Home help services are considered essential in keeping people out of more expensive care homes.
They "fall through the gaps" and miss out on key support services, such as home help and meals on wheels.
Home help has been difficult to find, and her children, with busy careers and young families of their own, can offer only limited assistance.
Emma Osborne's mother was examined by Casualty at the Royal United Hospital in Bath and sent home with a home help for one hour a day.
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On Tuesday, the government announced that elderly people are to be given hundreds of pounds each to enable them to leave hospital and to buy home help services.
Joan Clulow, 71, from Bartley Green, worked for the city council for 25 years, also as a home help, and said she felt "absolutely gutted" when she heard about the bonuses that had been paid to others.
There was the 80-year-old who could not get home help because staff refused to enter her house, a woman who heard her HIV status being discussed in a GP's reception in front of other patients, and a man ridiculed and embarrassed by a dentist for having HIV.
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But I said, no, I need you to come home and help me take of this.
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Hooper began yelling at the boy, so Jesse took off on his bike to go home for help.
She hopes to attend medical school, and then go home and help others.
Study after study shows that families are stronger when one partner in the relationship stays at home to help raise the children.
West Ham would also be able to use the proceeds from the sale of their current Upton Park home to help fund the conversion.
It was Libyans from countries around the world, including my own, who rushed home to help, even though they, too, risked brutality and death.
Credit is given to young Joseph Malin, who hailed from a family of rug weavers and began frying chips in the family home to help supplement their income.
Tumbling home prices help to ease some bubble-related pressure.
One reason why 57% of girls are excluded from having an education is that many parents think that their daughters should not go to school but stay at home and help around the house.
She was moved to tears when about a dozen people from the school where she once worked as a counselor showed up at the site of her home to help her sift through the mess.
The woman seeking the divorce, Dewa, told the BBC that when she attended court in the eastern city of Jalalabad the judge, called Zahorudin, offered to visit her family home to help with the case.
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They may want to come back home to help with the family, but on the other hand they think they need to work as hard as possible otherwise they may not get promoted, or they may lose their job.
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And then there is Republican Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama who, in 2011, held town meetings back home to help educate constituents victimized by a devastating tornado as to how to go about getting federal assistance money that his constituents would not have to pay back.
It's a model where the center that serves as your medical home might help you keep track of your prescriptions, or get the referrals you need, or work with you to develop a plan of care that ensures your providers are working together to keep you healthy.
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The New York Times, meanwhile, puzzled over why those who make financial resolutions have such a hard time following through with them, noticed that companies with high-quality balance sheets like Wal-Mart and Apple have not risen as much in the stock rally as those laden with debt, and showed that buying a foreclosed home can help you find a bargain but can come with risks.
Jersey's Planning Minister says a scheme to help people buy their first home does not help bring down prices.
The online service is designed to help home buyers and sellers communicate via mobile devices.
He managed to get home and summon help but died a day later in hospital.
Passing a home buyers' bill of rights that would protect and educate consumers and provide home-buying help.
They will shape future home design and help meet the 2016 deadline for Britain's carbon reduction targets.
Mrs Merkel's message is popular at home and could help her get re-elected for another four years.
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