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  1. 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

  2. Factsheet - Intermediate care and reablement (PDF)

    Intermediate care and reablement May 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet explains intermediate care, which also includes reablement. It describes its characteristics and the referral and assessment process ... process for this short-term NHS and social care support that aims to help you: ⚫ avoid unnecessary admission to hospital ⚫ be as independent as possible after a hospital stay or illness ⚫ remain living at

  3. Bladder and bowel problems information guide

    Bladder and bowel problems Common problems and how to manage them Information guide AgeUKIG15 2 This information guide has been prepared by Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied ... decision or action and cannot be used as a substitute for professional advice. Neither Age UK nor any of its subsidiary companies or charities accepts any liability arising from its use and it is the reader’s

  4. Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry -Councillors and the community (May 12) (PDF)

    1 Ref 1112 Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry - Councillors and the community 23 May 2012 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Name: Gemma Bradshaw Email: gemma.bradshaw@ageuk.org.uk Age UK 1-6 Tavistock Square London

  5. Neighbourhood effects and pension protection amongst ethnic minorities in England and Wales - Sept 14 (PDF)

    Neighbourhood effects and pension protection amongst ethnic minorities in England and Wales Zhixin Frank Feng, Athina Vlachantoni, Maria Evandrou and Jane Falkingham Ethnic minorities ... concentrated in particular geographical areas in England and Wales. Neighbourhood effects, such as the concentration of individuals from particular ethnic groups and levels of local deprivation, can impact upon the

  6. Older people and power loss, floods and storms - Feb 16 (PDF)

    Older people and power loss, floods and storms Reducing risk, building resilience 2 These crises – power loss, floods and storms – can be challenging or even traumatising for people of any age. But older ... person alone and cut-off in a crisis – this is what we must work to avoid. The Government recognises that our changing climate poses a growing threat to particular groups. The energy and financial services

  7. Information protocol - Warm and well programme

    Age UK Warm and Well Programme Information Protocol Fair Processing Notice Age UK’s Warm and Well programme has agreed to share some basic information about individuals who have used the programme to ... advice on income maximisation via benefit checks and providing information on staying warm in the home. We hope that through studying your records and those of others receiving the service, we can make

  8. Policy position: health, wellbeing and prevention (PDF)

    health and health crises in older people should be an essential objective for health and care services. Key issues Older people view health holistically as an interaction between physical, mental and social ... eating, being physically active, not smoking and drinking alcohol in moderation - can prevent or delay the onset of serious conditions such as heart disease and there is growing evidence that it reduces the

  9. Policy position: loneliness and isolation (PDF)

    the support and opportunity to make and maintain meaningful connections so that they can enjoy life as much as possible for as long as possible ` Key issues People can become isolated and lonely in later ... ill health, lack of local services, poor public transport and a poor physical environment. It is possible to be isolated without being lonely and lonely without being isolated. Social isolation relates

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

    Warm and Well programme View this email online Please donate > Policy & Research Update November 2018 At Age UK, we are very fortunate to be able to learn from the work of local Age UKs, who run a wide ... variety of services to help older people maximise their income and maintain their health and wellbeing. One such service is our ‘warm and well’ programme, the evaluation of which we share in this month’s

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