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  1. Care homes

    Moving into a care home, or choosing one for a loved one, can feel daunting. Age UK is here to help with tips on how to find a good care home.

  2. Warm Homes programme

    The Age UK Warm Homes programme aims to help older people increase their income to pay for energy bills, and make their home more energy efficient.

  3. Care homes information guide

    Making the decision to move into a care home, for yourself or a loved one, can feel daunting. Our guide can help you make an informed choice that's right for you.

  4. Visiting in care homes: where now?

    Caroline Abrahams from Age UK and Vic Rayner from the National Care Forum explains why visiting in care homes can and should continue to be the default.

  5. Coronavirus: is this a second wave?

    Elizabeth Webb looks at the numbers behind the headlines to reveal whether we're heading towards a second wave.

  6. New coalition to build homes that work for everyone

    Age UK is giving its full support to a new coalition to build new homes that work for people of every age, with increased accessibility to accommodate older people.

  7. The court decision on discharges into care homes

    Court ruling concerning the Government’s action in discharging older people from hospitals into care homes in spring 2020 was an important moment, says Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK. But what ... ruling concerning the Government’s action in discharging older people from hospitals into care homes in spring 2020 was a really important moment. Issued on 27 April, it was significant not only for

  8. Why are we having a second national lockdown?

    we arrived at this second lockdown, how long it will go on for, and what should happen by the time it's over. The Prime Minister recently announced that England will go into a second national lockdown,

  9. Types of care home

    Care homes vary depending on the level of care provided. They range from nursing homes to homes for sufferers of dementia. Find out more from Age UK.

  10. Government must act now to avert disaster in our care homes

    unease about the extent to which care homes are getting the Government help they need is turning rapidly to anger and real alarm. Some 400,000 older people live in care homes in this country and the vast majority ... financial resilience and the capacity to deliver consistently good care across the care home sector. Although care homes are by no means all the same some problems are common to most: difficulty in recruiting

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