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  1. For Later Life - Care in a changing world (PDF)

    www.ageuk.org.uk/forlaterlife #forlaterlife Care in a changing world Chair: Steph Harland, CEO, Age UK Speakers:  Kirsty Woodard, Ageing without Children  Jim Glennon, Training and Consultancy Manager ... Managing Director, Alternative Care Services Session description: Our ageing population is increasingly diverse, but has the care system caught up? What requirements of the care system are common to all groups

  2. Caring for someone with dementia information guide (PDF)

    Practical help and emotional support Caring for someone with dementia Information guide AgeUKIG47 2 Information written with you in mind. Our guides are produced with the help of older people, carers ... contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for any decision or action and cannot be used as a substitute for professional advice. Neither Age UK nor any of its subsidiary companies

  3. Using housing wealth and other assets to pay for care - June 2014 (PDF)

    Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review June 2014    Using housing wealth and other assets to pay for care Summary  • In the UK, personal wealth , including housing wealth, is greatest in older age ... ort  for emergency support later in life.  • The Care Act 2014 will provide, for the first time a degree of certainty in the cost of residential care in older age including  o a cap on total care expenditure of £72

  4. FS58 LP Paying for short-term and temporary care in a care home.pdf

    Factsheet 58 Paying for short-term and temporary care in a care home October 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet explains the financial assessment rules that cover short-term and temporary care homes placements ... placements. These placements can be for various reasons, such as respite care or trial periods. A distinction is made between ‘temporary’ (generally up to 52 weeks) and ‘short-term’ (up to eight weeks)

  5. FS10 LP Paying for permanent residential care.pdf

    Page 1 of 38 Factsheet 10 Paying for permanent residential care April 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet has information about the financial help that may be available from the local authority ... permanently in a care home. It also covers arranging and paying for care yourself. You may find it helpful to read other Age UK factsheets on residential care funding and social care service provision

  6. FS46 LP Paying for care and support at home.pdf

    Page 1 of 32 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 services ... covers charging for carers’ services. This factsheet describes how you can be deemed to be a self-funder following a financial assessment. This means you are expected to fully fund the care services to meet

  7. FS38 LP Property and paying for residential care.pdf

    Page 1 of 40 Factsheet 38 Property and paying for residential care August 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet explains how your property is treated in the local authority financial assessment if ... if you go to live permanently in a residential care home. It covers the possibility of delaying the sale of your home to pay care fees via a deferred payment agreement. Other factsheets cover different

  8. FS46 LP Paying for care and support at home.pdf

    Page 1 of 32 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 services ... covers charging for carers’ services. This factsheet describes how you can be deemed to be a self-funder following a financial assessment. This means you are expected to fully fund the care services to meet

  9. Factsheet - Paying for short-term and temporary care in a care home (PDF)

    Factsheet 58 Paying for short-term and temporary care in a care home October 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet explains the financial assessment rules that cover shortterm and temporary care homes placements ... placements. These placements can be for various reasons, such as respite care or trial periods. A distinction is made between ‘temporary’ (generally up to 52 weeks) and ‘short-term’ (up to eight weeks)

  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 services ... covers charging for carers’ services. This factsheet describes how you can be deemed to be a self-funder following a financial assessment. This means you are expected to fully fund the care services to meet

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