The price of survival
For too many people, life is only getting harder. Help us be there to offer support throughout the cost of living crisis.
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Information and advice
- Information and advice
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Money & legal
- Money & legal
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Benefits and Entitlements
- Benefits and Entitlements
- Attendance Allowance
- Benefit rates 2023-24
- Benefits Calculator – what are you entitled to?
- Bereavement Support Payment
- Carer's Allowance
- Changes to mixed age couples benefits
- Changes to the benefit system
- Cold Weather Payment
- Council Tax Support
- Disability Living Allowance
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Free bus pass and transport concessions
- Free prescriptions for over 60s
- Housing Benefit
- Blue Badge
- How to challenge a benefit decision through mandatory reconsideration
- How to get help with urgent or one-off expenses
- How your benefits are means-tested
- Income Support
- Jobseeker's Allowance
- Pension Credit
- Personal Independence Payment
- Returning to the UK after living abroad
- Support for Mortgage Interest
- TV licence concessions
- Universal Credit
- Warm Home Discount
- Council Tax rebate
- Winter Fuel Payment
- More money in your pocket information guide
- Debt and savings
- Income and tax
- End of life planning
- Legal issues
- Pensions advice
- Scams and fraud
- Help with the cost of living
- Consumer issues
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Health & wellbeing
- Health & wellbeing
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Conditions and illnesses
- Conditions and illnesses
- Arthritis
- Bladder and bowel problems information guide
- Coronavirus
- Dementia
- Depression and anxiety
- Diabetes
- Eye health
- Hearing loss
- High blood pressure
- Incontinence
- Influenza (flu) prevention
- Malnutrition
- Osteoporosis
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
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Health services
- Health services
- Dental services for older people
- 9 health tests that could save your life
- Getting the most from your medicines
- Getting help when feeling unwell
- NHS continuing healthcare
- Your hospital stay
- GP services for older people
- Leaving hospital
- Complaining about NHS services
- What standards you should expect from NHS services
- Your hospital stay information guide
- Being active
- Mind and body
- Loneliness
- Keep well this winter
- Relationships and family
- Worried about someone?
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Care & support
- Care & support
- Finding and arranging social care
- Paying for care
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Help for carers looking after a loved one
- Help for carers looking after a loved one
- Carer's assessment
- Financial support for carers
- Balancing working and caring responsibilities
- Caring for someone with dementia
- Looking after yourself as a carer
- Respite care: having a break from caring
- What to do when your caring role changes or ends
- Carer's checklist
- Housing options in later life
- Problems with care
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Work & learning
- Work & learning
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Making the most of the internet
- Making the most of the internet
- Computer training courses
- Glossary of online terms
- Getting started on the internet
- Staying safe online
- Keeping in touch using a video call
- Making your device easier to use
- How to download apps
- Email essentials
- What's WhatsApp?
- Using social media
- Online banking, is it safe?
- How to transfer money and make payments
- Smart shopping online
- Online password security
- Age UK's digital instruction guides
- Discrimination and rights
- Education and training
- Looking for work
- Retirement
- Information guides and factsheets
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Services
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- Get involved
- Donate
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Lottery and raffle
- Lottery and raffle
- Play the Age UK lottery
- Tuesday Treat Draw
- Play the Age UK raffle
- Gift the Age UK Weekly Lottery
- Player Zone
- How every weekly lottery entry helps
- Are you a lottery winner?
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Lottery and Raffle updates
- Lottery and Raffle updates
- How to claim lottery winnings
- What happens if you win the lottery?
- Who can you give your lottery winnings to?
- What’s the difference between a raffle and a lottery?
- What would you do if you won the lottery?
- How to play the lottery
- What is a lottery rollover?
- Spend or save: What would you do with £25,000?
- How likely are you to win the lottery?
- How can I raise money for charity?
- Has anyone won the lottery twice?
- Behind the scenes of the Age UK Lottery TV Advert
- Lucky charms and rituals from around the world
- Lottery and Raffle rules
- Volunteering
- Corporate partnerships
- Latest jobs with Age UK
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Our impact
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How your support helps
Here's how, with your support, Age UK is supporting older people through the cost of living crisis.
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Making older people's voices heard
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