Fact Sheets
The following index contains a list of factsheets that are currently available. They can be obtained by post from our Information and Advice offices or downloaded by following the links below to the Age Concern England web site. If you can't find what you want here, a series of more general information sheets are available from Age Concern England and these might provide the answers you want.
Community Care
10 Local Authority charging procedures for care homes*
20 NHS continuing care, NHS funded registered nursing care and intermediate care
24 Direct Payments from social services
29 Finding care home accommodation
32 Disability and ageing : your rights to social services*
37 Hospital discharge arrangements*
38 Treatment of the former home as capital for people in care homes
39 Paying for care in a care home if you have a partner
40 Transfer of assets and paying for care in a care home
41 Local authority assessment for community care services*
46 Paying for care and support at home
Consumer
3 Television licence concessions0
14 Dealing with someone’s estate*
22 Legal arrangements for managing financial affairs*
27 Planning for a funeral*
33 Crime prevention for older people
43 Getting legal advice*
Health
5 Dental care and older people
23 Help with continence
44 NHS services
45 Staying Healthy in later life
Housing
1 Help with heating*0
2 Buying retirement housing*
08 Looking for rented housing*0
9 Noise and neighbour nuisance – what you can do*
12 Raising income or capital from your home
13 Older home owners : financial help with repairs and adaptations*
42 Disability equipment and how to get it
Income & Benefits
15 Income tax and older people
17 Housing Benefits and Council Tax Benefit
18 A brief guide to money benefits
21 The Council Tax and older people
34 Attendance allowance and Disability Living Allowance
48 Pension Credit from October 2003
49 Help from the Social Fund
Leisure, Learning & Work
4 Your Rights at Work
11 Help with looking for work or starting your own business
31 Older workers
* Indicates a Scottish version also exists.