What’s new this month? New training videos in the CPD section, Demystifying Mental Capacity (a new 5-minute read) and Key Information on the Office of the Public Guardian’s view of how Court of Protection deputies should approach paying family members for providing care …
What’s new this month? Among other things, there’s our briefing document summarising the government’s new policy proposals for health and social care, a new Key Information Sheet looking at the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) – and their up-coming replacement, “Liberty Protection Safeguards” – and a new 5 Minute Read, “Grief Works” by Julia Samuels…
With the school holidays drawing to a close, we hope many of you have been able to enjoy the (patchy) weather and get some kind of break that feels rather more “normal” than last summer. With this slow return to a more normal way of being, we’ve noticed that there has been a distinct increase in face-to-face events being organised, and with this in mind we thought it was a good time to update our template PowerPoint presentation on paying for care, ready for you to either run a paying for care webinar, or an in-person live event, perhaps a “paying for care coffee morning”, inviting your existing client bank, or open to all local residents…
There are so many different ways to make use of the wide variety of resources to be found in Care Box, and we know several of you use them to help populate your own blog posts, newsletters or local press articles, so this month we’ve added a sample article intended for exactly this. Its purpose is to help raise general awareness of the existance of Immediate Needs Annuities…
Given the unseasonably cold and wet weather that has been spring in the UK this year, the photograph accompanying this month’s update feels like a teasing reminder of what May is meant to be like! Our “refer a friend” scheme was designed to help you celebrate the arrival of summer… but you may be more likely to crack open your bottle of wine snuggled up indoors in front of a fire! Meanwhile, from the long list of all the documents updated in line with the new tax-year rates, to the return of the (updated) consumer-facing “Guide to getting the care you need”, there’s plenty worth checking out in Care Box this month…
Here at Care Box we’ve been thoroughy enjoying the longer evenings and sunny spring weather, this April – and when lockdown began to ease, and mixing outside became possible, it prompted us to start our new refer a friend initiative, where we’ll send you a special “thank you”. Meanwhile we’ve got a new consumer-facing leaflet, a new case study, a summary sheet and a new Key Information Sheet. And on top of all that, we’ve updated all budget-sensitive documents to reflect the new 2021/22 rates…
There’s so much going on in Care Box right now… Our new deep dive on Equity Release and Care has just been published; we have two new webinars from SOLLA about their new Later Life Lending Advice Standard; A new summary sheet about the treatment of bonds in a local authority means test; a load of updated and improved documents and lots more…
This month we have a new video with specialist law firm Farley Dwek, a new information sheet about what the COP’s approach is to attorneys claiming “reasonable” expenses, a new letter template aimed at supporting care givers, the ERC’s report into the social care funding crisis (and the role of property) and several documents have been updated and improved…
We hope you all had a peaceful and enjoyable Christmas and New Year break. We’re back and raring to go with lots planned for 2021. We’re proud to be supporting the work of the newly-formed Financial Vulnerability Taskforce, which launched on Monday (18th January). Read on for more info. We’ve also updated several documents within Care Box – here’s the list, linking to each document…
A month later than originally planned… but we hope you’ll agree it was worth the wait. We’ve added a mountain of completely new material, as well as keeping the best of the old toolkit resources. We’ve completely changed the navigation of the toolkit, and we think you’ll find it much easier to find what you need as a result. With four new resource packs designed specifically for you, whether you don’t offer care advice, are a specialist in this area or somewhere in between! – there’s something for everyone.
