Age
Concern England
Astral House, 1268 London Road SW16 4ER
Tel: 0208 679 8000
Freephone: 0808 808 6060 (for verbal advice)
Freephone: 0800 009 966 (for factsheets)
Web: www.ageconcern.org.uk
Alzheimer's
Society
Gordon House, 10 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PH
For support, information, advice and local services for those looking
after
someone with dementia.
Helpline: 0845 300 0336
Tel: 0207 306 0606
Fax: 0207 306 0808
Email: info@alzheimers.org.uk
Web: www.alzheimers.org.uk
Arthritis Care
18 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
For people with arthritis, helping to promote their health, well being
and
independence.
Tel: 020 7380 6500
FREEPHONE Helpline: 0808 800 4050
Fax: 020 7380 6505
Web: www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Benefits Enquiry
Line (Department of Social Security)
For information on all benefits for the disabled and their carers,
including
Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance.
Freephone: 0800 882 200
British Diabetic
Association
10 Queen Anne Street, London W1G 9LH
A charity that helps people with diabetes and supports diabetes
research.
Tel: 020 7323 1531
Helpline: 020 7636 6112
Fax: 020 7637 3644
Email: info@diabetes.org.uk
Web: www.diabetes.org.uk
British Red
Cross Society
9 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EJ
Services available from local centres include: home nursing, transport,
holidays, equipment loan for frail elderly people, home from hospital
schemes,
domiciliary and respite care.
Tel: 0207 235 5454
Fax: 0207 245 6315
Web: www.redcross.org.uk
Careaware
P.O.Box 8, Manchester, M3O 9NY
A public information and advisory service specialising in the issues
relating
to long term care, offering free advice and factsheets.
Helpline: 08705 134 925
Fax: 0161 787 8560
Email: info@careaware.co.uk
Web: www.careaware.co.uk
The Commission
For Social Care Inspection
St Nicholas Building, St Nicholas Street,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1NB
CQC is an independant body set up to regulate social, private and
voluntary
health care services.
England
Tel 0191 233 3600
Helpline 0845
015 0120
Cruse
Bereavement Care
Cruse House, 126 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1UR
Offers a counselling service and practical advice after bereavement.
There are
190 groups in the country.
Tel: 0208 939 9530
Helpline: 0870 167 1677
Fax: 0208 940 7638
Web: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Disabled Living
Foundation
380 Harrow Road, London W9 2HU
For expert advice on equipment for independent daily living. Product
and
supplier information is constantly updated.
Tel: 0870 603 9177
Fax: 0207 266 2922
Email: dlf@dlf.org.uk
Web: www.dlf.org.uk
Elderly
Accommodation Counsel
3rd Floor, 89, Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP
Provides advice on finding and paying for all types of housing for older
people, including sheltered housing, residential care, nursing homes
and homes
which accept people with mental and physical disabilities.
Tel: 0207 820 1343
Fax: 0207 820 3970
Email: enquiries@e-a-c.demon.co.uk
Web: www.housingcare.org
Help The Aged
Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ
Provides practical support to help older people to lead independent
lives, especially the frail, isolated and poor.
Tel: 0207 278 1114
SENIORLINE: 0808 800 6565
Fax: 020 7278 1116
Web: www.helptheaged.org.uk
Hospice
Information Service
St Christopher's Hospice, 51-59 Lawrie Park Road, London SE26 6DZ
Provides
information on hospices and palliative care service in the UK
and overseas.
Tel: 0208 778 9252
Fax: 0208 776 9345
Email: info@his2.freeserve.co.uk
Web: www.hospiceinformation.info
Huntington's
Disease Association
108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP
Puts people in touch with their local regional adviser who can offer
advice,
support and family visits.
Tel: 0207 223 7000
Fax: 0207 223 9489
Web: www.hda.org.uk
Independent
Financial Advisers Promotion Ltd
17-19 Emery Road, Brislington, Bristol BS4 5PF
Provides names of independent financial advisers in your area.
Tel: 0117 971 1177
Fax: 0117 972 4509
Web: www.unbiased.co.uk
The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust
The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO3O 6WP
Provides information on retirement and assisted living developments.
Tel: 01904 629241
Fax: 01904 620072
Web: www.jrf.org.uk
Law Centres
Federation
Duchess House, 18-19 Warren Street, London W1P 5DB
Provides a list of local law centres, which can give free advice on
various
legal problems including welfare rights, housing and employment.
Tel: 0207 387 8570
Fax: 0207 387 8368
Local Authority Charges For Domiciliary and Day Care
The Coalition on Charging, C/O Campaigns Department,
Mencap National Centre,
123 Golden Lane, London EC1Y ORT
A group of charities campaigning against local authority charges for
domiciliary and day care.
Tel: 0207 696 5610
Fax: 0207 696 693
Macmillan Cancer
Relief
89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7UQ
Provides information on Macmillan services and activities.
INFORMATION LINE: 0808 808 2020
Fax: 0207 840 7841
Millfield
Partnership Limited
Knollys House, 17 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 6SR
Millfield Care Partnership offers advice on planning for care now or in
the
future.
Tel: 0845 600 1764
Web: www.millfield-partnership.co.uk
MIND (National
Association for Mental Health)
Granta House, 15-19 Broadway, London E15 4BQ
The leading mental health charity working for everyone with
experience of
mental distress.
Tel: 08457 660 163
Fax:0208 522 1725
INFORMATION LINES:
0208 522 1728 (Greater London) or
0845 7 660163 (out of
London)
Email: contact@mind.org.uk
Web: www.mind.org.uk
Multiple
Sclerosis Society
The MS National Centre, 372 Edgware Road, London NW2 6ND
Offers information to people with MS and their friends, carers and
family
Tel: 020 84380700
Helpline: 0808 800 8000
Fax: 020 84380701
Email: info@mssociety.org.uk
Web: www.mssociety.org.uk
The National
Association Of Almshouses
Billingbear Lodge, Carters Hill, Wokingham, Berks RG4O 5RU
Accommodation for poor and needy people, generally aged over 60.
Tel: 01344 452 922
Fax: 01344 862 062
Email:naa@almshouses.org
Web: www.almshouses.org
National
Register Of Carers
26 Century Building, Tower Street, Liverpool L69 7PA
Provides a register of carers whose details have been thoroughly
vetted.
Tel: 0151 707 9996
Fax: 0151 707 9995
Email: info@mail.nrc.org.uk
NHS Direct
NHS Direct is a telephone service which provides confidential
healthcare advice
24 hours a day.
Tel: 0845 4647 (calls charged at
local rate)
Web: www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Nursing Home
Fees Agency (NHFA)
St Leonard's House, Mill Street, Eynsham, Oxford OX29 4BR
Specialist advice on paying for long term care, including care fee
advisers,
accountants and tax specialists.
Tel: 0800 99 88 33 (freephone)
Web: www.nhfa.co.uk
Parkinson's Disease
Society
215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ
Provides help for people with Parkinson's Disease and their relatives.
Tel: 0207 931 8080
Helpline: 0845 608 445
Fax: 0207 233 9908
Web: www.parkinsons.org.uk
Patients
Association
P.O. Box 935, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3YJ
Gives advice to patients and carers on patients' rights, complaint
procedures
and access to health services or appropriate self-help groups.
Tel: 0208 423 9111
Helpline: 0845 608 445
Web: www.patients-association.com
Pre-Retirement
Association
9 Chesham Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3LS
An independent national organisation offering advice on mid-career
and
pre-retirement planning and education.
Tel: 01483 301 170
Email: info@pra.uk.com
Web: www.pra.uk.com
The Princess
Royal Trust For Carers
142 Minories Road, London EC3N 1LS
Provides support for carers at carers' centres around the country.
Tel: 0207 480 7788
Fax: 0207 481 4729
Email: info@carers.org
Web: www.carers.org
Public
Guardianship Office
Stewart House, 24 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JX
Provides information on the registration of Enduring Powers of
Attorney and
aspects of the work of the Court of Protection. They can
give guidance and
information, but not legal advice.
Tel: 0207 664 7300
Fax: 0207 664 7702
Registered
Nursing Home Association
15 Highfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3DM
Provides information on registered nursing homes in the UK and
Republic of
Ireland, which conform to specified standards.
Tel: 0121 454 2511
Fax: 0121 454 0932
Web: www.rnha.co.uk
The Relatives'
And Residents' Association
24 The Ivories, 6-18 Northampton Street, London N1 2HY
An organisation bringing together relatives of those in care homes and
hospitals. Can offer support and advice on any matter concerned with
residential care.
Advice line: 0207 359 8136
Fax: 0207 226 6603
Email: advice@relres.org
Web: www.relres.org
Royal
Association For Disability And Rehabilitation (RADAR)
12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V 8AS
Provides help on non-medical issues including mobility, education,
employment,
benefits, discrimination and housing.
Tel: 0207 250 3222
Fax: 0207 250 0212
Web: www.radar.org.uk
Royal National
Association For The Blind (RNIB)
105 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9NE
Provides information, support and advice for anyone with a serious
sight
problem.
Tel: 0207 388 1266
Helpline: 0845 7 669999
Fax 0207 388 1266
Web: www.rnib.org.uk
Royal National
Institute For Deaf People (RNID)
19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL
Provides information, residential care, interpreting service, training,
special
telephone service and environmental aids for deaf and hard of
hearing people.
Tel: 0207 296 8000
INFOLINE: 0808 808 0123
Textphone: 0808 808 9000
Email: informationline@rnid.org.uk
Web: www.rnid.org.uk
The Samaritans
10 The Grove, Slough SL1 1QP
Available 24 hours a day, offering confidential emotional support to
those in
crisis and in danger of taking their own lives.
Tel: 0845 7 90 9090
Email: jo@samaritans.org
The Stroke
Association
Stroke House, 123-127 Whitecross Street, London EC1Y 8JJ
A national charity that provides an advisory and information service
for people
who have had strokes, their families and carers.
Advice line: 0845 30 33 100
Fax: 0207 490 2686
Web: www.stroke.org.uk
Brancaster Homecare
The Pendrill Suite, Cartmel Grange, Allithwaite Road,
Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria,
LA11 7EL
For those who are not in need of residential care but require professional assistance,
company or help with day to day living in the surroundings of their own homes.
Tel: 01539 536 993
Fax: 01539 534 876
Web: www.brancasterhomecare.co.uk
Linford Homecare
Linford Grange, 16 Lakes Lane Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, MK16 8HP
For those who are not in need of residential care but require professional assistance,
company or help with day to day living in the surroundings of their own homes.
Tel: 01908 210 650
Web: www.linfordhomecare.co.uk
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