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Updated: 17 Nov 2021

Which? Later Life Care: what is changing?

Which?Editorial team

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Where can I find advice from Which? about later life care?
What topics will no longer be covered by Which?
How to find the right care provider
More free advice from Which?

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:

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.