Category: Recognising the Need
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Heart Failure Care at Home: A Practical Guide
Heart failure care at home: daily weights, fluid and salt advice, managing diuretics and night-time toilet trips, and spotting deterioration early.
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Cancer Care at Home: Support Through Treatment
Cancer care at home in West Sussex: help during and after treatment, side effects week by week, the neutropenic sepsis red flag, and free hospice support.
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MS Care at Home: Support That Flexes With You
MS care at home has to flex, because MS does. Fatigue, heat sensitivity, bladder and bowel, cognitive change, working-age money and PIP — explained plainly.
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MND Care at Home: Staying Ahead of the Change
Motor neurone disease care at home works only if arranged before it is needed. Voice banking, swallowing, NIV, equipment and Fast Track funding.
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Learning Disability Support at Home: A Practical Guide
Learning disability support at home: supported living vs home care, capacity, annual health checks, behaviour support and direct payments.
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Children’s Complex Care at Home: A Parent’s Guide
Children’s complex care at home explained: continuing care, EHC plans, short breaks, night nursing, DLA and the transition at 18 — what to ask for and when.
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Home Adaptations for Disability: The Complete Guide
Home adaptations in Adur and Worthing: free OT assessment, free minor works, the £30,000 Disabled Facilities Grant, the means test and VAT relief.
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Sight and Hearing Loss: Support at Home
Sight and hearing loss support: why it’s mistaken for dementia, how registration works, sensory services, hearing aids, falls and the home changes that help.
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Early Signs of Dementia: A Family’s Guide
Recognise the early signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s, understand what’s normal ageing, and learn when to seek a diagnosis. Compassionate local support.
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Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s: Communication Tips That Help
Practical communication techniques for Alzheimer’s and dementia: what to say, what to avoid, and how to handle repeated questions and distress.
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Sundowning in Dementia: What It Is & How to Manage It
Sundowning: why confusion and agitation peak in the late afternoon, what triggers it, and the practical routines that reduce it for both of you.
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Overnight Care at Home: Waking Nights vs Sleeping Nights Explained
The difference between waking nights and sleeping nights, what each costs, and how to choose the right overnight care in Worthing & Adur.