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  1. RB_Sep18_careCrisis_stats_report.pdf

    to the toilet – because they lack vital care and support. Families are stretched to breaking point. We asked over 2,500 people over the age of 65 with care needs and those providing unpaid care just how ... 65+ who are cared for at home reported they had to rely more and more on family and friends What did the survey tell us? 40% of older carers told us their own health had deteriorated as a result of their

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

    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 funding if you need to move into a ... information in this factsheet focuses on the rules for local authority funding, so is less relevant if you are making private, self-funded care home arrangements. This is one part of the residential care financial

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

    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 funding if you need to move into a ... information in this factsheet focuses on the rules for local authority funding, so is less relevant if you are making private, self-funded care home arrangements. This is one part of the residential care financial

  4. fit for the future project - Final Evaluation Report (Summary Booklet.pdf

    esteem. What participants said about the project: ‘It gets you out of the house. You have to do that because you can feel a bit lost at times. You feel more confident if you are part of something.’ ‘The ... that I would like.’ ‘To meet new people – we hoped to get to talk to new people who live round this area. It’s all about meeting people and a bit of a natter. As you get older it is harder to meet new people

  5. Cold at home polling briefing, Feb 2025.pdf

    July 2024, Age UK has consistently raised concerns about the impact of this decision on older people. We have repeatedly warned that at least 2.5 million older people would struggle without it and would find ... measures so that older people can afford to stay warm both now and in winters to come. Since January 2023 we have gauged older people’s experiences of and attitudes towards the cost of energy through UK-wide

  6. You are not alone in feeling lonely - Parliamentary Briefing

    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 ... with far-reaching consequences. We should not accept loneliness as an inevitable consequence of ageing. Age UK wants to work with Parliamentarians, drawing on what we know works, to raise awareness and

  7. Help with housing costs - how can you apply if you are not online, May 2024.pdf

    Help with housing costs - how can you apply if you are not online? May 2024 Contents Introduction 3 Overview and recommendations 4 Key findings 5 Background 6 The research 7 Getting through 8 Ways of applying ... confidence 22 References 23 2 Help with housing costs - how can you apply if you are not online? 3 Help with housing costs - how can you apply if you are not online? Introduction Digital technology is playing

  8. Age UK_We have to take it one day at a time.pdf

    January 2024 We have to take it one day at a time Results of Age UK’s research into the health and care of people aged 50 and over. Authored by Dr Lis Boulton We have to take it one day at a time | ... 10 7: Cost of living increases 12 8: Concern about winter 15 9: Conclusion 17 We have to take it one day at a time | 2 We have to take it one day at a time | 3 1: Introduction Over the past three years

  9. Toynbee Hall provocation roundtable on later older age: how do you maintain control and stay financially included? - Mar 14 (PDF)

    Toynbee Hall Provocation for AgeUK Roundtable: Later older age: how do you maintain control and stay financially included? “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” ... the “Older Old”1 clearly showed that we travel into old age carrying the experiences and knowledge which we have gathered along our life journey; and yet, by the time we arrive in later life, the landscape

  10. You are Not Alone report.pdf

    You are not alone. Advice and support following bereavement Age UK, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. Registered charity number 1128267. Company number 6825798. © Age UK Group and/or ... Scotland and Age Cymru) 2019. All Rights Reserved. ID204345 11/19. 2 You are not alone - Advice and support following bereavement You are not alone. Advice and support following bereavement Introduction

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