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A guide to benefits and financial support in the UK 2025Adult Disability Payment (ADP) | RatesArmed Forces Independence Payment 2025: Eligibility and how to applyAttendance Allowance | Rates and eligibilityBedroom Tax: Who is exempt?Benefit cap exemptions: Who is not affected?Benefits for ill and disabled peopleBenefits for State Pension age carersBereavement Support PaymentCarer’s Allowance: Eligibility and how to claimCarer’s Credit | Am I eligible?Carers’ benefits and rights | What can you claim as a carer?Christmas bonus 2025: Extra payment for people receiving benefitsCold Weather Payment 2025Common mistakes when applying for Attendance AllowanceConstant Attendance Allowance (CAA) 2025Direct payments for careEmployment and Support Allowance (ESA) | Eligibility and ratesFinancial assessment for care at homeFree personal care in Scotland: Who is eligible and what is included?Funeral Expenses Payment: Help with paying for a funeral UKHome care | Guide to local authority fundingHome reversion plan: How can I use my home to fund care?Household Support Fund | Help with cost of livingHow do I pay for home adaptations?How does the state pension work for transgender people?How much is Pension Credit and can I get it? How to claim disability premiums: Severe and enhancedHow to pay for home care | 2025Independent Living Fund 2025 | Disabled peopleIndustrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Eligibility and ratesMinimum Income Guarantee (MIG) | Social careNew Style Employment & Support Allowance (ESA) | Rates and eligibilityPaying for home adaptations in EnglandPaying for home care in England in 2025Paying for home care in Northern Ireland in 2025Paying for home care in Scotland in 2025Paying for home care in Wales in 2025Pension Age Disability Payment | What is it and who is eligible?Personal Independence Payment (PIP): Rates and eligibilityPersonal Independence Payment (PIP): Top 5 conditions that make you eligibleSevere Mental Impairment Council Tax DiscountWarm Home Discount 2025What benefits can I claim while receiving home care | 2024-2025?Winter Fuel Payment and other financial help with heating 2025Women aged 65+: Is your state pension being underpaid?
Benefit of home care for people with dementiaGetting end of life and palliative care at homeHistory of home care in the UKRespite care: Supporting carers to take a breakTypes of home care services & visitsWhat is live-in care and how much does it cost?What is Shared Lives and how much do carers get paid?What to expect when you start receiving home care
10 advantages of home care5 signs your parent needs home careAdult day care | Disabled or older adultsDomiciliary care standards and quality assuranceFind out UK’s top home care agenciesFinding home care and questions to askHome care statistics: number of providers, service users & workforceHome care: how to persuade someone to accept supportSocial care needs assessment: How to arrange and prepareTips on finding suitable live-in careWhat is a care plan and why is it important?What to expect when you start receiving home care
10 tips to support a person with dementia at ChristmasAlcohol and dementia: How drinking can damage the brainCan I drive if I have dementia?Can I keep working if I have dementia?Cognitive behavioural therapy and dementiaDelirium and dementia | Signs and symptomsDementia and depressionDementia and poor sleep: Is there a link and tips to helpDementia and Seizures: What is the link?Dementia and social interaction: How to stay connectedDementia and voting | Supporting a person with dementia to voteDementia and wandering: How to helpDementia-friendly activitiesDementia: What is a memory café?Gardening and dementia: Benefits of spending time outsideHow can colour help people with dementia?How to cope with the early stages of dementiaHow to keep your brain active | 10 tipsHow to tell people you have dementiaObsessive behaviour and dementiaPet therapy: How dogs can benefit people with dementiaPosterior cortical atrophy: What is it and is it dementia?Show timing and dementia | How can it affect diagnosis?Social prescribing benefits for people with dementiaSubtle signs of dementiaTime perception and dementiaTips to tackle sexually inappropriate behaviour in people with dementiaTop 10 tips to tackle dementia discrimination and stigmaTop 10 ways to care for someone with dementia at homeTop 10 ways to make your home dementia-friendlyUsing music therapy for dementiaWendy Mitchell | Her life with young onset dementiaWhat is dementia? Tommy’s young onset dementia diagnosis at 58
Ableism | Definition, examples and challenging itAutism: Chris Packham reveals inner world of autistic mindsBedroom Tax: Who is exempt?Dating with a disability: Tips and adviceDiscount cards for people with disabilitiesHome adaptations for older and disabled peopleHow to claim disability premiums: Severe and enhancedHuntington’s Disease: Symptoms, Cause & TreatmentI need a wheelchair | How to hire or buyNon-visible disabilities: Living with a hidden disabilityParking for people with disabilities | Blue Badge schemeRespite care for parents of disabled childrenSigns and diagnosis of a learning disability in adultsUsing public transport with a disabilityWhat can I claim as disability related expenses?What is autism like? ‘My senses were under attack’What is ME? Symptoms and TreatmentsWhat is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | Symptoms and treatmentWhat is Parkinson’s disease? Symptoms and early signs
Arthritis | Symptoms, causes and treatmentsCoronavirus: Coping with isolation if you are elderlyCovid booster vaccine and Flu jabCovid symptoms, long Covid & help availableEpilepsy | Symptoms, cause and treatmentsFibromyalgia Symptoms, Treatments and help availableHome care for people recovering from CovidHow to support someone with dementia to have the Covid-19 vaccineHuntington’s Disease: Symptoms, Cause & TreatmentLong Covid Symptoms, Treatment & Financial helpLong Covid: ‘I was bedbound for a year’Macular degeneration | Treatment and how to live with itManaging diabetes at home | Diet and exerciseManaging incontinence | Treatments and typesProstate Cancer Symptoms, Treatment & Life expectancyTips to tackle hearing loss as you get older Urinary Tract Infections: UTI Symptoms & TreatmentsWarning signs of bowel cancer: Symptoms & Treatment
5 tips to prevent lonelinessBipolar disorder | Symptoms and treatmentCan you force someone to get help with their mental health?Carer burnout: What burnout is and 10 recovery tipsDissociation symptoms and support: Feeling disconnectedEating disorders in older peopleHoarding and the elderlyLGBTQ+: Support for bereavement of a partnerMen’s mental health: Warning signs, suicide and how to get helpMental health care at homeMental health while caring for someoneMindfulness and mental health: Meditation and mindsetSigns of mental illness: How to spot the symptomsSocial prescribing for mental health: Role and benefitsTips for carers: Dealing with lonelinessTop 5 ways to help elderly relatives cope with isolationTop mental health concerns in the UKTypes of eating disorders, warning signs and help available
Becoming a Deputy for someone with dementiaCarers’ benefits and rights | What can you claim as a carer?How to complain about home careWhat is inheritance tax and how to avoid it?
Ageism: How can I tackle age discrimination and stereotypes? Common scams on elderly or vulnerable peopleCoping with grief anniversary and birthdaysCoping with lonelinessHome care | Useful charities, organisations & care associationsHow can elderly keep warm in cold winter?Paying for home adaptations in EnglandPaying for home adaptations in ScotlandPaying for home adaptations in WalesShould elderly people get the RSV vaccine in the UK?Tips to help an older person quit smoking Top 10 money saving tips for over 60s
Becoming a Deputy for someone with dementiaCarer Council Tax Discount: Who is eligible?Carer’s Allowance: Eligibility and how to claimCarer’s assessment: Support for unpaid carersCarers’ benefits and rights | What can you claim as a carer?Compassion Fatigue | Symptoms & TreatmentCoping with bereavementFall prevention: reducing risks and hazards at homeHeatwave tips | How to care for older peopleHome care | Useful charities, organisations & care associationsHow can elderly keep warm in cold winter?How to complain about home careHow to get support for a young carerLife after being an unpaid carerMental health while caring for someonePalliative care at home for people with cancerPersonal hygiene for older peopleSepsis and older peopleSigns an elderly person may no longer be safe to driveSigns of dehydration in older peopleTips for carers: Dealing with lonelinessWorking in care as a student