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Anchor Staying Put
Provides guidance and assistance to carry out repairs, improvements, or adaptations necessary to help people continue living in their own home.

Better Caring
Bettercaring's website has a searchable database of more than 22,000 registered care homes across the UK, as well as an information centre containing all the information you require when considering care.

Bridgefast
Bridgefast are a UK-wide commercial organisation who can help older people with the process of selling a home and funding a move into care or other alternative accommodation.

Care Homes Guide Ltd
Provides an in-depth search facility for all types of retirement, residential and nursing homes.

Elderly Accommodation Counsel
A UK-wide charity which provides detailed information on all forms of accommodation for older people. It can locate care homes and sheltered housing schemes in a local area, providing details of the accommodation available.

Foundations
This is the national coordinating body for Housing Improvement Agencies, and can locate an agency in your local area.

Home Improvement Trust
May be able to help if you want to release equity specifically to pay for repairs, improvements or adaptations.

The Housing Corporation
Regulator of social housing in the UK. They can provide lists of sheltered housing schemes.

Housing Net
Information on social and private housing, searchable databases for private housing and area guides and maps of counties and major cities in the UK.

Independent Living
Provides information about aids and adaptations for use in the home.

InSTEP
National service in England providing advice, information and training for tenants and housing professionals in social housing.

Property in Retirement
When it comes to retiring, your home and where you settle is one of your biggest concerns. Here, Property in Retirement discusses all the available options.

Richmond Villages
Provide luxury independent living, assisted living and nursing care all within a Village environment. Villages are purpose built with all facilities such as restaurants, shop, hairdressers, bowling greens and Wellness Spa

Shelter
A charity working on behalf of homeless and badly housed people. Possible to download their factsheets and access policy papers.

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