Compass - Factsheets & Guides

Dental care: NHS and private - Factsheet

This factsheet explains how to find an NHS dentist, charges for NHS treatment, and how receiving certain benefits or the NHS low income scheme may help with the cost of NHS treatment.

Water advice - Factsheet

This factsheet offers tips on reducing water bills and how to save water.
It provides information on switching to a meter and how you can get help with the costs of water if you are eligible for the WaterSure Scheme.

State pension - Information Guide

Our guide explains everything clearly – from when you can claim your State Pension to how to claim it.

Carer's allowance - Information Guide

As a carer, you may be eligible for a benefit called Carer’s Allowance. Many people mistakenly believe they can’t claim it because they don’t know the full facts.

Pension credit - Information Guide

Pension Credit is a means-tested benefit for older people. It’s based on your income and your savings. It could help to boost your income if you’re eligible, but about one in three people who are entitled to
Pension Credit aren’t claiming it.

How to resolve problems and complain about social care - Factsheet

This factsheet shows you what to do if you are not satisfied with an aspect of the service you receive from your local authority. Some problems or issues can be resolved informally, for example via
discussion with the professional concerned or their mana

Disability equipment and home adaptations - Factsheet

This factsheet covers the help you can get from the local authority to manage your daily tasks at home through the provision of specially designed equipment or home adaptations.

Park homes - Factsheet

This factsheet gives information about the law relating to park homes (also called mobile homes or caravans).
It is aimed at park homeowners who are entitled to use their home as a permanent residence, not people staying or living holiday caravans.
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Equity release - Factsheet

This factsheet provides information about different types of equity release, such as lifetime mortgages and home reversion plans. It includes information on:
 what to consider before deciding on a particular plan
 equity release regulations and safegu

Anti-social behaviour in housing - Factsheet

This factsheet is about anti-social behaviour that takes place in the home or neighbourhood. It includes information on noisy neighbours, hedge disputes and harassment.

Planning for your funeral - Factsheet

This factsheet highlights things to consider if you want to plan ahead and
make financial and other arrangements for your funeral. It looks at
options when deciding what type of funeral you want, ways to pay for a
funeral and information about organ do

Looking after your money - Information Guide

This guide is about how to protect your finances as far as possible and what to do if things do go wrong.

Getting help with debt - Information Guide

This guide helps older people recognise when their debt is a problem and looks at the first steps to tackling it and finding their way back to a debt-free life.

When someone dies - Information Guide

There are many things to do when someone dies, often at a time of great personal distress when we feel least able to manage.

Thinking about end of life - Information Guide

There can be many things to think about, from making a will to choosing who you would like to make decisions for you if you were no longer able to.

Care home checklist - Information Guide

This guide helps to find out as much as you can about a home beforehand it will help you make an informed choice.

Benefits for people under Pension Credit age - Factsheet

This factsheet gives information about benefits for people under Pension Credit age (this is rising and is 64 and 6 months as of April 2018 and will be 65 and 3 months by April 2019). It gives information about Universal Credit and how it affects people c

Food Bank Enquiries - South Lakeland

Contact details of your local Food Bank.

Staying steady - Information Guide

Whether you’re fit and active, have mobility problems, or worry about falling, this guide offers practical tips on how to improve your strength, balance and mobility.

Later Life in the United Kingdom - Factsheet

This factsheet, is the most up-to-date source of publicly available, general information on people in later life in the UK. Wherever possible, figures for the whole UK are quoted. For ease of reading and unless otherwise stated, the term “older” is used h