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Factsheet - Home improvements and repairs (PDF)

Page 1 of 26 Factsheet 67 Home improvements and repairs March 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet provides information about the help you can get if your home is in a poor condition or unsuitable ... this factsheet can be found in the Useful organisations section. Age UK factsheet 67 March 2026 Home improvements and repairs Page 2 of 26 Contents 1 Recent developments 4 2 Local authority help 4 2

Adapting your home information guide (PDF)

AgeUKIG17 Ways to help you stay living at home. Adapting your 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 our Readers’ ... Dunelm. Published: August 2024 3 Contents What this guide is about 4. Thinking about your home. Accessing your home. 7. Getting around. 8. Using the stairs. 9. Getting up and dressed. 10. In the kitchen

Weekly Residential Care Costs infographic

Factsheet - Park Homes (PDF)

Page 1 of 18 Factsheet 71 Park homes February 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet gives information about the law relating to park homes (also called mobile homes or caravans). It is aimed at park ... who are entitled to use their home as a permanent residence, not people staying or living in holiday caravans or lodges. It includes points to consider when buying a park home and refers to organisations

Behind the headlines_in person care home visiting Decemeber 2020.pdf

1 Behind the headlines: why inperson care home visiting must get going again December 2020 2 Introduction Over the course of the pandemic Age UK has been contacted by thousands of people ... people parted from their loved ones as a result of the disruption to visiting in care homes. We have heard from partners, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, grandchildren, life-long

Consultation response - Self-funders in care homes, Office for National Statistics.pdf

Response ID ANON-FCSC-AXCQ-C Submitted to Self-Funders in Care Homes Submitted on 2021-10-15 13:41:01 Your Details 1 What is your name? What is your name? : Elizabeth Webb 2 What is your email address ... interest in this area? : Age UK has a long running campaign for the reform of social care, and so research into social care forms a substantial part of the research we undertake. As acknowledged by ONS, and

FS39 LP Paying for care in a care home if you have a partner.pdf

Page 1 of 20 Factsheet 39 Paying for care in a care home if you have a partner April 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet explains how being part of a couple affects your eligibility for local authority ... authority funding if you need to move into a care home. It also looks at how your entitlement to Pension Credit may be affected. The information in this factsheet focuses on the rules for local authority

FS58 LP Paying for short-term and temporary care in a care home.pdf

short-term and temporary care in a care home October 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet explains the financial assessment rules that cover short-term and temporary care homes placements. These placements ... such as respite care or trial periods. A distinction is made between ‘temporary’ (generally up to 52 weeks) and ‘short-term’ (up to eight weeks). Age UK factsheet 41, How to get care and support, has

FS39 Paying for care in a care home if you have a partner.pdf

Page 1 of 16 Factsheet 39 Paying for care in a care home if you have a partner April 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet explains how being part of a couple affects your eligibility for local authority ... authority funding if you need to move into a care home. It also looks at how your entitlement to Pension Credit may be affected. The information in this factsheet focuses on the rules for local authority

FS46 LP Paying for care and support at home.pdf

of 32 Factsheet 46 Paying for care and support at home May 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet explains charging for social care services in places other than care homes, mainly related to services ... services provided in your own home. It also covers charging for carers’ services. This factsheet describes how you can be deemed to be a self-funder following a financial assessment. This means you are expected