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Age Concern Factsheets

Factsheets give information on a wide range of issues affecting older people.

Single copies of all the following factsheets are available on request from us.  Click here to view a full index of all factsheets available.

Both Age Concern Norfolk (NF) and Age Concern England's Fact (No.) and Information sheets (IS) are available to download from our website.  Simply click on the title of the relevant factsheet to download it.  Alternatively you can click here to link to  Age Concern England's website.

 

Alarms

NF 1  Emergency Response Telephones

 

Befriending

NF 10 Norfolk Befriending

 

Benefits

No.17 Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
No.18 A Brief Guide to Money Benefits
No.34 Attendance Allowance & Disability Living Allowance
No.48 Pension Credit
No.49 The Social Fund & Other Sources of Financial Help
IS  3 Concessions for Older People
IS 13 Care Home Funding and Attendance Allowance
IS 14 Pension Credit: Questions & Answers
IS 21 Basic Guide to AA & DLA
IS 27 Older same-sex couples and benefits

 

Care Homes

No.10 Local Authority Charging Procedures for Care Homes
No.20 NHS Continuing Healthcare, NHS-funded nursing care and Intermediate Care
No.29 Finding Care Home Accommodation
No.38 Treatment of the former home as capital for people in care homes
No.39 Paying for care in a care home if you have a partner
IS 10 Care Home Closures
IS 25 Choice of Accommodation - Care Homes

 

Carers

NF 2 Taking a break from caring
NF 3 Support for Norfolk Carers
IS 15 Carer's Allowance (CA)

 

Complaining

NF 5 Making a complaint
NF 9 Consumer Rights & Trading Standards
IS 11 Consumer Advice - where to get it

 

Council Tax

No. 21 The Council Tax

 

Disability

No.32 Disability and Ageing: your rights to social services
No.42 Disability equipment and how to get it

 

Finance

No.12 Raising income or capital from your home
No.15 Income Tax
NF 6 Financial Planning
IS 1 Retiring Abroad - what to consider if you are planning to leave the UK
IS 2 Moving back to the United Kingdom
IS 4 How to get information and advice about your investments
IS 7 Equity Release and income-related benefits
IS 8 Planning for later life as a lesbian, gay man, or bisexual person
IS 23 Dealing with Debt
IS 30 Planning for later life: transgender people

 

Funerals

No.27 Planning for a funeral

 

Health

No.5 Dental Care
No.23 Help with continence
No.37 Hospital discharge arrangements
No.44 NHS Services
No.45 Staying healthy in later life
IS 20 Help with health costs

 

Heating

No.1 Help with heating

 

Home Care

No.6 Finding help at home
No.46 Paying for care and support at home

 

Housing

No.2 Buying retirement housing
No.8 Looking for rented housing
No.13 Older home owners - financial help with repairs & adaptations
No.35 Tenants' rights
No.50 Housing Options
IS 9 Park (Mobile) Homes
IS 19 Supporting People: paying for supported accommodation
IS 24 Water Advice
IS 26 Moving Home Checklist 

 

Legal

No.7 Making your will
No.14 Dealing with someone's estate
No.22 Arranging for others to make decisions about your finances or welfare
No.40 Transfer of assets, and paying for care in a Care Home
No.43 Getting legal advice
No.9 Noise and neighbour nuisance - what you can do
IS 5 Advance Decisions, Advance Statements & Living Wills
IS 17 How will the new law on age discrimination affect you?
IS 18 Instructions for my next-of-kin/executors on my death
IS 28 Civil partnerships and older same-sex couples  

 

Leisure

No.3 Television licence concessions
No.30 Leisure and Learning
NF 7 Computing for Older People
IS 6 Planning a holiday
IS 29 Digital Switchover - Questions & Answers

 

Pensions / Retirement / Employment

No.4 Your rights at work
No.11 Help with looking for work or starting your own business
No.19 The State Pension
IS 12 Deferring Retirement Pension Questions & Answers
IS 14 Pension Credit: Questions & Answers
IS 16 Payment of Pensions & Benefits into Bank Accounts

 

Residential Homes see above: Care Homes

 
 

Safety & Security

No.33 Crime prevention for older people
NF 4 Staying Secure in Norfolk
NF 8 Bogus Callers & Marketing Scams

 

Social Services

No.41 Local authority assessment for community care services
No.24 Direct payments from Social Services

 

Telephones

IS 22 Information about telephones

 

Transport

No.26 Travel and transport

 

For any of the above fact sheets contact:

Age Concern Norfolk
300 St Faith's Road
Old Catton
Norwich NR6 7BJ
Tel: 01603 787111 - during office hours

 

 

 

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