Skip to content
Please donate

Search Age UK

Site search

People also searched for: ‘movement for all’, toe nail cutting at home, poverty in late

  1. Scamming and its effect on vulnerable individuals - Sept 16 (PDF)

    1 Scamming and its effect on vulnerable individuals September 2016 Age UK believes that nobody should live in fear of crime; police, Government and industry should take action to prevent crimes targeted ... targeted at older people, including scams, and support victims. Key Stats  The average age of mail scam victims is 74.  Over half of people aged 65+ believe they have been a target of a scam.  An estimated

  2. Fear of crime and its effects on older people: comparing six countries - Mar 14 (PDF)

    FEAR OF CRIME AND ITS EFFECTS ON OLDER PEOPLE: COMPARING SIX COUNTRIES. Peter Lloyd-Sherlock and Sutapa Agrawal Research about older people from the UK and other high income countries shows that fear ... with low quality of life, limited mobility and poor health status. There is no systematic research comparing fear of crime and its potential effects across low and middle income countries. This brief presents

  3. Infographic: Key contributors to creative and cultural activities (PDF, 660 KB)

    activities geared specifically for them. Key contributors to for wellbeing in older people Creative and Cultural Activities

  4. Factsheet - How to resolve problems and complain about social care (PDF)

    Page 1 of 26 Factsheet 59 How to resolve problems and complain about social care February 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet explains what to do if you are not satisfied with any aspect of social ... your options if you have made private, self-funded care arrangements and other ways of asserting your rights, challenging decisions, and complaining about the quality of services. This factsheet can be read

  5. For Later Life - Is the system broken? Reality and practice across the health and care system (PDF)

    www.ageuk.org.uk/forlaterlife #forlaterlife Is the system broken – reality and practice across the health and care system Chair: Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director, Age UK Speakers:  Ann Ford ... to older people across Health and Care to help them stay well at home for as long as possible, but GP and community health services as well as social care are underfunded and understaffed, putting older

  6. Briefing: financial guidance and claims bill - Jul 17 (PDF)

    Briefing: Financial Guidance and Claims Bill July 2017 If you have any questions or would like future information please contact Angela Kitching, Head of External Affairs, at angela ... 07825724296 Objectives and functions We welcome the broad drafting of the objectives and functions and in particular the recognition of provision of advice as well as guidance and the continuation of the

  7. Financial Resilience - summary and implications report 2018 (PDF)

    Financial resilience during retirement: Who is well placed to cope with life events? Summary and implications April 2018 Financial Resilience in Later Life Contents Who is well placed to ... low. Four out of ten of us are not in control of day to day finances and we struggle even more when it comes to longerterm planning and managing unexpected life events or periods of financial difficulty

  8. Report of Trustees and Annual Accounts 2014-15 (PDF)

    Age UK and its subsidiary companies and charities, all dedicated to helping people love later life. Our network includes Age UK, three national charities Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland and in England ... England, 165 local Age UK partners* and over 400 smaller organisations called Friends and Forums. We work with our subsidiary charity, Age International, to fund programmes in over 40 developing countries

  9. 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 ... costs, and what you can do if dissatisfied with the care you receive. The factsheet also looks at private dental treatment. Currently, you might not be able to access an NHS dental services and private

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

    Page 1 of 26 Factsheet 42 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 ... of 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

Become part of our story

Sign up today

Back to top