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Information and advice
- Information and advice
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Money & legal
- Money & legal
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Benefits and entitlements
- Benefits and entitlements
- Attendance Allowance
- Benefit rates 2024-25
- Benefits Calculator – what are you entitled to?
- Bereavement Support Payment
- Carer's Allowance
- Benefits for mixed age couples
- Changes to the benefits system
- Cold Weather Payment
- Council Tax Reduction
- Disability Living Allowance
- Employment and Support Allowance
- Free bus pass and transport concessions
- Free prescriptions for over 60s
- Housing Benefit
- How to apply for a Blue Badge
- How to challenge a benefits decision through mandatory reconsideration
- How to get help with urgent or one-off expenses
- How your benefits are means tested
- Income Support
- Jobseeker's Allowance
- Pension Credit
- Personal Independence Payment
- Returning to the UK after living abroad
- Support for Mortgage Interest
- TV licence concessions
- Universal Credit
- Warm Home Discount
- Winter Fuel Payment
- More money in your pocket information guide
- Debt and savings
- Income and tax
- End of life issues
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Legal issues
- Legal issues
- Finding legal advice
- How to be an executor information guide
- Making a will
- Power of attorney
- Power of attorney information guide
- Thinking about end of life information guide
- What is a living will (advance decision)?
- What is an executor?
- What to do when someone dies
- Wills and estate planning information guide
- What is probate?
- Pensions advice
- Scams and fraud
- Help with the cost of living
- Consumer advice
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Health & Wellbeing
- Health & Wellbeing
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Conditions and illnesses
- Conditions and illnesses
- Arthritis
- Bladder and bowel problems information guide
- Bowel problems
- Coronavirus
- Dementia
- Depression and anxiety
- Diabetes
- Eye health
- Hearing loss
- High blood pressure
- Influenza (flu) prevention
- Malnutrition
- Osteoporosis
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Shingles
- Urinary incontinence
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
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Health services
- Health services
- Dental services for older people
- 9 health tests that could save your life
- Getting the most from your medicines
- Getting help when feeling unwell
- NHS continuing healthcare
- Your hospital stay
- GP services for older people
- Leaving hospital
- Complaining about NHS services and hospitals
- What standards you should expect from NHS services
- Your hospital stay information guide
- Being active
- Mind and body
- Loneliness
- Looking after your health and money this winter
- Relationships and family
- Worried about someone?
- Care & support
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Work & learning
- Work & learning
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Making the most of the internet
- Making the most of the internet
- Computer training courses
- Glossary of online terms
- Getting started on the internet
- Staying safe online
- Keeping in touch using a video call
- Making your device easier to use
- How to download apps
- Email essentials
- What's WhatsApp?
- Using social media
- Is online banking safe?
- How to transfer money and make payments
- Shopping safely online
- Online password security
- Age UK's digital instruction guides
- Discrimination and rights
- Education and training
- Looking for work
- Retirement
- For professionals
- Information guides and factsheets
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Services
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- Leave a legacy donation in your will
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- Get your free gifts in wills guide
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- Making and amending your will to include a gift to Age UK
- Information for executors
- The difference a gift in your will could make
- Ways to write your will
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