In order to streamline and better integrate the expert advice we offer, we have decided to close our separate Later Life Care website, including the Care Services Directory and the Cost of Care and Eligibility calculator.
We will continue to provide lots of our most popular free guidance about planning, arranging and paying for care and support in later life. This information can now be found on the main Which? website.
Where can I find advice from Which? about later life care?
Here are some links to help you find the information you need:
- How to choose the right care in later life: our quick guide to the main care options
- Care options: information about care homes, care at home, sheltered housing and getting a needs assessment
- Financing care: detailed advice on paying for care in later life
- Staying independent at home: tips on how to future proof your home in later life
- Technology to make later life easier: from personal alarms to memory aids
- Help with mobility: equipment to help you get out and about, from walking sticks to wheelchairs, as well as how to get a parking Blue Badge.
What topics will no longer be covered by Which?
Some information that was previously provided on the Later Life Care website will no longer be available from Which?. But we are confident that these subjects are covered in detail by other respected organisations. For example:
- Find information about dementia from the Alzheimer’s Society and Dementia UK
- Find information about health and wellbeing in later life from Age UK
- Find information about carers’ rights at work from Carers UK
- Find information about coping with bereavement from Cruse Bereavement Support.
How to find the right care provider
The Which? Care Services Directory is no longer available.
For practical tips on how to search for a care provider in your area, read our free guides:
- How to choose a care home
- How to choose a home care service
You can also search for care homes, retirement housing and other care services across the UK on the HousingCare website, operated by the Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC), a national charity that helps older people with housing options.
More free advice from Which?
We will no longer be sending out our Later Life Care email newsletters. But we will continue to share advice through some of our other Which? newsletters, including the Weekly Scoop and Which? Money emails. Below is a summary of those newsletters. You can also view an example email.
Weekly Scoop
Our Weekly Scoop gives you the latest consumer tips, details about the products we’ve tested and expert shopping advice.
- View a preview of the which? Weekly Scoop newsletter.
- Sign up to the Which? Weekly Scoop newsletter.
Which? Money
Which? Money brings you the latest news, views and deals, including pensions, savings, insurance and money-saving tips.
- View a preview of the Which? Money Weekly newsletter.
- Sign up to the Which? Money Weekly newsletter
