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Is the Home Registered for Nursing Care? Check the CQC
Learn how to check an English care home’s CQC registration, regulated activities and location conditions before relying on a promise of nursing care.
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"Someone is taking her money": spotting and stopping financial abuse
In most cases it is not a stranger on the phone — it is someone close. The signs, the mistake to avoid when you raise it with her, and the steps that actually stop the money leaving.
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Care home rights and participation8 min
Voting From a Care Home: Registration, Post or Proxy
A care-home move does not end the right to vote. Update registration, choose in-person, postal or proxy voting, and protect the resident’s own decision.
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Care home leadership and regulation8 min
Care Home Has No Registered Manager: What to Check
A registered-manager vacancy is not automatic proof of unsafe care, but it raises leadership questions. Check CQC status, interim control and accountability.
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Mental health law and care homes8 min
Mental Health Act Guardianship and a Care-Home Move
Understand how Mental Health Act guardianship can shape residence and support outside hospital, what it cannot authorise, and which reviews to request.
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NHS care in care homes8 min
Enhanced Health in Care Homes: A Family Checklist
Enhanced Health in Care Homes goes beyond a weekly GP round. Check named clinical leadership, multidisciplinary planning, medicines and proactive care.
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NHS Continuing Healthcare funding8 min
NHS CHC Personal Health Budgets for Care-Home Residents
Adults eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare have a right to a personal health budget, but care-home use needs a clear ICB plan, controls and review.
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Local authority funding and responsibility8 min
Ordinary Residence After an Out-of-Area Care Move
When a council places someone in a care home elsewhere, ordinary-residence rules can preserve responsibility. Learn what to document and challenge.
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Advocacy and care decisions8 min
Care Act Advocate or IMCA: Who Supports a Care Move?
Care Act advocates and IMCAs have different legal roles. Learn when each may be required, who makes the referral, and how to protect the person’s voice.
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Mobility equipment and care homes8 min
NHS Wheelchair Service During a Care-Home Move: Checklist
Keep wheelchair assessment, repairs, seating and funding moving when a resident changes address, GP or care home. Use this practical handover checklist.
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From 400 miles or another country you cannot tour ten homes or drop in daily. The local network to build before the crisis, the paperwork to hold, and how to use the visits you do make.
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