-
between 1 November and 31 March. • If you rent your home, you might get Housing Benefit to help towards paying your rent. • If you own your home, you might be eligible for help with housing costs, or
-
ovid-19/ making-a-plan Support with caring for someone at home If someone you support as a ‘Friend’ needs help with caring for someone at home but aren’t sure who to contact, they can contact their local
-
and B) protection Keeping your home cool When inside, try to stay in the coolest parts of your home. It may be an idea to move rooms and sleep in the cooler part of your home Help keep the heat out by closing
-
residential care because of the funding restrictions within the social care sector is a major barrier to improving the current system. We recommend granting the courts the power to veto arrangements that are manifestly ... good practice examples including the case of 99 year old Mrs V who was supported to return home from a nursing home that she had gone into following a fall, as a result of a well-conducted ‘best interests’
-
support with overcoming poor health. “We’re doing all we can to support employers to improve how they attract, manage and develop people as they age. This is particularly needed against a backdrop ... adaptable skills to increase workforce resilience, and for everyone who needs help to progress, improve their skills, find new work or retrain. Focusing on the human rights element of older workers Age
-
address the growing demands on staff and volunteers working with older people and their carers in homes, communities, and day services. End of life needs is not the domain of specific services, because ... End of Life’ pilot Programme, to support peoples’ choice to be cared for, and die with dignity at home or a place of their choice, through providing support for older carers. Age UK Pilot Project objectives
-
and FCA need to press the industry to develop default productpathways, which are essential to help improve outcomes for disengaged consumers. More emphasis needs to be put on preventing savers giving up ... full product suite) is still failing to encourage shopping around, in spite of years of effort to improve this. This suggests greater regulatory intervention is needed to ensure products are appropriate
-
(49%) of all people aged 75 and over live alone.10 9% of older people feel trapped in their own home.11 6% of older people (nearly 600,000) leave their house once a week or less.12 30% say they would ... lonely but not to be socially isolated - research shows that older people in large households and care homes are more likely to report loneliness. It is also quite possible to be socially isolated but not lonely
-
people lacking access to the internet at home and are broadly in line with ONS estimates, with around 6 million people aged 65+ not having the internet at home, 3.7 million of whom are aged 75+.8 Figure ... access at home. The ONS Internet Access Module from 2011 does, however, provide a little more detail40: For the full survey group (aged 55+ GB), 57% gave their main reason for not having access at home in terms
-
like to include information on: where ideally you would like to be cared for, for example your home, a care home or hospice your dietary requirements foods you do and don’t like whether you prefer baths
