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Winter hub for professionals

Winter can be a difficult time of year, especially for older people, but Age UK can help. On this page, we've brought together our winter-related information and advice – tailored to you as a professional.

Mental and physical health

Mental health in winter

Staying healthy over winter

Managing the flu

Finances and benefits

Benefits calculator

Financial schemes during winter

Tips for managing money in winter

Preparing for winter

Cold weather advice

Support from energy suppliers

Preparing your home

Other helpful resources for older people

Winter wrapped up guide

This guide outlines how older people can prepare for the colder months, covering their health, their money and their home.

More resources for professionals

Top tips this winter

Signpost the older people you support to Age UK's top tips for winter using the following web content and downloadable leaflet.

How to keep warm and well in winter

6 tips for winter – Age UK leaflet (PDF, 529 KB)

Why winter is so challenging for older people

Winter can be tough at any age, especially during the cost-of-living crisis. In a recent Discover article, the Age UK Health Influencing team details how older people can be supported to stay well this winter. 

Read the article now

Age UK guide: A Coordinated Response to Winter Pressures

This year, we've brought together a guide to best practice in system-working to sustain older people’s health through winter. The guide explores the opportunities of using population health approaches to reduce pressure on urgent and emergency health services, as well as looking at how services can support improved discharge, reduce readmissions, and roll out of urgent community response and virtual wards. 

Download and read the guide (PDF, 3.2 MB)

For more information about the underlying drivers of hospital admissions, we've put together an evidence summary slide pack.

Download the related slide pack (PDF, 434 KB)

Staying well this winter

Our short animation looks at 4 different aspects of winter: keeping warm, saving money, staying healthy and mental health. You can share this video quickly and easily with the older people you support.

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