Please click on one of the links below to find a guide by subject.

Active ageing
Community care
Care in a care home
Home care/housing with care
Health problems and hospital
Sensory loss
Preparing for death and serious illness
Benefits and grants
Complaints
Guides for Scotland
Guides for Wales
Further information

active ageing

Older people in paid employment

community care

Assessment and services from your local council in England

Assessment and services from your local council in Scotland

Assessment and services from your local council in Wales

Community care - understanding the system

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care in a care home

Abuse - older people at risk

Care home fees - paying them in England

Care home fees - paying them in Scotland

Care home fees - paying them in Wales

Care home fees - third party top-ups in England

Care home fees - third party top-ups in Scotland

Care home fees - third party top-ups in Wales

Care homes - what to look for

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home care/housing with care

Abuse - older people at risk

Carers - what support is available?

Extra care housing

Help at home - what may be available in your local area

Home Care Agencies - what to look for

Home care - using Direct Payments

Housing - adapting your home to stay independent

Housing decisions and options in later life

Housing - how to pay for the maintenance of your home

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health problems and hospital

Continuing Healthcare - should the NHS be paying for
your care?

Continuing healthcare - understanding the assessment process

Health difficulties - how to cope with changing needs

Health difficulties caused by hot and cold weather

Hospitals - what to expect

Hospital discharge in England

Hospital discharge in Scotland

Hospital discharge in Wales

Memory loss - depression, confusion and dementia

Sensory loss - if you can't hear and/or see well: what support is available?

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sensory loss

If you can't hear and/or see well: what support is available?

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preparing for death and serious illness

Bereavement - the emotional impact

Funeral planning

Money and welfare - managing my affairs if I become ill

Organ donation and transplants

Practical information for coping with a death

Terminal illness - caring and coping

Will writing and leaving a legacy

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benefits and grants

Council Tax Benefit and Housing Benefit

Disability benefits AA and DLA

Grants and loans from the state for people on a low income - the Social Fund

Grants from charities for people on a low income

Moving to and returning from abroad - benefits and services

Pension Credit

War Pensions

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complaints

Complaints about community care and NHS services in England

Complaints about community care and NHS services in Scotland

Complaints about community care and NHS services in Wales

Independent advocacy

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guides for scotland

Assessment and services from your local council in Scotland

Care home fees: paying them in Scotland

Care home fees: paying third party top-ups in Scotland

Complaints about community care and NHS services in Scotland

Hospital discharge in Scotland

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guides for wales

Assessment and services from your local council in Wales

Care home fees: paying them in Wales

Care home fees: third party top ups in Wales

Complaints about community care and health services in Wales

Hospital discharge in Wales

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further information

Information: other useful organisations

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