Personal budgets and direct payments in social care November 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet provides information about personal budgets and direct payments in social care. These apply when the local ... local authority is meeting your care and support needs, so the information in this factsheet may be less relevant if you are making private, selffunded care arrangements. A personal budget is the overall
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 ... 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 funding, so is less relevant if you are making
Page 1 of 16 Factsheet 58 Paying for 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 ... authority. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period October 2025 to September 2026. The information in this factsheet is applicable to England. If you are in Wales, Scotland or Northern
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 ... 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 funding, so is less relevant if you are making
Parliamentary Briefing: Loneliness in later life November 2024 Overview Age UK’s new report ‘You are not alone in feeling lonely’ presents new evidence about the scale of loneliness among people aged ... change has since slowed. Without urgent action, by 2034 there will be 1.2 million people aged over 65 in England who will often feel lonely, with far-reaching consequences. We should not accept loneliness
Page 1 of 32 Factsheet 9 Anti-social behaviour in housing February 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet is about anti-social behaviour that takes place in the home or neighbourhood. It includes information ... behaviour in section 13. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period February 2026 to January 2027. However, rules and guidance sometimes change during the year. The information in this factsheet
of assets in social care September 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet looks at deprivation of assets, which can be an issue when a local authority carries out a financial assessment in relation to ... funding. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period September 2025 to August 2026. The information in this factsheet is applicable to England. If you are in Wales, Scotland or Northern
Women in the UK Building a picture of older women’s lives Dr Aisha Islam and Dr Ifeoma Offiah March 2025 2 Executive Summary We like to think of ourselves as a thoroughly progressive society in which ... inequalities are increasingly not tolerated and in which steps are being successfully taken to narrow them, year on year - but our analysis finds that they remain firmly in place for many older women, especially