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A Wide Range of Information for Disabled People, The Elderley and their Carers in the UK.


Organizations
Government Departments
Benefit Agency and Social Security Departments
Disability Benefit Centres
Disablement Service Centres (Limb Centres)in the UK
Inland Revenue - Tax
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Northern Ireland - Contacts/Links
DIAL UK - Contacts
Law Centres - legal help in the UK
Disabled Living Centres
(help on aids and equipment )
Art - Sport and Leisure
Disability Sports and Other Organisations
Medical Professions and Organisations
 

Addresses

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Information Pages

 Advice - where to go to get advice about
benefit and  social security matters etc
 Anxiety - Advice and Information
 Depression - Advice and Information
 Dementia - Advice and Information
 Arthritis - Information and Advice
 Disability Related Videos
 Diabetes - Information and Advice
 Diet and Nutrition
 Disablement Due to Service
in the Armed Forces
 Bereavement ( Benefits and Pensions)
 Care Services ( Community Care etc)
 Caring for Someone
 Coming from or returning from
abroad - benefits etc
 Communication Problems
 Winter Fuel Payment - Help with
Heating Costs and Bills
 Cold Weather Payment
Help with Heating Costs
 Making a Complaint
 Complain about NHS Services
 Direct Payments
 Discrimination
 Help for those who are Deafblind
 Disabled Children
 Disabled Facilities Grant
 Education - Training
 Employment
 Equipment - Sources and Advice
 Focus on Disability Shop
 Product and Equipment Supplier Index
 Financial Help Index — BENEFITS and
other Financial  Help
 Benefit Rates Index — Rates from
April 2008- 2009 and 2009 - 2010
 Going Into and Out of Hospital
 Income Tax
 House and Home with Disability
 Hearing Problems

 Help with Health Costs ‘see also’ Concessions/Exemptions

 Concessions / Exemptions
 Help Collecting and Dealing with
 Social Security Benefits  ( Advocacy etc )
 Incontinence - Advice and Information
 

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The sections to the left - Organisations, Addresses and Links have many contact details useful for Disabled People, their Carers and the Elderley.


 
 
The section Information Pages gives advice and information on a wide variety of disability topics from Finance Issues to Motoring to Prescriptions and much more.

 
 

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Independent Living Products
Benefits Helpline
0800 882200
  link to Naidex
20th - 22nd April
2010
NEC
Birmingham
NHS DIRECT
Dial 0845 4647
If you are feeling unwell, for nurse advice and health information - the helpline is open 24 hours
Click here for National Telephone Helplines
Link to Disabled United
Community and fellowship site for
individuals with disabilities.
 
Right care, Right deal
A coalition of three of the UK’s largest
charities – Help the Aged, Counsel and Care and Carers UK – has launched
a new campaign website.

Click here for more information
 


The Red Cross
inclusive first aid programme teaching first aid to
people with disabilities and special needs

Click Here for more Information

Information Pages
 Independent Living
 Holidays & Leisure
 Holidays & Travel
Useful Links and Resources
 Help for Disabled People at
European Airports.
 Learning Disabilities
 Leaving the UK (benefits)
 Long Term Care
 Mental Health Problems
 Mobility
 Motability
 Blue Badge Scheme
(Formerly Orange Badge)
Reciprocal Parking Arrangements for Disabled People Outside the EEC
 European Parking Card for
People with Disabilities
 Adapted Car Hire - UK
 National Health Service
 Wheelchair Service - NHS
 Wheelchairs and The Highway Code
 Personal & Sexual
Relationships and Disability
 Paying for long-term care
Residential Care Homes, Nursing
Homes & Going into Hospital
Prescriptions - NHS Medicines
when you are ill
 
 Physical Disability
 Sight Problems
 Social Security  (an overview)
 Social Services
 The Social Fund
(grants - loans - payments)
 Useful Information
 Value Added Tax  (VAT)
 Voluntary Organisations
Top 100 Disability Sites
New - "Get Listed" 
 

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Shower Chairs and Stools
Bath Lifts / Hoists
Car & Motoring
Accessories and Aids
Disabled Car Hire

Dining & Kitchen Aids

Cutlery and Kitchen
Cups and Mugs
Dycem Mats
Plates - Dishes - Bibs
Can and Jar Openers
Tap Turners
Footwear
Shoes - Slippers - Insoles
Hoists and Patient Handling
Hoists and Slings
Transfer Boards - Patient Transfer
Incontinence
Incontinence Care Products
Personal Hygiene & Toileting
Skin Care Products
Commodes
Commodes - Bariatric/Heavy Duty
Raised Toilet Seats
Washing and Toileting
Various
Alarms - Safety Alerts
Big Button Phones
Blood Pressure Monitors
Door Phones
Gardening Aids
Grabrails
Hearing Aids
Magnification/Sight Aids
Orthopaedic Supports
Pill & Medicine Dispensers
Reading and Writing
Reachers
Pressure Relief & Comfort
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Leg Rests
Heel - Leg - Elbow Potectors
Walking
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Walking Sticks/Tripods

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Car/trailer Lift
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