Information guides and factsheets
Information guides and factsheets
Our information guides are short and easy to digest and provide an overview of the relevant topic. Our factsheets provide more in-depth information.
Below you can find links to all of our resources in numerical order - firstly our information guides, followed by the full range of factsheets.
Coronavirus
For the latest information on Coronavirus please visit:
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru/information-advice/coronavirus/
Cost of living information
A number of our resources have information relevant to the current pressures around the cost of living and energy prices. However, a summary of the main schemes and assistance available can be found on our ‘cost of living’ page.
- Age Cymru Advice: How can we help? (PDF, 61 KB)
- IG01: Staying safe (PDF, 5 MB)
- IG02: LGBT+: Navigating later life (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG03: When someone dies (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG05: Avoiding scams (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG06: Care homes (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG07: Your hospital stay (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG08: Housing options (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG10: Useful contacts - information and advice directory (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG13: Advice for carers (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG14: Staying steady (PDF, 4 MB)
- IG15: Bladder and bowel problems (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG17: Adapting your home (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG21: Powers of attorney (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG23: Getting help at home (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG24: Healthy living – looking after yourself physically and mentally (PDF, 4 MB)
- IG30: Save energy, pay less (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG31: Wills and estate planning (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG32: Bereavement (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG44: In the driving seat (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG45: Looking after your money (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG47: Caring for someone with dementia (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG48: Living with dementia (PDF, 3 MB)
- IG49: Attendance Allowance (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG50: Pension Credit (PDF, 1023 KB)
- IG51: Thinking about end of life (PDF, 4 MB)
- IG52: Carer's Allowance (PDF, 2 MB)
- L53w: More money in your pocket: Claiming the right benefits for you (PDF, 602 KB)
- IG53: State Pension (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG54: Council Tax Support (PDF, 1 MB)
- IG55: At home with dementia: Tips for making your home dementia friendly (PDF, 1 MB)
- IG56: Your mind matters (PDF, 2 MB)
- L57w: Winter wrapped up (PDF, 2 MB)
- IG57: Getting help with debt (PDF, 1 MB)
- IG58: Universal Credit (PDF, 1 MB)
- IL1: Staying cool in a heatwave (PDF, 227 KB)
- IL6: Equity release (PDF, 2 MB)
- IL8: How to be an executor (PDF, 2 MB)
- Factsheet 1w: Help with heating costs in Wales (PDF, 5 MB)
- Factsheet 2: Buying retirement housing (PDF, 337 KB)
- Factsheet 5w: Dental care - NHS and private treatment in Wales (PDF, 804 KB)
- Factsheet 6w: Finding help at home (PDF, 920 KB)
- Factsheet 7: Making a will (PDF, 215 KB)
- Factsheet 8w: Community landlord housing in Wales – local authority or housing association homes (PDF, 834 KB)
- Factsheet 9w: Housing in Wales – anti-social behaviour and other neighbourhood issues (PDF, 790 KB)
- Factsheet 10w: Paying for a permanent care home placement in Wales (PDF, 1 MB)
- Factsheet 12: Planning your retirement - money and tax (PDF, 341 KB)
- Factsheet 14: Dealing with an estate (PDF, 386 KB)
- Factsheet 16: Trans issues and later life (PDF, 338 KB)
- Factsheet 17: Housing Benefit (PDF, 419 KB)
- Factsheet 19: State Pension (PDF, 399 KB)
- Factsheet 20w: NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care in Wales (PDF, 1 MB)
- Factsheet 21w: Council Tax in Wales – information about the tax and help you might get towards your bill (PDF, 935 KB)
- Factsheet 22: Arranging for someone to make decisions on your behalf (PDF, 351 KB)
- Factsheet 24w: Direct payments for social care services in Wales (PDF, 1011 KB)
- Factsheet 25: Returning from abroad (PDF, 358 KB)
- Factsheet 27: Planning for your funeral (PDF, 391 KB)
- Factsheet 29w: Finding care home accommodation in Wales (PDF, 1006 KB)
- Factsheet 34: Attendance Allowance (PDF, 297 KB)
- Factsheet 35w: Renting your home in Wales – rights or problems regarding your rent (PDF, 781 KB)
- Factsheet 37w: Hospital discharge arrangements for older people in Wales (PDF, 999 KB)
- Factsheet 38w: Treatment of property in the means test for permanent care home provision in Wales (PDF, 954 KB)
- Factsheet 39w: Paying for a care home in Wales if you have a partner (PDF, 879 KB)
- Factsheet 40w: Deprivation of assets in the means test for care home provision in Wales (PDF, 857 KB)
- Factsheet 41w: Social care assessments for older people with care needs in Wales (PDF, 1007 KB)
- Factsheet 42w: Obtaining disability equipment and home adaptations in Wales (PDF, 957 KB)
- Factsheet 43: Getting legal and financial advice (PDF, 408 KB)
- Factsheet 44w: Information on NHS services for older people in Wales (PDF, 891 KB)
- Factsheet 46w: Paying for care and support at home in Wales (PDF, 951 KB)
- Factsheet 48: Pension Credit (PDF, 353 KB)
- Factsheet 49: Social Fund, Advances of Benefit and Local Welfare Provision (PDF, 228 KB)
- Factsheet 55: Carer's Allowance (PDF, 273 KB)
- Factsheet 56: Benefits for people under State Pension age (PDF, 332 KB)
- Factsheet 58w: Paying for temporary care in a care home in Wales (PDF, 814 KB)
- Factsheet 59w: How to resolve problems and make a complaint about social care in Wales (PDF, 923 KB)
- Factsheet 60w: Choice of care home if the local authority is contributing towards your care fees (PDF, 873 KB)
- Factsheet 61w: Help with NHS health costs in Wales and services which are free for older people (PDF, 883 KB)
- Factsheet 62: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (PDF, 431 KB)
- Factsheet 63w: Finding private rented accommodation in Wales (PDF, 792 KB)
- Factsheet 64: Specialist housing for older people (PDF, 331 KB)
- Factsheet 65: Equity release (PDF, 317 KB)
- Factsheet 66w: Resolving problems and making a complaint about NHS care in Wales (PDF, 938 KB)
- Factsheet 67w: Home improvements and repairs for older people in Wales (PDF, 939 KB)
- Factsheet 68w: Renting your home in Wales – rights if you are threatened with eviction (PDF, 954 KB)
- Factsheet 69: Water advice (PDF, 235 KB)
- Factsheet 71: Park homes (PDF, 359 KB)
- Factsheet 72: Advance decisions, advance statements and living wills (PDF, 269 KB)
- Factsheet 74: Challenging welfare benefit decisions (PDF, 312 KB)
- Factsheet 75: Dealing with debt (PDF, 299 KB)
- Factsheet 76w: Reablement, intermediate care and preventative services in Wales (PDF, 817 KB)
- Factsheet 78w: Safeguarding older people in Wales from abuse and neglect (PDF, 1 MB)
- Factsheet 79: Equality, discrimination and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PDF, 288 KB)
- Factsheet 82: Getting the best energy deal (PDF, 313 KB)
- Factsheet 87: Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance (PDF, 326 KB)
- Factsheet 89w: Dealing with homelessness in Wales (PDF, 973 KB)
- Factsheet 91: Pension freedom and benefits (PDF, 282 KB)
- Factsheet 92: Universal Credit (PDF, 493 KB)