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Options - A guide to care and independent living A4 media pack • Options guides to care and independent living are circulated to elderly people locally, through various healthcare professionals ranging from hospital social work teams, hospital discharge assessment, district and community nurses, Age UK hospital to home teams, Alzheimers Society and British Red Cross. The following pages have a detailed explanation of each area and how this useful publication is distributed to people requiring help, advice and support on living independently or accessing care options.
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• The content includes editorials on the assessment process, intermediate care, home enablement services, motability, health services, referral to the social work team, care homes, continuing NHS care, CQC, and help and advice from healthcare professionals. • The A4 publications are distributed freely to elderly people on a bi-annual or annual basis.
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OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Barnsley
Autumn 2024
Leaving hospital
What’s next?
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EDITORIAL CONTENT • Alzheimer’s Society • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Counci • CQC • NHS Choices
NHS continuing healthcare
CIRCULATED BY Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council via hospital social work teams through hospital discharge, and Alzheimers Society. Bi-annual
Who’s eligible?
10 SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Bassetlaw
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Leaving hospital
Bassetlaw
Spring 2025
What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10 SOCIAL CARE
tips
• Age UK • Alzheimer’s Society • CQC • Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • NHS Choices • Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
District nurses, hospital discharge assessments teams at Bassetlaw Hospital, Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society
• Age UK Berkshire • CQC • NHS Choices • Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust • Bracknell Forest Council • West Berkshire Council
Age UK to elderly people throughout the area. Also through community and district nurses throughout Berkshire. Bracknell Forest Council and West Berkshire Council (hospital social work teams) throughout the area. Bi-annual
Bi-annual
Healthcare services
Berkshire
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Leaving hospital
Berkshire
Spring 2025
What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10 SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Birmingham & Solihull • Age UK Birmingham • Alzheimer’s Society OPTIONS Birmingham & Solihull • CQC Leaving • NHS Choices hospital • Solihull Council, adult social care NHS continuing healthcare • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 10 A guide to care and independent living
Spring 2025
What’s next?
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services
Choosing the right one
Bradford & Craven • Age UK • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust OPTIONS Bradford & Craven • Alzheimer’s Society Leaving hospital • Carers’ Resource • CQC NHS continuing healthcare • NHS Choices A guide to care and independent living
Summer 2025
What’s next?
Who’s eligible?
10 SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Hospital discharge assessment teams to elderly people throughout the area. Solihull Council circulated by hospital social workers at Solihul Hospital and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT to elderly people. Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society. Bi-annual Circulated through Airedale NHS Foundation Trust via hospital discharge, Alzheimers Society, Age UK and Carers’ Resource through hospital to home services. Bi-annual
AREA EDITORIAL CONTENT Cambridgeshire • Age UK Cambridgeshire & Peterborough • Alzheimer’s Society OPTIONS Cambridgeshire • Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Leaving hospital Foundation Trust NHS • CQC continuing healthcare • NHS Choices • North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust A guide to care and independent living
Winter 2024/25
What’s next?
Who’s eligible?
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Derby and Derbyshire
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Derby & Derbyshire
Spring 2025
When you
leave hospital Personal budgets and direct payments
Preventing falls and trips
10 SOCIAL CARE
CIRCULATED BY Through wards at Fulbourn, Ida Darwin and Brookfields Hospitals also district nurses, hospital discharge and clinics across Cambridgeshire, community nurses Age UK, Alzheimer’s Society, Hinchingbrooke Hospital discharge assessment Bi-annual
• Age UK Derby and Derbyshire • Alzheimer’s Society • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT • CQC • Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board • Derby Community Health Services NHS FT • Derbyshire Healthcare NHS FT • Joined Up Care Derbyshire
Hospital discharge assessment teams, Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society, to elderly people throughout the area and district and community nursing
• Age UK • Alzheimer’s Society • CQC • Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council • NHS Choices • Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Hospital discharge assessment teams at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Adult Social Work teams, Age UK, Alzheimer’s Society also district nurses and community healthcare throughout the area
• Age UK Hull • Alzheimer’s Society
Age UK, Alzheimers, City Healthcare Partnership CIC community hospitals, integrated care team for older people, community nursing, ConnectWell Hull (Citizens Advice) Social Prescribing Advice Workers, Mind Hull and East Riding.
Bi-annual
tips
Connecting
with older people
Doncaster
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Doncaster
Summer 2025
Leaving hospital What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Hull & East Riding
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Hull & East Riding Spring 2025
Leaving hospital
• City Health Care Partnership CIC • ConnectWell Hull (Citizens Advice)
• CQC • Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare
• Mind Hull and East Riding • NHS Choices
Who’s eligible?
10
Bi-annual
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services
Bi-annual
Choosing the right one
Kirklees and Calderdale
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Kirklees & Calderdale
Summer 2025
Preparing for discharge Help at home from a carer
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Staying Well
• Age UK Calderdale and Kirklees • Alzheimer’s Society • CQC • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS FT • North Halifax Partnership
Hospital discharge assessment teams, Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society, to elderly people throughout the area and district. Bi-annual
AREA Leeds
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Leaving hospital
Leeds
Spring 2025
What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10
EDITORIAL CONTENT • Age UK Leeds • Alzheimer’s Society • British Red Cross • CQC • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • NHS Choices
CIRCULATED BY Hospital discharge assessment teams, Age UK, Alzheimer’s Society and Leeds British Red Cross hospital team
• Age UK • CQC • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust • NHS Choices • Leicestershire City Council • Leicestershire County Council • Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust • Rutland County Council
Hospital discharge assessment teams, hospital social workers, Age UK, community nurses
Bi-annual
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Leicestershire & Rutland
OPTIONS Leicestershire and Rutland A guide to care and independent living
Spring 2025
Leaving hospital What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10
Bi-annual
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Liverpool & Sefton • Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton • CQC OPTIONS Liverpool & Sefton • The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Leaving hospital University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust • NHS Choices NHS continuing healthcare • Sefton Council A guide to care and independent living
Spring 2025
What’s next?
Who’s eligible?
10
Hospital discharge assessment teams, social work teams, Age Concern to elderly people throughout Liverpool and Sefton Bi-annual
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Norfolk
OPTIONS Norfolk A guide to care and independent living
Leaving hospital
Winter 2024/25
What’s next?
Helping you return home safely
NHS
continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10
• Age UK • Alzheimer’s Society • Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk • Breckland Council • CQC • NHS Choices
Norfolk Borough Councils older people’s hospital services, Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society Bi-annual
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Free services available for over 50s
Northamptonshire • Age UK Northamptonshire • Alzheimer’s Society OPTIONS Northamptonshire • CQC Leaving • Northampton General Hospital NHS hospital Foundation Trust NHS continuing healthcare • NHS Choices • Northamptonshire County Council A guide to care and independent living
Autumn 2024
What’s next?
Hospital discharge assessment teams, Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society to elderly people throughout the area. Adult Social Care.
Who’s eligible?
10 SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Bi-annual
AREA
EDITORIAL CONTENT
North Yorkshire
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
North Yorkshire
Summer 2025
Personal budgets and direct payments
NHS
continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10
• Alzheimer’s Society • CQC • Harrogate and District NHS FT • Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust • City of York Council • York CVS
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Help at home from a carer
Nottinghamshire • Age UK • Alzheimer’s Society OPTIONS Nottinghamshire • CQC Leaving • NHS Choices hospital • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS continuing healthcare • Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust A guide to care and independent living
Spring 2025
What’s next?
Who’s eligible?
10
CIRCULATED BY Hospital discharge assessment teams, GP practices and social prescribing community visits, community hospitals, integrated care team for older people, community nursing and Alzheimer’s Society, to elderly people throughout the area and district. Bi-annual Age UK, Alzheimer’s Society and through district nurses in the County and hospital discharge assessment teams Bi-annual
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare
services
Peterborough
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Peterborough Summer 2025
Leaving hospital What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare
• Age UK Cambridgeshire & Peterborough • Alzheimer’s Society • CQC • North West Anglia NHS FT • NHS Choices
Who’s eligible?
Hospital discharge assessment teams, Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society to elderly people throughout the Peterborough and Stamford area, community nursing teams Bi-annual
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Rotherham
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Rotherham Spring 2025
Leaving hospital What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10
• Age UK Rotherham • Alzheimer’s Society • CQC • Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Hospital discharge assessment teams, Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society to elderly people throughout Rotherham, community nurses Bi-annual
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services
Sheffield
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Leaving hospital What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10 SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Sheffield
Spring 2025
• Age UK Sheffield • Alzhiemer’s Society • Citizens Advice Sheffield
• CQC • NHS Choices • NHS South Yorkshire ICB • SCCCC
Hospital discharge bags, GP practices, care pathways organisations, community nursing, hospital social work teams, hospital discharge lounge, Hospital to Home scheme, Back Home scheme, Home from Hospital scheme, social prescribing services, Citizens Advice Sheffield via community hubs and health and social care settings in the Sheffield area, SOAR and Age UK. Bi-annual
AREA Suffolk
EDITORIAL CONTENT • Alzheimer’s Society • CQC • East Coast Community Healthcare (CIC) • NHS Choices • Suffolk Primary Care
OPTIONS Suffolk A guide to care and independent living
Leaving hospital
Summer 2025
What’s next?
Warm Homes Healthy People
NHS
CIRCULATED BY District and community nurses, post hospital discharge, GP surgeries, pharmacy, health and care services, and Alzheimer’s Society
continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
Bi-annual
10 SOCIAL CARE
tips
Building
Healthier Communities
Wakefield
• Age UK • Alzhiemer’s Society
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
• CQC
Wakefield & Pontefract
Leaving hospital
Spring 2025
• Healthwatch Wakefield • NHS Choices •L ive Well Wakefield, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10 SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
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Warrington
OPTIONS A guide to care and independent living
Warrington & Halton
Leaving hospital What’s next?
NHS continuing healthcare Who’s eligible?
10
Summer 2025
• Age UK • Alzhiemer’s Society
• CQC • NHS Choices • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS FT • Warrington Borough Council
Social Prescribing Services through Pinderfields Hospital, Fieldhead Hospital and the GP surgeries in the area also on community visits, Healthwatch (Advice and information, signposting requests via our general office and website, NHS Complaints Advocacy Clients, Community Centres and Hubs, Community Engagement Events, Volunteers and their friends and groups, Patient Safety Walkabouts, Resident Safety Walkabouts, West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance Community Panel Members, Yorkshire Cancer Community Members, Adult Social Care Citizen Panel Members, Hospital Discharge and Transfer of Care Project, Other opportunities that might come up for engagement, visits, or projects, Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society to elderly people throughout the area Bi-annual Circulated through Warrington Borough Council hospital social workers, North Cheshire and Mersey NHS FT through community and district nurses. Also through Age UK and the Alzheimers Society.
SOCIAL CARE
tips
Healthcare services Choosing the right one
Bi-annual
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