Useful links: People over 60
You can read through this information sheet, or go directly to
the sections you want to read by clicking on these links:
Care in the home and residential care
Find Me Good Care
website (link opens in a new window)
Website produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence to
provide information on good care and support for people living in
England.
Housing Care (link opens in a
new window)
Website produced the Elderly Accommodation Counsel and First
Stop charities, providing free advice on care for older people
across the UK, including specialist directories and
information on nursing homes and residential care homes, as well as
sheltered housing, extra care housing and retirement villages.
NHS Choices (link opens in a new window)
Comprehensive information on funding residential care costs.
Paying for Care (link
opens in a new window)
PayingForCare is a website which is designed to help individuals
make more informed decisions about the arrangements and funding for
their long-term care. The site is equally useful for people who
have Powers of Attorney and family members and friends.
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Elder abuse
Action on Elder Abuse (link
opens in a new window)
Provides information and advice on the abuse of vulnerable older
adults.
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Equity release
StepChange
Debt Charity Equity Release (link opens in a new
window) An equity release service for older
people in debt provided by StepChange Debt Charity (link opens in
a new window) .
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General advice and support
Age UK (link opens in a new
window)
Information and services for older people.
First Stop Advice
(link opens in a new window)
Single gateway to free, independent
information and advice about all aspects of care, housing and
finance for older people.
Independent Age (link
opens in a new window)
Independent Age has recently merged with two
other older people's charities, Counsel and Care (see above) and
Universal Beneficent Society to provide national information and
advice service for older people, their families and carers,
focusing on social care, including care at home, in hospital and
residential care; welfare benefits; befriending services; and other
social support.
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Grandparents
The Grandparents'
Association (link opens in a new window)
National charity which supports all grandparents and their
families.
Gransnet (link opens in a new
window)
Online forum for grandparents and older people.
Grandparents
Now (link opens in a new window)
Website that provides a place for grandparents to swap ideas and
experiences.
Grandparents Plus
(link opens in a new window)
Champions the role of grandparents and the wider family in
children's lives, especially where they have to take on caring
roles in difficult family situations.
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Home improvements and housing
Care and Repair Cymru
(link opens in a new window)
Care and Repair
England (link opens in a new window)
Care and Repair
Scotland (link opens in a new window)
Charities that aim to improve older people’s housing.
Foundations (link
opens in a new window)
The national body for home improvement agencies in England,
which assist vulnerable homeowners and private sector tenants who
are elderly, disabled or on a low income to repair, improve,
maintain or adapt their homes. You can find your local one using
their home improvement agency
search tool (link opens in a new window).
Home
Improvement Agencies (Northern Ireland)
Information on home improvement agencies in Northern Ireland
that offer additional assistance to process applications for
adaptations in privately owned or privately rented property
Housing Care (link opens in a
new window)
Website produced the Elderly Accommodation Counsel and First
Stop charities, providing free advice on care for older people
across the UK, including specialist directories and
information on nursing homes and residential care homes, as well as
sheltered housing, extra care housing and retirement villages. Also
has information on home improvement services.
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Pensions
Money Advice Service (link opens in a new window)
Has information on pensions and retirement.
Pensions
Advisory Service (link opens in a new window)
An independent, non-profit organisation that can provide you
with information and advice on all types of pensions.
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Last updated: 4 January 2013
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