Home & care

Topics

• Care homes

  Our advice pages are a good place to start if you think you may need to go into a care home. We have information on how to find a care home; how to seek assistance from your local authority and how the charging procedures work for care in a care home.

• Help at home

  Information about how to find help at home, including paying for care and support.

• Housing choices

  Information on a range of housing issues, including renting; park homes; dealing with homelessness and sheltered housing.

• Adapting your home

  Learn about the simple adaptations that could enable you to stay in your own home for longer.

• Information for carers (if you look after a relative or friend)

  If you look after a partner, relative or friend who is disabled or ill due to physical or mental health, you are a carer, even if you don’t think of yourself as one. Find out about the emotional, practical and financial support available to you.

• Safeguarding older people from abuse and/or neglect

  We have a detailed factsheet which covers what to do if you are an older person who is being abused or neglected, or may be at risk of this; or you are concerned on an older person’s behalf that they are being abused. The information in the factsheet aims to raise awareness and understanding of the issue of abuse; provide details on approaches to safeguarding – including relevant legislation, statutory guidance and policies – together with practical steps that can be taken to stop abuse. It also outlines help and support that may be available to report abuse.