Skip to content
Please donate

Search Age UK

Site search

People also searched for: will service, zumba classes, activities resources

  1. Parliament listens to older people regarding coronavirus

    life and dispel the myths that some people have about death and dying. One Peer told the group how she had had difficult conversations around death because of the pandemic and the participants agreed that

  2. Bereavement Support Payment

    Age UK explains Bereavement Support Payment, including eligibility, how to claim and how much you could receive.

  3. The real cost of living

    “I went down to nearly 7 stone. If I’d continued, I would have been close to death…” James, a retired nurse, explains how the cost of living crisis and ill health put him at serious risk. The cost of living ... that was about it. I went down to nearly 7 stone. If I’d continued, I would have been close to death,” he says. Age UK is calling on the Government to protect older and disabled people and carers

  4. Is a lengthy lockdown for older people on the way?

    emerging clinical evidence showing age to be an independent factor when it comes to serious illness and death from the virus – distinct from how fit and well a person may be. However, even if this evidence exists ... terrible health crisis when being treated fairly and individually may well be a matter of life and death. The practical implications The second problem with any proposal to lockdown older people for a long

  5. How can we recognise when we have coronavirus?

    coronavirus. Data released by the Office for National Statistics shows there were 11 coronavirus deaths for every million people in England and Wales up to 27 March. However, among people aged under 65 ... It's likely that the age pattern in being asymptomatic will be the opposite of that we see with deaths: those who are younger, who are less likely to have severe illness from coronavirus, will probably

  6. Supporting carers in the community

    goes on for years, day in, day out, and your resilience is tested beyond belief. The death of my father, the death of my mother, and then caring for both my sister-in-law and husband became the most stressful

  7. Creating hope

    of his time to older people, as you can see in our video below. We were very sad to learn of his death. Thank you, Len, for bringing hope into so many people’s lives.

  8. What is an executor of a will?

    making sure the property owned by the person who's died is secured as soon as possible after the death collecting all assets and money due to the estate of the person who's died (including property) paying

  9. Diwali

    day that marks the enlightenment and liberation (moksha) of Lord Mahavir from the cycle of life and death (samsara). The lighting of divas (oil lamps) celebrates the light of Lord Mahavir’s holy knowledge

  10. New website promoting home safety

    housing promotes health, wellbeing, and independence and prevents unnecessary injuries, accidents, and deaths. But for many older people, carers and professionals, finding information about different aspects

Become part of our story

Sign up today

Back to top