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  1. Factsheet - How to get care and support (PDF)

    get care and support November 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet explains the process for: ⚫ obtaining a local authority assessment of your needs, whether you are someone who needs care and support ... deciding whether you are eligible to receive care and support services ⚫ agreeing a plan to meet your care and support needs, including the overall cost and any contribution you must make. This factsheet

  2. Factsheet - Planning your retirement money and tax (PDF)

    your retirement: money and tax May 2026 Inside this factsheet This factsheet looks at common money and tax issues connected with retirement, including dealing with pensions and tax allowances. It is useful ... Pension freedom and benefits The information in this factsheet is correct for the period May 2026 to April 2027. Benefit rates are reviewed annually and take effect in April but rules and figures can sometimes

  3. Factsheet - Trans issues and later life (PDF)

    issues and later life July 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet provides information and advice about later life for trans people. The focus is on growing older for people who have transitioned and live ... considering transitioning and gender reassignment. The factsheet covers a range of legal, financial and social care considerations and details of where to go for further information and support. Terminology

  4. Policy and research update (February 2019) (PDF)

    forward a social care Green Paper and whilst waiting for a plan, the adult care system continues to deteriorate. The daily impact on older people, their families and carers is unacceptable. You can see ... this month’s ‘News’ section. Acting editors for Jane Vass this month are jobsharers Angela Kitching and Hannah Pearce, Head of External Affairs News More than 50, 000 older people have died waiting for care

  5. Policy and research update (January 2019) (PDF)

    Policy and Research Update: TV Licensing and the Long Term Plan http://email.ageuk.org.uk/q/1AG2Kcdewi/wv 1/4 Policy & Research Update Please donate > Policy & Research Update January 2019 Although 2019 ... Pension Credit – impacting on thousands of older people – and our Switched Off campaign on TV licenses is gathering pace with almost 40,000 signatures. And as winter starts to bite, don’t forget to check out

  6. Policy and research update (March 2019) (PDF)

    many older people and their families. News Age UK has responded to the Spring Budget Statement made on 13th March Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK and Co- chair of the Care and Support Alliance ... time soon. Meanwhile, with only a couple of weeks to go now until April we notice that Ministers and officials have stopped saying that the repeatedly delayed Social Care Green Paper may be published

  7. Policy and research update (November 2018) (PDF)

    Age UK’s response to the Budget on 29 October V iew this email in your browser Policy and Research Update - October 2018 This month we bring you our response to the Chancellor’s Budget, but also welcome ... provide the leadership and direction to make sure action and funding follow, so this is an important and welcome step in the right direction. Warm wishes, Jane V ass, Director of Policy and Research News Age

  8. Policy and research update (April 2019) (PDF)

    4/30/2019 Policy and Research Update: Struggling On 1/5 Policy & Research Update Policy & Research Update April 2019 Acting editor for Jane Vass in this edition is Paul Treloar, Senior Technical Advice ... always keen at Age UK to enable older people to talk openly about the things that are important to them and our new report Struggling On contains stories showing the financial hardships that too many face. As

  9. Policy position: health and care integration (PDF)

    Policy Position Paper Health and care integration (England) March, 2016 Older people must be able to expect public services to work together to meet their health and care needs and take account of their circumstances ... circumstances. Health and care integration should enable older people and their carers to achieve greater control over their health and well-being and maintain their independence. Key issues People are

  10. Factsheet - Home improvements and repairs (PDF)

    Page 1 of 26 Factsheet 67 Home improvements and repairs March 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet provides information about the help you can get if your home is in a poor condition or unsuitable ... unsuitable for your needs. It includes information on the financial assistance and practical support available to help you make improvements, as well as rights to repairs in rented housing. The following Age

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