Half of older patients’ families struggle to complain about poor care in hospital
Published on 17 August 2017 12:01 AM
Older vulnerable people are often reliant on relatives to raise concerns when things go wrong in hospital, yet over...
-
Information and advice
- Information and advice
-
Money & legal
- Money & legal
-
Benefits and Entitlements
- Benefits and Entitlements
- What benefits am I entitled to?
- TV licence concessions
- Bereavement benefits
- Attendance Allowance
- Pension Credit
- Carer's Allowance
- Council Tax support
- Disability Living Allowance
- Housing Benefit
- Jobseeker's Allowance
- Universal Credit
- Personal Independence Payment
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income support
- Winter Fuel Payment
- How your benefits are means-tested
- How to challenge a benefit decision
- How to get help with urgent or one-off expenses
- Changes to the benefit system
- Free prescriptions for over 60s
- Cold Weather Payment
- Free bus pass and transport concessions
- Transport concessions for disabled people
- Support for Mortgage Interest
- Returning to the UK after living abroad
- Debt and savings
- End of life planning
- Income and tax
- Legal issues
- Pensions advice
- Scams and fraud
-
Health & wellbeing
- Health & wellbeing
- Loneliness
- Relationships and family
- Conditions and illnesses
-
Health services
- Health services
- Dental services for older people
- 8 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
- Healthy eating
- Fitness
- Mind and body
- Care & support
- Travel & hobbies
- Work & learning
-
Services
-
Age UK Advice Line
0800 055 6112
Free to call 8am – 7pm 365 days a year
Telephone befriending services
Get a free weekly friendship call. We'll match you with one of our volunteers. Call in Time is flexible to suit the different needs of everyone who takes part.
-
- Get involved
-
Our impact
- Our impact
- Campaigning
-
Policy & research
- Policy & research
- Our policy positions
- What we research
- Publications
-
Loneliness research and resources
- Loneliness research and resources
- Loneliness and isolation - understanding the difference and why it matters
- Combating loneliness amongst older LGBT people
- Tackling the growing crisis of lonely men
- Connecting with culture to reduce loneliness amongst ethnic minority communities
- Loneliness, depression and anxiety: exploring the connection to mental health
- Struggling to cope
- Programmes & innovation
- Politics & Government
- Conferences & events
- Buy products
- Please donate
- Find your local Age UK
- Contact us