Contents Regions covered by this Directory
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Introduction 5 First steps, who to contact
Assessing your needs
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Where to start looking for support
Helping you stay independent
Hastings Beach
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Support to help you stay at home, home care checklist, personal budgets, NHS continuing healthcare
Sources of further help This Directory’s helpline, solicitors
Home care providers
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Registered Care Association for East Sussex, Brighton & Hove
Services for carers
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Useful contacts
Assessments, carers’ personal budgets, respite at home, benefits, equipment
Housing options
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Sheltered housing, extra-care housing
Residential care homes
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Care homes and care homes with nursing with a practical checklist
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Local and national contact information
Care homes and care homes with nursing listings by area Brighton & Hove
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Lewes and Seaford
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Wealden 57
Specialist care and support services 30 Support for people with physical disability, learning disability or mental health needs
Dementia care
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Eastbourne 63 Bexhill and Rother
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Hastings 75
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Index
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Approaches to caring for people with dementia, dementia care checklist
Essential information
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Inspecting care services, safeguarding adults, complaints, advocacy, the End of Life care strategy, Healthwatch
Paying for care and support Benefits, self-funding, running out of money, who pays what?
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All the listings in this publication of care homes, care homes with nursing and home care providers are supplied by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). East Sussex County Council, Brighton & Hove City Council and Care Choices cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions. The information contained in this Directory was correct at the time of going to print. The inclusion of advertisements for homes and agencies in this Directory does not act as an endorsement or recommendation by East Sussex County Council, Brighton & Hove City Council or Care Choices.
To obtain extra copies of this Directory, free of charge, call East Sussex Adult Social Care Direct: 0345 60 80 191 or Brighton & Hove Adult Social Care Access Point: 01273 295555.
Alternative formats
This Directory is available electronically at www.carechoices.co.uk. For those requiring the information in spoken word, there is also a Browsealoud option.
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