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  1. Policy position: health and care integration (PDF)

    Policy Position Paper Health and care integration (England) March, 2016 Older people must be able to expect public services to work together to meet their health and care needs and take account of their ... their circumstances. Health and care integration should enable older people and their carers to achieve greater control over their health and well-being and maintain their independence. Key issues People

  2. Policy position: social care assessment (PDF)

    Policy Position Paper Social Care Assessment and Eligibility (England) May 2019 Older people must be able to expect full consideration of their individual care and support needs and access to ... to services that will fully meet them. The Care Act 2014 introduced new standard assessment criteria for local authority funded care and support. The Act replaced the previous locally determined criteria

  3. Care in Crisis - Supporter pack (PDF)

    Meet your MP and tell them how the care system is letting many people down. On Friday 12 October can you meet with your MP to tell them how the care system is failing to support those that desperately ... help? You could have direct experience of needing care, or supporting someone who has. Or you could simply be someone who can see that our social care system isn’t working for those that need it. We’ll

  4. Factsheet - Intermediate care and reablement (PDF)

    Page 1 of 12 Factsheet 76 Intermediate care and reablement May 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet explains intermediate care, which also includes reablement. It describes its characteristics and ... short-term NHS and social care support that aims to help you: ⚫ avoid unnecessary admission to hospital ⚫ be as independent as possible after a hospital stay or illness ⚫ remain living at home if you are having

  5. Factsheet - Disability equipment and home adaptations (PDF)

    Disability equipment and home adaptations March 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet covers the help you can get from the local authority to manage your daily life at home by the provision of disability ... disability equipment and home adaptations. It can be read in conjunction with other Age UK factsheets and information guides including: ⚫ factsheet 46, Paying for care and support at home ⚫ factsheet 41, How

  6. Why call it care when nobody cares? - Age UK campaign report (March 2018)

    experience the crisis in social care “Why call it care when nobody cares?” We asked 127 older people and their families, around the country, in depth about the social care system, its successes, failures ... failures and how it could be improved. Quick Summary “Why call it care, when nobody cares?” An Age UK campaign report about how older people and their families experience the crisis in social care2 Key stats

  7. Factsheet - Paying for permanent residential care

    residential care April 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet has information about the financial help that may be available from the local authority if you need to live permanently in a care home. It also ... also covers arranging and paying for care yourself. You may find it helpful to read other Age UK factsheets on residential care funding and social care service provision and on free NHS Continuing Healthcare

  8. Factsheet - Finding help at home (PDF)

    Page 1 of 22 Factsheet 6 Finding help at home September 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet has information about how to get help at home if you are having difficulty managing. It focusses on the ... arrange or provide care services, but also covers arranging care yourself. Residential care is covered in other factsheets. Age UK factsheet 46, Paying for care and support at home has more detailed information

  9. At home with dementia information guide (PDF)

    Information guide AgeUKIG55 At home with dementia Tips for making your home dementia-friendly. 2 This information guide has been prepared by Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be ... bathroom 11 Lighting 12 Getting out and about 14 General tips for the whole home 16 If you’re reading this for someone else 18 Care needs assessment 20 Useful organisations. 21 4 What this guide is about If

  10. Getting help at home information guide (PDF)

    AgeUKIG23 What to do if you need care and support at home. Getting help at home. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining ... 4. Getting a care needs assessment. 6. Getting care and support at home. Help around the house. 14. Help taking care of yourself. 16. Help getting out and about. 17. Making your home more suitable for

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