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Real stories How to manage being a carer and working full-time Mark Hatzer knows first-hand how difficult it can be having a job alongside caring for someone with dementia. Here Mark shares his tips on knowing your legal rights within the workplace. Mark Hatzer knows first-hand how difficult it can be having a job alongside caring for someone with dementia. Here Mark shares his tips on knowing your legal rights within the workplace. ... 06 March 2019 24comments.
Support us Tag: Support us. The difference your gift could make Dementia is responsible for more deaths in the UK than any other condition and somebody develops dementia every three minutes. At this moment, there are over 900,000 people in the UK living with dementia, with this number set to increase significantly in the near future. Read more
News Tag: News. Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 recommendations – Alzheimer’s Society comment On Wednesday 6 December the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act published its recommendations. Read more
Information Give or take: Will giving some of our savings to our daughter cause problems? How a gift of money might affect your local authority’s financial assessment of how much you need to pay towards care. How a gift of money might affect your local authority’s financial assessment of how much you need to pay towards care. ... 30 November 2018
Advice Tag: Advice. Planning ahead as an LGBTQ+ person with dementia Advice and practical tips for planning ahead as an LGBTQ+ person living with dementia. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Your rights as an LGBTQ+ person with dementia The law protects your rights as an LGBTQ+ person – to equal treatment, to not be discriminated against, and to privacy. Read about your rights and what to do if they are not being respected. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Holidays and dementia – financial help and legal protection When planning a holiday for a person who has dementia, it's worth considering what financial support is available. It can also be helpful to know about the laws that protect the rights of people with dementia in the UK. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Becoming a deputy - useful organisations Get details of organisations that can provide guidance about becoming a deputy for a person with dementia. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. How to apply to become a deputy for a person with dementia Find out about the deputyship application process and what happens after you become a deputy. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Deputyship for people living with dementia Find out what it means to be a deputy for a person living with dementia in England or Wales, including who can be a deputy and what it involves. Read more
Information Tag: Information. Assessment for care and support - useful organisations Find out more about organisations that can give further information on assessment and support in England. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Organising and reviewing care and support Once an assessment has been carried out the next step is to organise the care and support. You may need personal budgets and direct payments to pay for this care. Care and support plans should be reviewed to make sure they are still meeting the needs of the person with dementia or their carer. If you are unhappy with the care or support, you can make a complaint. Read more
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