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Advice and Support

Making choices about your care options in later life can be difficult, not least as many of us struggle to accept that we need help at all. Thankfully, there are many options including homecare, sheltered or almshouse housing, a care home or nursing home.

There is also a wealth of advice and information available, both online and via voluntary and statutory organisations. You can go on to the internet to find a whole host of information on what care services are available. There are also online tools that can help you choose what sort of care package you need to make your life that little bit easier.

If you have any questions about almshouse accommodation please contact Vanessa North on 01962 854226.

National Support Organisations

 Age UK
The national charity Age UK offers advice and information on a host of things, including funding. Their dedicated Advice Line is 0800 1696565.
www.ageuk.org.uk

Alzheimer’s Society
National charity offering advice and support about dementia.
www.alzheimers.org.uk

Citizen’s Advice Bureau
Offering free, confidential, independent advice on wide range of issues.
www.nacab.org.uk

Reengage (formerly Contact the Elderly)
A national charity solely dedicated to tackling loneliness and social isolation among older people.
www.reengage.org.uk

CQC
The independent regulator of health and social care in England.
www.cqc.org.uk

Elderly Accommodation Counsel
FirstStop Advice is an independent, impartial and free service offering advice and information to older people, their families and carers about housing and care options for later life.
www.firststopcareadvice.org.uk or www.eac.org.uk

Housingcare.org
A charity site providing free advice on elderly care, including specialist directories and information on nursing homes and residential care homes, as well as sheltered housing, extra care housing and retirement villages, across the UK. 
www.housingcare.org

Independent Age
A wide range of advice and support for older age.
www.independentage.org

Money Advice Service
Free and impartial money advice, set up by the government. 
www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk

NHS Choices 
Helping put you in charge of your healthcare.
www.nhs.uk

The Relatives & Residents Association
A national charity for older people in or needing care and the relatives and friends who help them cope.
www.relres.org

Local Support Organisations

Age Concern Hampshire
MHA Communities Winchester
Hampshire Fire & Rescue
Citizen’s Advice Winchester 
Hampshire County Council Adult Social Care
Connect to Support Hampshire (Hantsweb)
Dementia Friends

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Past Events

  • Christes Hospital Strawberries & Cream – 8th July 2019
  • Founders Day – 23rd June 2019
  • Cupcake Day – 13th June 2019
  • Vintage Tea Party – 3rd June 2019
  • Dementia Action Week 20th – 26th May 2019
  • Snowdon Fundraising Event – 22nd June 2019
  • Winchester Chamber Music Festival Concert – 1st May 2019
  • Hand in Hand Office Opening – 15th March 2019
  • Strawberries & Cream Wimbledon Celebration
  • Emirates Spinnaker Tower Abseil – 11th August 2018

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St John’s Winchester Ltd
32 St John’s South, The Broadway,
Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9LN
Tel: 01962 854226
Email: office@stjohnswinchester.co.uk

Registered Charity No 1174290, Registered Company No 10903970

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