Parkinson's support in Hertfordshire is split by the county's two halves, and the split decides who your Parkinson's nurse is. East and north of the county, the specialist community team...
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Attendance Allowance Special Rules: Claiming When Time Is Short
The Attendance Allowance special rules let someone who may have twelve months or less to live claim faster, and at the higher rate. There is no six month wait for help to have been needed...
How Much Is Carer’s Allowance a Week? The Figure, and Why Many Carers Get Nothing
How much is Carer's Allowance? It is £86.45 a week in 2026. You get it if you care for someone for at least 35 hours a week, they receive a qualifying disability benefit such as Attendance...
MS Support in Hertfordshire: Which Service Covers You
MS support in Hertfordshire comes from four places, and the one families struggle to find is the community team. The neurologist diagnoses and prescribes. The MS nurse and community neuro...
Living Alone After a Stroke: What Needs to Be in Place at Home
Living alone after a stroke is possible for many people, but the question their family asks first is whether it is safe. The honest answer is that it depends, and that it can change. Some...
Domestic Support in Tring: When the Thursday Shop Is Only Part of It
Ask a Tring family what they have arranged for an older relative and the answer is usually the shop. There is a fortnightly community trip to the supermarket. A son or daughter calls in at...
Aphasia After a Stroke: How to Help Someone Communicate at Home
Aphasia after stroke is a difficulty with language, not with intelligence. The person usually knows what they want to say, and may understand more than they can show, but the words will...
Home Care in Benslow and Walsworth: Two Hitchin Neighbourhoods
Home care in Benslow is a different conversation from home care in the rest of Hitchin, and Walsworth, on the far side of town, is different again. The two neighbourhoods sit either side...
End of Life Care at Home in Potters Bar: When the Family Lives Away
End of life care at home in Potters Bar is often arranged by someone who is not in Potters Bar. A daughter in central London, a son abroad, a sister two hours up the motorway: the person...