatives and residents association exists for older
people needing or in residential care, as well as for
those families and friends left behind.
Website: www.relres.org
Telephone: 020 7359 8136
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Royal
National Institute for the Deaf [RNID]
An organisation dedicated to making life better for people
who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Website: www.rnid.org.uk
Email: informationline@rnid.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 808 0123
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Registered
Nursing Homes Association [RNHA]
The RNHA campaigns strongly for high standards in nursing
homes. Members are nursing home owners committed to delivering
quality care to their residents.
Website: www.rnha.co.uk
Email: info@rnha.co.uk
Telephone: 0121 451 1088 |
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SAGA
Care Funding Advice Service
An organisation that offers independent specialist advice
on paying for elderly care
Website: www.saga.co.uk/ltc
Telephone: 0800 056 7997 |
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Stroke
Association
The only UK wide charity solely concerned with supporting
stroke suffers of all ages.
Website: www.stroke.org.uk
Email: info@stroke.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7566 0300 |
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United
Kingdom Home Care Association [UKHCA]
UKHCA is the professional association of homecare providers
from the independent, voluntary, not for profit and
statutory sectors. UKHCA promotes high standards of
care and provides representation to national and regional
policy makers and regulators.
Website: www.ukhca.co.uk
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