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  1. Paying for care

    Social care services aren't usually provided free of charge. You may need to pay some, or all, of the cost of the care services you need. We can help you work out whether you may be entitled to help with ... aware of: Social care services aren't usually provided free of charge.  You may need to pay for all of the cost of the care services you need. But following a financial assessment, you may be entitled

  2. Paying for residential care

    Paying for residential care in a care home is expensive. There is some help available to meet the cost, but the care system can be complicated and difficult to find your way through. You may be eligible ... eligible for financial help from your local council or, in some circumstances, from the NHS.

  3. Work for us

    Job vacancies for Age UK, the UK's leading charity for older people. View our current job vacancies and sign up for job alerts.

  4. Human rights are for us

    Blog written by Emily McCarron, Policy Manager for Equality and Human Rights, Age UK on the world premiere of Sunrise, not Sunset, a film directed by human rights advocate and campaigner, Debora Singer

  5. The future for social care

    is the moment we've been waiting for? Age UK's Charity Director Caroline Abrahams examines what Prime Minister Boris Johnson's early comments on social care suggest for the future. On Wednesday, hot foot ... having to sell your home to pay for the costs of care.” “And so I am announcing now - on the steps of Downing Street - that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared

  6. Sign up for campaign updates

    Sign up to get a regular newsletter from the Age UK campaigns team, sharing news and details of how you can get involved.

  7. Ambitions for later life programme

    Ambitions for Later life programme provided holistic and person-centred information and advice to people experiencing life events, and supported them to achieve their ambitions. Our Ambitions for Later Life ... Life programme offered person-centred and holistic information and advice sessions for people generally of State Pension age or older. The programme specifically targeted the needs of older people who were

  8. Articles and resources for professionals

    resources for those supporting older people from other organisations and public bodies. 

    The latest insight and commentary Keep up to date with articles and resources specially curated for professionals ... long-term social care support, fewer key health staff are working in the community, and perhaps worst of all, we are living fewer years in good health. Fig 1.3 Fig 1.7 Fig 2.3 SHC 25 Report CTA

  9. A volunteer for 30 years

    incredible milestone We speak to 90-year-old Pat Wardman, who's been volunteering in an Age UK shop for 30 years. Patricia Wardman recently had a double celebration. Pat, as she prefers to be called, not ... dinner attended by family and friends, she has also marked 30 years continuous service as a volunteer for Age UK North Craven’s shop in Settle, a market town in the Yorkshire dales. We had a chat with Pat

  10. Apply for a Veterans Badge

    You may not know that you are able to apply for a Veterans Badge, if you have served in the armed forces

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