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  1. For Later Life - Can technology revolutionise care

    www.ageuk.org.uk/forlaterlife #forlaterlife Can technology revolutionise care? Chair: Pam Creaven, Services Director, Age UK Speakers:  Dr Elisabeth Boulton, Research Associate, University of Manchester ... Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art  Ed Russell, Director of Innovation and Delivery, WCS Care The Government’s ‘Grand Challenge for an Ageing Society’ in its Industrial Strategy sets out the

  2. For Later Life - The future of social care (PDF)

    #forlaterlife What’s the future of social care? Chair: Victoria Macdonald, Health and Social Care Correspondent, Channel 4 News Speakers:  Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director Age UK, co-chair of the Care and Support ... the Social Care Green Paper  Sally Burlington, Head of Policy, Local Government Association  Dr Eileen Burns, President of the British Geriatrics Society, Expert Adviser to the Social Care Green Paper

  3. Factsheet - Finding choosing and funding a care home (PDF)

    Factsheet 29 Finding, choosing and funding a care home July 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet gives information about finding, choosing and funding a suitable care home including types of homes, how to ... funding of care home placements. This includes information about the rules for local authority funding. There is also information about making private, self-funded arrangements with a care home. Age UK

  4. Factsheet - Deprivation of assets in social care (PDF)

    Page 1 of 18 Factsheet 40 Deprivation 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 ... carries out a financial assessment in relation to meeting needs for care and support. It also explains how to challenge a deliberate deprivation decision made by a local authority. A local authority can look

  5. Factsheet - Dental care NHS and private treatment (PDF)

    Page 1 of 18 Factsheet 5 Dental care: NHS and private treatment May 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet explains dental treatment offered by the NHS, including how to find an NHS dentist, charges ... or the NHS Low Income Scheme can help with paying for NHS treatment costs, and what you can do if dissatisfied with the care you receive. The factsheet also looks at private dental treatment. Currently

  6. Factsheet: NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care

    and NHS-funded nursing care July 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet explains what NHS Continuing Healthcare is, how the NHS decides whether you are eligible for it, and what to do if you are unhappy ... nursing care – a weekly payment the NHS makes to nursing homes towards their costs of providing nursing care to residents. The following Age UK factsheets may also be of interest: 6 Finding care at home

  7. Factsheet - Paying for care and support at home (PDF)

    1 of 27 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 ... expected to fully fund the care services to meet your needs. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period May 2026 to April 2027. The information in this factsheet is applicable in England.

  8. Age UK Parliamentary Briefing - How is the cost of living affecting older people in 2026 (April 2026).pdf

    Parliamentary Briefing: How is the cost of living affecting older people in 2026? April 2026 Overview New research by Age UK has found that millions of pensioners are still struggling with the cost ... their home. Reduced spending on other essentials like food, as well as social activities and transport, is commonplace, with potentially damaging knock-on effects on people’s health and wellbeing. Too many

  9. Insights_Report -Age_and_Dementia-Friendly_Gymnastics_Programme_Evaluation_Findings.pdf

    Foundation has developed a gymnastics chair-based exercise programme that has been piloted in two residential care homes and one day centre. The pilots began in November 2015 and ran for eight months until the ... with greater physical ability. The programme is novel to Britain and is different to its namesake of chair-based exercise. The focus of the programme is one of integrating the physical, cognitive and

  10. RB_Dec17_social_care.pdf

    Social Care Parliamentary Briefing December 2017 Day to day tasks that many of us take for granted – like getting dressed, using the toilet, making a meal, or getting to the shops – can be almost impossible ... future changes to the social care system can help enable them to live with dignity. The current situation There are a number of growing systematic issues in adult social care which need to be addressed

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