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Woodbridge Probus
Healthcare or Social Care –
do you know the difference?
The difference
between healthcare
and social care
is complex and
confusing. Unlike
NHS treatment,
social care isn’t free
for everyone – how
Kay Baker
much you contribute
towards the cost of your care will
depend on your fi nancial situation.
Those who are currently paying for
care should check whether or not they
are eligible for free care through NHS
Continuing Healthcare Funding.
Where a person’s primary need is a
‘health need’, the NHS is responsible
for providing for and fully funding all
their needs in any setting, including
a hospice, a care home or your own
home.
There’s no clear-cut list of health
conditions or illnesses that qualify for
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funding. Most people with long-term
care needs don’t qualify for NHS
funding because the assessment is
quite strict. Being frail, for example,
isn’t enough. But don’t let that put you
off. Free healthcare could be worth
thousands of pounds each year, so
it’s important to fi nd out where you
stand. Associate Solicitor Kay Baker
says: “Many people don’t realise they
may be eligible for non-means tested
funding which, if granted, covers
100% of care costs.
Some people haven’t been assessed at
all when they should have been, and it
is important that when an assessment
is carried out a thorough, evidence
based case is put forward on behalf
of the person seeking funding. This is
often diffi cult for the patient and also
for friends and relatives who want to
assist as so little is known about the
assessment procedure.”
If you would like more information
or have questions about the care of
a relative, please contact Kay Baker
at Gotelee Solicitors, 01473 826311,
email [email protected].
TH E FLYER | A PR IL 2019
Steve Chalkley from Ipswich
Makerspace presented a fascinating
picture of a collaborative workspace
with all the tools you could wish
for whatever you want to make. The
community is a supportive group
with a huge diversity of skills you
can tap into, to learn new things or
solve problems. Members interests
encompass the usual pursuits of
programming, robotics and electronics
but also range though classic
woodworking, costumes and props,
models and sculpture, chainmail,
leatherwork, sewing, papercraft and
even jewellery. Interested? Go down
to 11 Dove St, Tuesday and Thursday
from 7pm and Saturday from 11am.
There is parking in Suffolk college; they
will be happy to show you around.
ipswichmakerspace.com
At our meeting on Monday April
1st, Sarah Magittai will give us the
fi rst of two talks on the History
of Shinglestreet. Very few seaside
hamlets have attracted as much myth
and fantasy as Shinglestreet, but truth
really can be stranger than fi ction. In
reality, Shinglestreet resembled a series
of small socio-economic miracles.
Here is the true story of a working
community founded as a result of the
Napoleonic wars. Our photograph is an
early one of Shinglestreet Pilot House
with an upturned boat as a roof.A
fascinating tale, do come along and
hear it. Woodbridge Probus is a club
for retired business and professional
men. We meet for lunch at Woodbridge
Golf club on the fi rst Monday of each
month. A social drink followed by
a delicious lunch and a fascinating
talk. We stage a ladies summer and
Christmas lunch and run interesting
outings. enquiries@woodbridgeprobus.
org.uk or call Ray Hooper at
075122454
Melton Local History Society
Foxborough Hall to Shingle Street.
We are fortunate to have local author
Tim Miller giving an illustrated
presentation of his time living at
Foxborough Hall in Melton and his
family connections with the Quilters.
Tim will also share his interest in the
history of Shingle Street, including the
story of the pilots and coastguards
who formed the community there prior
to the Second World War.
Wednesday 10th April 2019 - Doors
Open 7.45pm Start 8pm at Burness
Parish Rooms, 38 The Street, Melton,
IP12 1PW
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