Age UK information guides and factsheets

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Information Guides

The information guide index (PDF 74 KB) shows our full list of guides and their date of publication.

• Money and legal guides
• Health and wellbeing guides
• Home and care guides
• Work and learning guides
• Travel and lifestyle guides

Money and legal

AgeUKIG02: Lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans (PDF 537 KB)

AgeUKIG03: When someone dies (PDF 436 KB)

AgeUKIG05: Avoiding scams (PDF 303 KB)

AgeUKIG21: Powers of attorney (PDF 808 KB)

AgeUKIG30: Save energy, pay less (PDF 760 KB)

AgeUKIG31: Wills and estate planning (PDF 328 KB)

AgeUKIG43: More money in your pocket (PDF 382 KB)

AgeUKIG45: Looking after your money (PDF 395 KB)

AgeUKIG49: Attendance Allowance (PDF 338 KB)

AgeUKIG50: Pension Credit (PDF 394 KB)

AgeUKIG51:Thinking about end of life (PDF 650 KB)

AgeUKIG52: Carer's Allowance (PDF 564 KB)

AgeUKIG53: State Pension (PDF 218 KB)

AgeUKIG54: Council Tax Support (PDF 267 KB)

AgeUKIG57: Getting help with debt (PDF 132 KB)

AgeUKIL6: Equity release (PDF 240 KB)

AgeUKIL8: How to be an executor (PDF 608 KB)

Health and wellbeing

AgeUKIG07: Your hospital stay (PDF 495 KB)

AgeUKIG14: Staying steady (PDF 577 KB)

AgeUKIG15: Bladder and bowel problems (PDF 538 KB)

AgeUKIG24: Healthy living (PDF 1.3 MB)

AgeUKIG27: Winter wrapped up (PDF 793 KB)

AgeUKIG32: Bereavement (PDF 1.8 MB) 

AgeUKIG47: Caring for someone with dementia (PDF 993 KB)

AgeUKIG48: Living with early-stage dementia (PDF 509 KB)

AgeUK IG55: At home with dementia (PDF 714KB)

AgeUKIG56: Your mind matters (PDF 527KB)

AgeUKIL1: Staying cool in a heatwave (PDF 101 KB)

Home and care

AgeUKIG01: Staying safe (PDF 445 KB)

AgeUKIG06: Care homes (PDF 645 KB)

AgeUKIG08: Housing options (PDF 443 KB)

AgeUKIG13: Advice for carers (PDF 492 KB)

AgeUKIG17: Adapting your home (PDF 465 KB) 

AgeUKIG23: Getting help at home (PDF 385 KB)

AgeUKIL5: Care home checklist (PDF 251 KB)

AgeUKIL7: Home safety checker (PDF 342 KB) 

Work and learning

AgeUKIL4: Internet security (PDF 297 KB)

Travel and lifestyle

AgeUKIG44: In the driving seat (PDF 758 KB)

AgeUKIG10: Useful contacts (PDF 681 KB)

Factsheets

The factsheet index (PDF 155 KB) shows our full list of factsheets and their date of publication. Our factsheets are also available to download in large print.

• Consumer factsheets
• Health factsheets
• Housing factsheets
• Income and benefits factsheets
• Legal factsheets
• Social care factsheets

Consumer

FS27: Planning for your funeral (PDF 498 KB)

FS69: Water advice (PDF 326 KB)

FS82: Getting the best energy deal (PDF 761 KB)

Health

FS5: Dental care – NHS and private treatment (PDF 447 KB)

FS16: Transgender issues and later life (PDF 570 KB)

FS20: NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care (PDF 1 MB)

FS37: Hospital discharge (PDF 818 KB)

FS44: NHS services (PDF 911 KB)

FS66: Resolving problems and making a complaint about NHS care (PDF 712 KB)

FS76: Intermediate care and reablement (PDF 316 KB)

Housing

FS1: Help with heating costs (PDF 609 KB)

FS2: Buying retirement housing (PDF 471 KB)

FS8: Council and housing association housing (PDF 584 KB)

FS9: Anti-social behaviour in housing (PDF 499 KB)

FS35: Tenancy rights - rent (PDF 449 KB)

FS63: Finding private rented accommodation (PDF 482 KB)

FS64: Specialist housing for older people (PDF 451 KB)

FS65: Equity release (PDF 454 KB)

FS67: Home improvements and repairs (PDF 552 KB)

FS68: Tenancy rights - security of tenure (PDF 570 KB)

FS71: Park homes (PDF 485 KB)

FS89: Homelessness (PDF 524 KB)

Income and benefits

FS12: Planning your retirement: money and tax (PDF 535 KB)

FS17: Housing Benefit (PDF 466 KB)

FS19: State Pension (PDF 508 KB)

FS21: Council Tax (PDF 344 KB)

FS34: Attendance Allowance (PDF 462 KB)

FS48: Pension Credit (PDF 508 KB)

FS49: Social Fund, Advances of Benefit and Local Welfare Provision (PDF 358 KB)

FS55: Carer's Allowance (PDF 434 KB)

FS56: Benefits for people under Pension Credit age (PDF 503 KB)

FS61: Help with health costs (PDF 409 KB)

FS74: Challenging welfare benefit decisions (PDF 446 KB)

FS75: Dealing with debt (PDF 678KB)

FS87: Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance (PDF 493 KB)

FS91 Pension Freedom and benefits (PDF 463 KB)

FS92 Universal Credit (PDF 545 KB)

Legal

FS7: Making a will (PDF 380 KB)

FS14: Dealing with an estate (PDF 507 KB)

FS22: Arranging for someone to make decisions on your behalf (PDF 642 KB)

FS25: Returning from abroad (PDF 644 KB)

FS43: Getting legal advice (PDF 653 KB)

FS62: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (PDF 551 KB)

FS72: Advance decisions, advance statements and living wills (PDF 436 KB)

FS78: Safeguarding older people from abuse and neglect (PDF 584 KB)

FS79: Equality, discrimination and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PDF 451 KB) 

Social care

FS6: Finding help at home (PDF 496 KB)

FS10: Paying for permanent residential care (PDF 528 KB)

FS24: Personal budgets and direct payments in social care (PDF 481 KB)

FS29: Finding, choosing and funding a care home (PDF 522 KB)

FS38: Property and paying for residential care (PDF 523 KB)

FS39: Paying for care in a care home if you have a partner (PDF 419 KB)

FS40: Deprivation of assets in social care (PDF 401 KB)

FS41: How to get care and support (PDF 593 KB)

FS42: Disability equipment and home adaptations (PDF 503 KB)

FS46: Paying for care and support at home (PDF 505 KB)

FS58: Paying for short-term and temporary care in a care home (PDF 370 KB)

FS59: How to resolve problems and complain about social care (PDF 491 KB)