The Abbeyfield Society is a UK-wide volunteer-led charity providing housing with support or care for older people.
Abbeyfield House
53 Victoria Street
St Albans
Herts
AL1 3UW
Tel: 01727 857 536
Email: post@abbeyfield.com
Website: www.abbeyfield.com
Action on Elder Abuse (AEA) works to protect, and prevent the abuse of, vulnerable older adults. We were the first charity to address these problems and are the only charity in the UK and in Ireland working exclusively on the issue today.
Astral House
1268 London Road
London
SW16 4ER
Tel: 020 8765 7000
Email: aea@ace.org.uk
Website: www.elderabuse.org.uk
The UK's largest organisation working with and for older people.
Astral House
1268 London Road
London
SW16 4ER
Tel: 020 8765 7200
Website: www.ageconcern.org.uk
AgeCare is a charity, which seeks to deliver the best possible residential care to vulnerable older people in a sector where, all too often, this does not happen.
47 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3PB
Tel: 020 7637 4577
Website: www.agecare.org.uk
Established in June 1982 it amalgamated with the registered charity 'Aid for the Aged' whose aims and objectives were also to alleviate the plight of frail elderly people in financial stress throughout the United Kingdom.
18 Hand Court
High Holborn
London
WC1V 6JF
Tel: 01342 718 254
Email: AFTAID@hotmail.com
Website: www.agedistress.org.uk
For more than 60 years brunelcare has provided good, affordable, accessible care and services for older people of limited means. An originator of the Meals on Wheels concept, the charity has also led the way in providing housing for older people, developing some of the first schemes of purpose built flats.
3 Redcliffe Parade West
Bristol
BS1 6SL
Tel: 0117 987 3500
Email: info@brunelcare.org.uk
Website: www.brunelcare.org.uk
The Care Directory has been set up to provide a guide to care homes, nursing homes (care homes with nursing) and care agencies throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Directory allows you to search by County to find the care homes or nursing homes that are applicable to your area of interest.
HelpLine: 0800 137 669
Website: www.nursing-home-directory.co.uk
Care South is one of the South West region’s largest and most
experienced providers of residential and home care services.
39 Commercial Road
Poole
Dorset
BH14 0HU
Tel: 01202 712 400
Email: info@care-south.co.uk
Website: www.care-south.co.uk
Contact the Elderly groups organise gatherings for frail, elderly people who live alone. One Sunday afternoon a month, volunteer drivers take elderly people on regular visits to hosts’ homes. Groups of between ten and sixteen people visit a different home every month and spend a few hours in the company of friends, old and new.
15 Henrietta Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 8QG
Freephone: 0800 716 543
Website: www.contact-the-elderly.org
The ExtraCare Charitable Trust is the pioneer of Village communities which enable people to enjoy active and independent lifestyles in their later years.
Abbey Park
Humber Road
Coventry
West Midlands
CV3 4AQ
Tel: 024 7650 6011
Email: betterlives@extracaretrust.org
Website: http://hcl.uk.com/test/extracare
Friends of the Elderly has been helping older people since 1905. Our vision is that all older people should retain their independence, dignity and peace of mind. We offer high quality residential and nursing care in 17 care homes, some with dementia units. We support older people to stay living in their own homes with a range of community services including welfare grants for those in financial need, day clubs, home support, home visiting and telephone befriending.
40-42 Ebury Street
London
SW1W 0LZ
Tel: 020 7730 8263
Email: enquiries@fote.org.uk
Website: www.fote.org.uk
Help and Care is an independent charity that supports older people and carers in Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset.
896 Christchurch Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH7 6DL
Tel: 0845 4500 418
Email: contact@helpandcare.org.uk
Website: www.helpandcare.org.uk
Our main aim is to help older people on low incomes to live independently with dignity and peace of mind.
6 Avonmore Road
London
W14 8RL
Tel: 020 7605 4200
Email: charity@independentage.org.uk
Website: www.independentage.org.uk
The Sheppard Trust, a small charitable housing trust, provides warden-assisted housing for 28 elderly ladies on small fixed incomes.
12 Lansdowne Walk
London
W11 3LN
Tel: 020 7727 5500
Email: director@sheppardtrust.org
Website: www.sheppardtrust.org
The National Benevolent Fund for the Aged was founded to improve the quality of life for older people in the UK who live on a low income.
32 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 0RE
Tel: 020 7828 0200
Email: info@nbfa.org.uk
Website: www.nbfa.org.uk
