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What! You’re enquiring about care funding AND you’ve never heard of CHC??

If you have a relative with complex healthcare needs, who is either being cared for at home, in a care home, or about to be discharged from hospital into a care home or hospice, and you’ve never heard of NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (or ‘CHC’), then you must read this article! It could save your […]

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Apply for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding if your relative has a ‘primary health need’…

Paying care home fees or paying for full-time care at home? You could be entitled to NHS Continuing Healthcare.

New to NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding? Here’s a guide to the basics you need to know…

Keep this handy: Jargon busting CHC – a quick guide to some of the key terms…

16 useful tips you need to know at the beginning of your CHC journey

Is your relative entitled to free NHS Funding for their care?

If you have a relative or friend going into care or already in care, then this article about Continuing Healthcare is for you! Too many people entering the care system have no idea that their significant care needs could be paid free…

2022 Year in Review

Care To Be Different remains the No.1 website for free information and resources relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (CHC) - free NHS funding for individuals aged 18 and over, with complex, intense, or unpredictable long-term healthcare…

Focus on the ‘Behaviour’ domain in your relative's CHC assessment

We have received numerous enquiries from families regarding a CHC assessment and the behaviour domain. They have wanted to understand how their relative’s challenging behaviour can impact upon their chances of being awarded the NHS Continuing…

5 More Items of Fake News To Put You Off Claiming CHC Funding!

Our recent blog 10 More Untruths About NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding has clearly resonated with our readers as we’ve come across so many more untruths recently - or fake news! – designed to put families off claiming NHS Continuing…

TIPS on assessing levels of Nutrition in your Decision Support Tool

There are 12 areas of care need that are considered when a Decision Support Tool (DST) is completed and these are referred to as ‘care domains’: 1.     Breathing 2.     Nutrition 3.     Continence 4.    …

10 More Untruths About NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding

This article is based on an older blog which has been updated in light of the recently updated National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding and NHS-funded Nursing Care. If families are told untruths about NHS Continuing Healthcare…

TIPS on assessing Continence when completing your Decision Support Tool

This is the next blog in our 'TIPS' series giving our tips on key areas of the Decision Support Tool. There are 12 areas of care need that are considered when a Decision Support Tool (DST) is completed, these are referred to as ‘care…
Decision Support Tool, Drug Therapies & Medication

Get Help Breaking Down the Decision Support Tool: Drug Therapies & Medications: Symptom Control, Part 2

This series takes a detailed look at the domains of the Decision Support Tool. This week we examine the second three descriptors in the Drug Therapies & Medications: Symptom Control domain, to help you assess your or your relative’s…

Get Help Breaking Down the Decision Support Tool: Drug Therapies & Medications: Symptom Control, Part 1

This series takes a detailed look at the domains of the Decision Support Tool. This week we examine the first three descriptors in the Drug Therapies & Medications: Symptom Control domain, to help you assess your or your relative’s…

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