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  1. APPG: Ageing and older people minutes (December 2015) (PDF)

    All Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People Ageing Today: new approaches and positive steps Monday 7th December 2015 4pm-5pm Committee Room 3, House of Lords Present: Parliamentarians: ... Rachael Maskell MP Chair of the meeting: Baroness Jolly Guest Speakers: Cllr Rachael Eden, LGA Health and Wellbeing Board/Reading Borough Council; Shelley Ames, Active Norfolk; Moira Pendlebury, Age UK Coventry

  2. APPG: Ageing and older people minutes (February 2016) (PDF)

    All Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People Ageing Alone: combating loneliness in later life Monday 8th February 2016 4pm-5pm Committee Room 3, House of Lords Present: Parliamentarians: ... McCabe MP, John Pugh MP and Robin Walker MP. Chair of the meeting: Nusrat Ghani MP Guest Speakers: Gregor Henderson, Public Health England, Cllr Jonathan McShane, LGA Health and Wellbeing Board/Hackney

  3. Policy position: dignity in health and social care (PDF)

    Position Paper Dignity in Health and Social Care (England) March 2016 At all times, older people using health and care services must be treated and cared for with dignity and respect. Key Issues In England ... living in almost 18,000 care homes. 65 per cent of all admissions to hospitals are people over 65 and because, on average, they stay longer they make up around 70 per cent of bed days1. It is estimated

  4. Report of Trustees and Annual Accounts 2013-14 (PDF)

    2Report of Trustees and Annual Accounts 2013/14 Love later life Report of Trustees and Annual Accounts 2013/14 ‘You need a philosophy for life – a combination of peace, happiness and positivity.’ Nicole ... for everyone and, of course, the challenges and the demands are different for everyone too. At Age UK we are many things to many people – a source of advice, information, companionship and support. But

  5. Factsheet - Council and housing association housing (PDF)

    of 22 Factsheet 8 Council and housing association housing June 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet has information about applying for housing from local authorities and housing associations (‘social ... (‘social housing’). It explains how waiting lists are organised and properties allocated, as well as options if you need to move to a different local authority area. You can find information on private rented

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

    Page 1 of 28 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 ... types of homes, how to identify the right home for you, and funding of care home placements. This includes information about the rules for local authority funding. There is also information about making

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

    Continuing Healthcare 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 ... Hospital discharge and recovery 38 Property and paying for residential care 39 Paying for care in a care home if you have a partner 41 How to get care and support 76 Intermediate care and reablement The

  8. Factsheet - Advance decisions advance statements and living wills (PDF)

    decisions, advance statements and living wills April 2026 About this factsheet There are things you can do to make sure others know which medical treatments you would want to refuse and how you would like to be ... ‘living will’) and an advance statement are two things you can do. This factsheet explains what they are, why you might want to prepare one or both, requirements for drawing them up, and ways to ensure

  9. Fit as a Fiddle Life and Soul evaluation report (PDF)

    1 Fit as a Fiddle: ‘Life and Soul’ Final programme report September 2012 2 “I’ve walked with a stick for quite a while. I was walking to the corner shop the other day when I realised ... pick up my stick. “Since getting more fit and active I have felt better like I used to.... I still use my stick but I am not relying on it” John- Life and Soul Volunteer at Pinetree, Peterborough. 3

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

    Page 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 ... factsheet 46 May 2026 Paying for care and support at home Page 2 of 27 Contents 1 Recent developments 4 2 Sources and terms used in this factsheet 4 3 How to get and care and support 4 3.1 The range of services

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