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Factsheet - How to get care and support (PDF)

Page 1 of 32 Factsheet 41 How to 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 ... care and support, or you are a carer ⚫ 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

Behind the Headlines – The Battle to Get Care at Home

1 Behind the Headlines: the battle to get care at home May 2018 Benita Pursch/ Ruthe Isden 2 Introduction Over a third of the calls to Age UK’s information and advice line are from ... they relate are deeply revealing; for many older people and their families it seems, getting access to decent quality, reliable home care, and maintaining it, is a real battle. The cases highlighted in

Ofgem: financial protection to vulnerable consumers

Consultation Response Ref 0718 Response to Ofgem consultation on providing financial protection to more vulnerable consumers January 2018 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce ... reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Phil Mawhinney

How to be an executor (PDF)

How to be an executor. What to expect and key responsibilities. Information guide AgeUKIL8 2 This information guide has been prepared by Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied ... accepts any liability arising from its use and it is the reader’s sole responsibility to ensure any information is up to date and accurate. Please note that the inclusion of named agencies, websites, companies

Age UK Response to HASC Inquiry in to Hate Crime - August 2016 (PDF)

parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. ... The Home Affairs Committee has announced an inquiry into hate crime and its consequences in response to a number of recent events namely;  The rise in the number of attacks on people from ethnic minorities

Age UK Response to Evidence to MCA Select Committee - September 2013 (PDF)

parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. ... reference of the inquiry ask the Committee to “consider and report on the Mental Capacity Act 2005”. Age UK is pleased to have the opportunity to respond to the Committee’s call for evidence. About Age

Welcome to Age UK Perkz (PDF)pdf

Safe to be me (PDF)

1 Safe to be me Meeting the needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people using health and social care services A resource pack for professionals 2 Foreword ‘The staff in the home very rarely ... transferred to hospital without them notifying me. The man I love could have died and I wouldn’t have been there or even known.’ Ian ‘It was such a relief when the Age UK befriender enabled me to open up

OMAM - Order form for printed resources.docx

Order form for Older Men at the Margins resourcesTh is study explored how men older experience and combatloneliness and social isolation in later life. Using the findings, we've written resources which ... men on how to beat loneliness and isolation (4-page A5 leaflet) A policy briefing paper (4-page A4)A postcard to publicise the study and resources, with the url for the Age UK web page where these resources

Leeds Abbey Dash 2023 Road Traffic Order.pdf

PROHIBITION AND RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2023 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Leeds City Council, as traffic authority for the Leeds Metropolitan District, has today made an Order under Section 16A of the Road ... Regulation (Special Events) Act 1994, prohibiting and restricting the use of certain roads by vehicles to facilitate the holding of the Abbey Dash Road Race on Sunday 22 October 2023. The event will require