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  1. The cost of caring

    would either be incredibly early or extremely late, so Peter would often be nodding off in his wheelchair when they arrived. They would run into the house, and 15 minutes later they’d run out again ... was alter the bathroom,” she says. “I had the bath taken out so that Peter’s wheelchair could run into the shower, like a wet room. Then I had an internal stairlift installed. “The

  2. The garden that keeps on giving

    raised [flower] beds that are more accessible to people that have limited mobility or are in a wheelchair. They can be a part of things, should they wish to be.” The great outdoors According to Nichola

  3. Home aids and adaptations

    doors open to help you move through your home – this can be particularly helpful if you use a wheelchair having raisers fitted if you find it difficult to get into bed or a chair. These make the bed or ... stairlift can make getting up and down the stairs easier. It may be possible to install a through-floor wheelchair lift, depending on the size and layout of your home. Bathrooms are spaces that are used a lot,

  4. Think Digital

    Think Digital, the local Age UKs and Age Cymrus who delivered the programme also rolled out a T ablet Loan Scheme , enabling older people to borrow a device, give it a go, and improve their confidence ahead

  5. Say no to ageism on International Day of Older Persons

    for financial services in the Equality Act 2010 means that age limits continue for products such as loans, mortgages, travel and motor insurance, making it harder for older people to shop around for the best

  6. Health decline and housing

    tackle private sector disrepair stopped in 2010, including money for the well-targeted grants and loans that transformed the lives of many disadvantaged older householders. What surprises policy makers

  7. What is probate?

    death. This includes property, possessions and money, minus any debts they owed, such as a mortgage, loans and bills. The estate may also include assets held jointly with others. For assets such as property

  8. Recent changes to the benefits system

    Information about how the benefits system is changing, following the Welfare Reform Act. Read now for more information from Age UK.

  9. How local Age UKs are helping with the vaccine effort

    appointments - electric cars. “They're fully accessible, so you can obviously take a person in a wheelchair, which is fantastic. We fit them all with screens for COVID-19 safety requirements. We've got 6

  10. Crucial connections

    rediscover. Retired schoolteacher Sheila had polio as a little girl, and has spent her later years as a wheelchair user. She has lived alone, with her cat, in rural East Anglia since her husband died in 2007. She

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