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Advocacy
Websites you may be interested in You may need some help to say what you want. An advocate can help you do this. An advocate can also help protect your rights, represent your interests, find things out for you, and help you get the support you need. An advocate can also help protect your right...
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Help from specialist staff
Specialist health The Learning Disabilities Health Facilitation Team support people with Learning Disabilities to access healthcare in the community and hospital setting. Contact details: Phone: 01403 620438 Email : SC-TR.LDHF-Horsham@nhs.net Your home Social Workers can help you think about wher...
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Getting involved with Adults' Services
Are you interested in sharing your experiences and helping to shape Adults' Services? Do you receive care and support from us? Are you a family or friend carer for someone who receives care and support from us? If so, come and join our Adults' Services Customer and Carer Group . Our Adults' Serv...
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Autism
Autism is a lifelong developmental (or neurodevelopmental) condition, sometimes referred to as Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). Autism impacts on the way an individual experiences and interacts with the world. Autism, including Asperger's Syndrome , is much more common than most people think with...
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Benefits and financial help
Websites you may be interested in Benefits are essential to the welfare of many people, so it is important that you take up your full entitlement. Vist the Department for Work and Pensions website for more information . If you would like support to check what you are entitled to and to make ...
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Getting started
Learning Disability Someone with a learning disability is not able to learn and do things at the same rate as others. This is lifelong. It differs from person to person but affects things like socialising or managing money, doing jobs around the house and work in general. For more information visi...
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Living well with dementia
A dementia diagnosis can often come as a shock and you may need time to adjust. Following this, many people find that by making some changes, they can continue to live well and have a fulfilling life. The Social Care Institute for Excellence has produced an award-winning video exploring how six p...
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Equipment
If you are finding day-to-day tasks at home more difficult, you may want to think about the types of equipment available to help make life easier. You can visit the Millbrook Healthcare website for more information and to look at their useful tools to help you consider what equipment you may need....
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New Tyne - Worthing
1-120714827 New Tyne is a home for people who have been diagnosed with dementia. The team here will do all they can to ensure people feel comfortable and safe, and will work with individuals to promote their independence and maintain their skills where they are able to. We embrace the ethos of be...
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Getting out and about
Maintaining social connections and participating in social events with family and friends can help to improve brain health as well as general health and wellbeing. This is especially important in older people and people with mental ill-health. As people age, it is not unusual for social circles to...