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Exeter. View types of services provided, admission restrictions and facilities for Helping Hands Home Care (Topsham) Devon EX5 1HQ.

What can you claim as an unpaid carer? There are estimated to be nearly 6 million unpaid carers in the UK looking after a family member or friend. Having someone dependent on you can be draining for ...

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How much is Carer’s Allowance 2024? In 2024/25, Carer’s Allowance is £81.90 a week, which is £327.60 a month. Carer’s Allowance is £4,258 a year. This benefit is paid to people who spend at least 35 ...

I am very grateful to the lovely staff at Caremark who looked after my mum, at home for two and a half years after she became bedridden, with compassion and kindness. All the carers were reliable, ...

When you arrange home care, you must declare this change of circumstances to your local council as soon as possible, if you are receiving any benefits or funding. You may be eligible for different ...

For thousands of years, the responsibility for caring for older or ill people lay predominantly with their family and local community. Long before the Industrial Revolution brought people into cities, ...

Could not fault any of the carers who look after my husband - he is treated with dignity and nothing is too much trouble for them. He looks forward to their visits and they laugh and joke with him ...

The service we have received has been excellent. We have used Home Instead for the last four years and not only have they looked after Mum with excellent care, they have also looked after me, as a ...

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