Home Repairs & Improvements

Information and advice for home owners and tenants about help with home repairs, and adaptations. It includes Local Authority help and grants, paying for and adapting the home, the role of Home Improvement Agencies, arranging for work privately, and trade

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Thinking about Money

Advice on how to assess your financial situation, prepare a balanced personal budget & how this can be used to help manage your money.

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Shingles

Information about Shingles, who is at risk, how to recognise it, how it is treated, complications especially pain, and pain management.

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Equipment for Daily Living

Information for people with a sensory or physical disability about equipment for use in the home that can help. The kind of equipment available is described, how to find out more & get or buy it, adaptations to the home & the role of Home Improvement Agen

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Housing Matters

Practical information & advice about available housing choices, including help to stay put, considering moving, moving home, moving in with family, moving to sheltered housing.

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Managing your medicines

Getting medicine on prescription, buying medicine over the counter, medicine names, getting the best from your medicine, remembering to take your medicie, safe-keeping, expiry dates, reducung side-effects, falls, other types of medicine, reviewing your me

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The Older Population

Analysis of population statistics and trends regarding older people, specifically looking at the retired population in the United Kingdom, Income, Housing & Health.

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Making housing advice work for older people

Report on a one day conference held on 23rd November 2003, organised by HOPDEV, the joint ODPM / Dept. of Health Housing and Older People Development Group.

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