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Home help services are considered essential in keeping people out of more expensive care homes.
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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.
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It adds funding to programs that provide transportation help, adult day care, and in-home services including aides to help bathe and cook.
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For instance, a package of home care services and help with diet and transportation could greatly improve the quality of life for a senior with congestive heart failure and help her avoid the kind of health crisis that would result in a hospitalization.
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Those services, which can take many forms from help with care at home to early intervention services, are already being squeezed.
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They "fall through the gaps" and miss out on key support services, such as home help and meals on wheels.
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The defendant was receiving help from the community alcohol services and a home detoxification programme was planned.
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Federal investigators have charged Stevens with failing to disclose how much help he received in enlarging his home from VECO, a local oil services company, and its chief executive, Bill Allen.
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By pooling resources, creating an administrative post and purchasing services such as handyman or home care as a group, these villages help people stay in their own homes longer.
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Members of these nonprofit entities can access specialized programs and services, such as transportation to stores, home health care, or help with household chores, as well as a network of social activities with other members.
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Combining stellar hardware and software engineering capabilities with market-making technology, Ceton aims to help unlock the potential of the digital home to unleash a new generation of in-home connected entertainment and communication services.
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