Advice on housing & care for older people. Sheltered housing, retirement housing, extra care housing for the elderly

Welcome to HousingCare.org

A site for older people, their families, carers and advisors, and all those who work with and for them.


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 our telephone Advice Line.

Where to start?

  • Thinking of moving? Our directory of retirement housing is the most comprehensive there is, and the new search facility makes it easy to locate exactly what you want anywhere in the UK.  Our Care Options directory of care homes covers all UK homes that provide care for older people.
  • Looking at options for the future? Take a look at our Senior Living brochure which was distributed recently with The Guardian newspaper (3.8mb PDF).

EAC news

EAC's recently introduced Quality of Information Mark aims to encourage all housing providers to present detailed and accurate information on this website about their retirement housing. Click here to read more

Exciting job opportunity with EAC and partners for someone with the skills and experience to develop and manage a new national information and advice service. Click here to read more 

Extra Care Search
Search for Extra Care Housing in the UK

Extra care sheltered housing offers housing plus care services. Enter your postcode to find your nearest schemes:

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Featured sponsor
Retirement Plus Ltd

Retirement Plus specialises in providing equity release products for older home-owners.

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EAC Advice Line
Elderly accommodation advisor

EAC provides a free, independent, telephone advice service to older people, their families and people who work with them.

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Making Choices
Guide to options
Housing appraisal tool
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Elderly Accommodation Counsel
3rd Floor, 89 Albert Embankment,
London, SE1 7PT

EAC's advice line: 020 7820 1343
Email: info@eac.org.uk