Clarendon Home Care

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Social Services contacts

London

• Kingston upon Thames
• Merton
• Richmond upon Thames
• Sutton

Surrey

• Elmbridge
• Epsom and Ewell
• Mole Valley
• Reigate and Banstead
• Runnymede
• Spelthorne

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Clarendon Home Care is a member of both the following organisations:

• UKHCA
  The United Kingdom Home Care Association Limited
  Tel: 020 8288 5290
  www.ukhca.co.uk
   
• Surrey Care Association
  PO Box 320
  Leatherhead
  Surrey KT22 2BG
  Tel: 01372 360593
  www.surreycare.org.uk

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Government & Public Bodies

• Department of Health
  The Department of Health official website
• The Care Quality Commission (CQC)
• NHS Website
  The official gateway to National Health Service organisations on the Internet
• NHS Direct
  NHS Direct is a telephone and web service providing confidential healthcare advice 24 hours a day
• UK Online
  UK Online provides government information and services

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Health & Social Care News

• BBC Health News
  Health News from the BBC
• Department of Health News
  Latest NHS and social care news from the Department of Health
• Community Care Magazine
  The website of Community Care magazine

General Health & Social Care Information

• Patient UK
  Patient UK provides a wealth of information about health and diseases as well as search facilities for support groups and local health facilities and services

• Social Care Online
  An extensive free database of social care information. Including research briefings, reports, government documents, journal articles and websites. Social Care Online is published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).

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Care for adults with learning disabilities

• Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
  One of the most comprehensive websites on learning disabilities in the UK.
• MenCap
  Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
• British Institute of Learning Disabilities
  The organisation is committed to improving the quality of life of people with learning disabilities.

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Care for adults with mental health needs

• British Brain and Spinal Foundation
  British Brain and Spinal Foundation supports brain and spinal research.
• Headway - The brain injury association.
  Headway - The brain injury association
• Mental Health Foundation
  The Mental Health Foundation
• MIND (National Association for Mental Health)
  A leading mental health charity

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Care for older people

• Age Concern
  Age Concern has been helping older people across the UK for more than 60 years.
• Alzheimer's Society
  For support, information, advice and local services for those looking after someone with dementia.
• Arthritis Care
  For people with arthritis, helping to promote their health, well being and independence.
• British Association for Service to the Elderly
  BASE (British Association for Service to the Elderly) provides education, training and consultancy services for those working with older people and other adults who need care or support.
• Careaware
  A public information and advisory service specialising in the issues relating to long term care
• Care Directions
  The internet's unique guide to care and the rights of older people. Register for a free, regular e-newsletter
• Care Info
  The website for the long term care sector.
• Centre for Policy on Ageing
  An independent organisation promoting social policies that allow older people to achieve the full potential of their later years.
• Guide to Care
  Guide to Care is a resource for carers of elderly people.
• Help the Aged
  Provides practical support to help older people to lead independent lives, especially the frail, isolated and poor.

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Other useful links

• The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
  Provides support for carers at carers' centres around the country.
• Carers UK
  Offers advice on benefits and services available to carers
• Deafblind UK
  Deafblind UK is a national charity which provides a range of support services to deafblind adults and their carers. It also campaigns on behalf of deafblind people.
• Deafsign.com
  A useful interactive information site on deafness and British Sign Language (BSL
• Diabetes UK
  A charity that helps people with diabetes and supports diabetes research.
• Disabled Living Centres Council
  For information about your nearest Disabled Living Centres in the UK (40 in total).
• Disabled Living Foundation
  Provides specialist advice for people with disabilities and their carers.
• Huntington’s Disease Association
  The Huntington’s Disease Association online.
• Macmillan Cancer Relief
  Macmillan Cancer Relief is a UK charity supporting people with cancer
• The Motor Neurone Disease Association
  The Motor Neurone Disease Association’s website.
• Multiple Sclerosis Society
  Offers information to people with MS and their friends, carers and family.
• Parkinson's Disease Society
  Provides help for people with Parkinson's Disease and their relatives.
• Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR)
  Provides help on non-medical issues including mobility, education, employment, benefits, discrimination and housing.
• Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
  Provides information, support and advice for anyone with a serious sight problem.
• Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
  Provides information, residential care, interpreting service, training, special telephone service and environmental aids for deaf and hard of hearing people.
• Sense
  The UK's leading organisation working for people with deafblindness and associated disabilities.
• The Stroke Association
  A national charity that provides an advisory and information service for people who have had strokes, their families and carers.

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