Pension Credit

Last year economist Andrew Dilnot was asked by the government to investigate and report how the social care system could be changed to make accessing services fairer.  Many people have all of their life-time accrued assets swallowed up by the cost of their care needs.  It has been suggested that a system to cap these costs could [...]

Dementia Awareness week is upon us again.  This annual event helps us to focus on dementia, the people and the families whose lives are affected by it.  This year we are being asked to Remember the Person encouraging us to befriend someone with dementia, see them as a person and not fear their condition.  What’s happening [...]

Carers from Rugby were invited to attend a drop-in event at the Regent Street offices of Guideposts in Rugby. Rugby MP Mark Pawsey spent some time talking to carers about specific concerns and found out more about the work done by Guideposts in the county.  Our thanks go to him for being available for part [...]