Croydon Guardian: Families
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Topics - Over-60s
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Your health over 50
If you've just turned 50, you might not be worrying yet about your mobility or whether you'll always be able to stay in your own home. But when you do, there are services in your local area that can help you.
Help with footcare
If you can’t look after your feet, problems such as blisters, corns, and foot infections become more likely. Ask your GP about footcare services in your area: they also include routine footcare procedures such as nail cutting.
Telecare services
Telecare covers any service that brings health or social care directly to a patient, generally in their homes. Telecare involves information and communication technology, including personal alarms and health-monitoring devices.
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Placing a relative in care
The decision to place an older relative in residential care is one of the most important you’ll ever make. It’s not unusual to feel uncertainty, sadness or guilt when placing a relative in a care home.
Paying for your care home
How much you pay for your place in a care home will depend on what you can afford. Your finances will be assessed by the council to work out how much you will be asked to contribute.
