Skip to content
Please donate

Search Age UK

Site search

People also searched for: filling out forms, zoom courses, your stay in hospital

  1. Winter Fuel Payment

    Winter Fuel Payment is an annual payment to help with heating costs during the colder months. Read more from Age UK.

  2. Paying for residential care

    hugely depending on the facilities or location of the home. Find out how to make residential home costs manageable from Age UK.

  3. New website promoting home safety

    and draw together online resources on home safety. This includes fire, electrical and gas safety, falls prevention, scams and how to respond to medical emergencies. The Stay Safe website encourages expert ... people to find what they're looking for or perhaps consider issues they hadn't previously identified. Cost of unsafe homes For many older people an accident or injury at home can be a traumatic and life-changing

  4. Warm Home Discount

    The Warm Home Discount is a one-off £150 payment applied directly to your bills to help with the cost of energy over the winter months. Find out if you might be eligible on Age UK.

  5. Free prescriptions for over 60s

    the UK gets free prescriptions and eye tests, but you may be entitled to help with other NHS health costs too. Find out from Age UK.

  6. Transport concessions for disabled people

    on local busses or discounts on your rail journeys. Find out how you could save on your transport costs.

  7. Paying for homecare

    Care services at home aren’t usually free. However, you may be entitled to help with the cost of homecare from your local council. Find out more from Age UK.

  8. Health decline and housing

    NHS. The Building Research Establishment estimate that the cost to the NHS of poor housing is £1.4 billion p.a. in first year treatment costs alone, with close to half of this attributable to impacts on ... on older people. Poor health resulting from cold homes and falls in the home account for the majority of this cost to the NHS. Local Age UKs have been important providers of information, advice and practical

  9. Functional fitness – movement for better ageing

    normal day. And there are no costs attached! You can do functional fitness moves at home and even use your furniture to help you do them. These moves can help with independence, fall prevention, and overall ... prevent falls. How? Stand tall, rise onto your tiptoes, then lower down slowly. Repeat 10-15 times. Hold onto a chair if needed. Single-Leg Balance Why? Enhances balance and stability to prevent falls. How

  10. Why are energy bills going up?

    Officer David Southgate explains the impact on older people and why the Government’s support package falls short of what is needed. With energy bills going up by record amounts from April, this is a time of ... Government’s new schemes fall far short of what is needed to protect older consumers from unmanageable energy bills come April. A toxic cocktail of high energy prices and wider increases in the cost of living are

Become part of our story

Sign up today

Back to top