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ensure older renters aren’t evicted unfairly and are able to live in decent homes. Current housing law gives landlords the right to evict assured shorthold tenants at short notice and without having ... order to improve the accessibility of our existing housing stock. Expand the social housing sector with an increase in mainstream and supported housing for older people, especially for those on low and
to help them find the strength to carry on. When an older person is forced to live in a freezing house because they're worried about the cost of heating, we give them the support they need to regain control
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room by room. It includes: changes to keep your kitchen comfortable and safe making sure your house is lit properly getting out and about how to help if your loved one has dementia. It also
you stay independent for longer. It covers: adaptations you could make to different parts of your house helpful technology changes that could help if you live with an impairment getting the support you
mediator is an independent person who can help two sides come to an agreement. Some councils and housing associations provide free mediation services to their tenants – or you can search for a mediator ... not an emergency, call 101 or visit your local police station. If you're a council or housing association tenant, contact your landlord. They may be able to offer additional help, such as mediation
help you in your role as a carer. The services provided include things like: getting help around the house or garden counselling or other emotional support help to access education, exercise classes or other
If you're having trouble with everyday tasks around the home, homecare could really help. Find out more from Age UK.
“Where I live now, it’s totally isolating,” says Claudette. “When I had to move house, I had to change my church too and leave all my friendships behind. Even though I kept in touch [with ... of sharing the space with her husband, Eva felt desperately isolated. “I had a three-bedroom house, but after six o’clock at night I never saw anyone – I was all on my own and I couldn’t
fostering. “I love my dad – I adore him. He was part of a generation in which the men in the house didn’t do anything and wives did everything. He very much believed it was his duty to earn a ... but I think that was his way of thinking. “He does more around the house now and I think he would have been a good house husband if he’d have allowed himself to do it, but his mum had always