An explanation of what help may be available & whether you’ll have to pay for it. It includes help at home, as well as residential and nursing care.

The Social Fund is a scheme to help people with expenses that are difficult to meet from a low income. It covers Funeral Payments, Cold Weather Payments, Winter Fuel Payments and Sure Start Maternity Grants. Advances of Benefit are a form of payment on

This describes the role of the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate, outlines it’s corporate structure, and the people & processes through which it will communicate with social care providers

Information about the role of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), and what it will mean to people who use social services

This is a report based on a MORI survey of older people in homes that was commissioned by the Commission for Social Care Inspection for it’s launch on 1st April 2004. It looks at what people want from social care services as they get older, and has a numb

The Care Quality Commission monitors, inspect and regulates health and social care services in England, and publish what it finds including ratings to help people choose care. Its websites provides more detail of how it fulfils its responsbilities.

Explanation of the term “social care”. It also describes the role of the new single Inspectorate for Social Care (CSCI) in England, set up in April 2004. It combines the former work of thev Social Services Inspectorate (SSI), the SSI/Audit Commission join

If you’re looking for some help to stay independent in your own home, there are services, gadgets and equipment that you might benefit from.