A list of organisations who provide information and advice on care and senior living.

Age Concern
http://www.ageconcern.org.uk
Free information & advice on money, housing, health etc

AICA (Association of Independent Care Advisers)
http://www.aica.org.uk
Register of independent advisers

The Alzheimers Society
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk
Advice for carers, and list of homes for sufferers

ARC (Association for Residential Care)
http://www.arcuk.org.uk
Agencies concerned principally with services for those with learning disabilities

The British Federation of Care Home Proprietors
Tel 01234 271275 (website under construction)
List 1000 member Homes nationwide

Care Choices Ltd
http://www.carechoices.co.uk
List of registered Homes, advice and information

The Centre for Policy on Ageing
http://www.cpa.org.uk
Information on choosing a Home

Counsel & Care for the Elderly
http://www.counselandcare.org.uk
Advice and factsheets about entering a Home

Department of Health
http://www.doh.gov.uk

Department of Social Security
Tel 0800 882 200
Hard of Hearing 0800 243 355

Friends of the Elderly
http://www.fote.org.uk
Sheltered accommodation & grants for the over-65s

Grace Consulting
http://www.graceconsulting.co.uk
Specialist advice on care options

Help the Aged
http://www.helptheaged.org.uk
National charity dedicated to older people in need of help

Housing 21 (formerly Royal British legion Housing Association)
http://www.housing21.co.uk
Offer rented self-catering units with resident manager

The Independent Healthcare Association
http://www.iha.org.uk
Large healthcare provider, with over 50,000 beds in care homes & hospitals

The Leonard Cheshire Foundation
http://www.leonard-cheshire.org.uk
Support for the disabled with 89 homes in UK

The National Care Homes Association
http://www.ncha.gb.com
Advice, information about 2000 private care homes

The National Care Standards Commission
http://www.carestandards.org.uk
Sets minimum standards for, and monitors, care homes

The Nursing Homes Fees Agency
http://www.nhfa.co.uk
Specialist advice for those paying for care ie benefits, investment, legal

The Parkinsons Disease Society of the UK
http://www.parkinsons.org.uk
Information and advice for carers of sufferers from the disease

The Public Trust Office
http://www.guardianship.gov.uk
Information & administration of affairs of mentally incapable people under control of the Court of Protection

The Registered Nursing Home Association
http://www.rnha.co.uk
Publishes information on registered homes, clinics & hospitals

The Relatives and Residents Association
http://www.relres.org
Advice for relatives of those in care homes

Research into Ageing
http://www.ageing.org
Charity dedicated to researching diseases and disabilities of later life

The Stroke Advisory Service
http://www.stroke.org.uk
Information about stroke support and rehabilitiation