Are you missing out on benefits?
As you get older, your health and circumstances may well be changing and it may be that you have become eligible to receive benefits. If you find the thought of trawling through information and forms ...
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Do you care for a partner, friend or other relative? Or are you cared for?
Carers Week 2018, 11th – 17th June Carers Week is about recognising the invaluable work that the UK’s 6.6 million unpaid carers do and helping them to stay ‘healthy and connected’ by identifying local ...
Who is most likely to feel lonely?
A new report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published in April, has sought to get to the bottom of who is most likely to feel lonely most often. The report, titled, ‘Loneliness: what ch ...
Why is the quality of UK care homes getting worse?
The proportion of care homes rated “inadequate” or “requires improvement” increased in one in five local authority areas in 2017. According to new analysis by Independent Age, the older people’s chari ...