Information about sheltered housing, retirement housing and extra care housing; residential care homes and nursing homes; and all forms of elderly care in the UK
Providing advice on elderly care, including specialist directories and information on nursing homes and residential care homes, as well as sheltered housing, extra care housing, assisted living, close care housing and retirement villages, across the UK. Also providing over 3,000 new sales, resales and lettings vacancies every week, as well as all care groups and housing managers.
This site will help you explore options and make decisions about meeting your housing, support and care needs in later life. It contains detailed information on how to maintain, adapt or improve your home or release equity from it, find care or home help services, find and move to retirement housing or choose a care home where you will feel at home.
It also specialises in all forms of 'housing-with-care' including extra care housing, assisted living and retirement villages.
The site is run by the charity Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC), and backed up by the free national and independent advice service we provide jointly with Counsel and Care, Help the Aged and NHFA Limited.
Where to start on care & housing matters for older people?
Elderly Accommodation Counsel news
EAC Housing for Older People Awards 2010
Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) is pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of new awards for all forms of retirement housing. These awards are supported by the Department for Communities and Local Government, and by the DH Care Networks of the Department of Health. Find our more, encourage your residents to nominate your scheme
EAC Quality of Information Mark (QI Mark)
Hanover Housing received QI Mark awards this week for 13 of its sheltered housing schemes. Hanover operates throughout England, providing a range of affordable sheltered and extra care housing for older people.
Well over 2,000 schemes have now received the QI Mark,which aims to encourage housing providers to present detailed and accurate information on this website about their specialist housing for older people.
Read our last newsletter for more about the QI Mark.
EAC blog
The latest posting is about an inquiry being conducted by Government into the extent to which its Supporting People programme has delivered as promised, and the implications of removing the ring fence around Local Authority expenditure on housing support services. Visit the blog.
Over 60s Art Awards 2008
Re-live this year's Art Awards on the EAC Over 60s Art Awards website.