about your needs and consider your own health. How to help Age UK safely You shouldn’t go inside the homes of anyone you do not live with, especially vulnerable people or people who believe they may be infected ... spend outside of your home by picking up essential items for others when you do your own shopping or collect their medicines during the same trip. Do not enter another person’s home or share a car journey
health and wellbeing Illustrating the success of the fit as a fiddle programme Health impacts “I move better, less stiff, feel happier.” fit as a fiddle in the West Midlands has helped older people to ... “The garden encourages me to be active – we can’t let it get overgrown. Gardening keeps my joints moving and a bit of strength in my muscles.” For others, the health benefits are less specific: “I feel
July 2025 Summary Age UK is pleased to see that The 10 Year Health Plan indicates a move towards more integrated, preventative and tech-supported care. It also envisions less direction from ... a large step forward in meeting the complex needs of an ageing population. It could: • move care closer to home, reducing both hospital admissions and lengths of stay; • provide faster access to personalised
Parliamentary Briefing Home Truths: Security for older private renters January 2020 Background 750,000 people over 60 live in private rented housing in England. The proportion of households headed by ... sector. With a shortage of social housing in England, and fewer people able to afford to own their own home, private renting is often the only option. Older renters are an often forgotten and overlooked group
Here is a range of activity ideas to help you move more at home throughout the day. Start slowly and build up. Try the warm up activities first then find the activities that work best for you and your ... You can do this standing or seated. If you’ve been sitting for a while and have steps or stairs at home, try walking up and down the stairs or use the bottom stair to step up and down. If jumping jacks
housing that provides a secure, warm, affordable and suitable place to live and one that they can call a home. For some people, living in the private rented sector can bring benefits. It can provide flexibility ... find homes which are suited to those who are less mobile, and with too many renters chasing too few properties it can be hard to secure the right home in the right place. If a tenant has to move properties
Consultation Response Phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) January 2022 Contact: david.southgate@ageuk ... out the installation of fossil fuel heating systems in homes off the gas grid from 2026. Key points and recommendations • With 4 million homes in Great Britain without a gas network connection, and half
Age UK’s written response Decent Homes Standard Review Criterion C lisabel.miles@ageuk.org.uk All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational ... following elements of criterion C of the Decent Homes Standard: • Removing multiple choice from essential facilities • Adding additional facilities: ventilation, home security, safety requirements, digital connectivity
Consultation Response A Decent Homes Standard in the Private Rented Sector: Consultation lisabel.miles@ageuk.org.uk All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or ... enforcement of a Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector in England. Age UK consultation response Key points and recommendations: • Age UK welcomes extending the Decent Homes Standard to the private
Consultation Response Raising accessibility standards for new homes Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government December 2020 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this ... intention to consult on the accessibility of new homes. This consultation considers how to raise accessibility standards, recognising the importance of suitable homes for older and disabled people. In particular