Long Term Care Funding

The cost of long-term care is not a topic that people like to dwell on until they, or a relative, are confronted with the reality of needing to choose and arrange care and to make difficult financial decisions.

Whether it’s care at home or a move into a residential or nursing home, it is recommended that you start thinking about this at an early stage, without the pressure of having to take immediate action. This will give you more time to research and consider: • the type of care that you would prefer; • the different options to pay the care fees and which would be most suitable for you; • how you can provide for your family members; and • arranging Power of Attorney for someone to act on your behalf if necessary.

You can also discuss and share your wishes with your family. This will help to reduce pressure on them, should they need to take decisions on your behalf in the future.

Get specialist independent financial advice from Carewise

The Carewise care funding scheme offers impartial information and advice to guide you through all these decisions. The Carewise panel of care fees specialists are independent financial advisers with specialist knowledge of later life finances, so you can be reassured you’ll receive expert advice you can trust. As well as care funding, they are also qualified to provide advice on related areas such as inheritance tax, pensions, and lasting power of attorney.

Your first consultation is free so there really is nothing to lose to explore how you can benefit from Carewise. Visit carewiseadvice.com for more information and to arrange to speak to a care fees specialist. Alternatively, phone Adults’ CarePoint on 01243 642121 or email socialcare@ westsussex.gov.uk and ask for a Carewise referral.

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During this uncertain time that engulfs us with the coronavirus pandemic, a tsunami of anxiety is continuing to soar. Statistics prove that more than 280 million people worldwide suffer from this debilitating, all consuming and destructive mental illness affecting sufferer and their carers alike, these statistics are only the ones we are aware of. That’s why this extraordinary book ‘Hope with Anxiety’ written by Lynn Crilly (above), author, counsellor and mental health expert, couldn’t come at a more timely fashion.

Lynn Crilly is the voice of calm, which is reflected in her non-judgmental, empathetic writing style, allowing this masterpiece to equip sufferers with Anxiety to not only have a truly varied toolkit to be able navigate through their dark episodes, but Hope with Anxiety also serves as an invaluable resource to helps the families, friends and carers of people battling with this soul destroying illness. This very real and wise book, helps the reader gain a true insight into the depth and complexity of this illness and reassures all audiences that ‘they are not alone’.

Lynn herself has supported members of her family through difficult times and has also faced her own mental health challenges. She has applied her coping mechanisms to the book, which she also practices when counselling, which have proven to be an outstanding success. Her aim is to emphasise HOPE for leading a fulfilled life unconstrained by the effects of anxiety.

Hope with Anxiety has been sanctioned by Marjorie Wallace, Founder and Chief Executive of charity, SANE. “We can all benefit from Lynn’s wisdom, HOPE and reassurance that we can not only live with our anxiety, but thrive. We recommend this book to everyone, as it shows how we can all be liberated from fear and foreboding.” Says Wallace.

Lynn Crilly is hoping her book will empower the reader whether they are the sufferer or a carer with the strength and courage to face the challenges that living with an anxiety disorder can bring. Hope with Anxiety highlights the importance of communication and acceptance which is often the first step to finding the right help and support. Whether is be through the GP or other routes.

We all need a little HOPE in our lives, and Lynn Crilly guides us in this masterpiece which has been based on long experience, years of research and the input from specialist practitioners explaining therapeutic, both mainstream and alternative. Hope with Anxiety is available on Amazon, or www.lynncrilly.com