Links
- Living abroad – GOV.UK
- UK Government .advice on foreign travel, state pension, claiming benefits, etc, etc.
- Pro Senectute (voluntary organisation)
- Swiss equivalent to Age UK
- Retiring abroad
- Age UK guide to researching your options
- Wohnen-im-Alter (private company)
- Nursing homes, care homes, housing with care, assisted living
Note: to add a website rich in information on housing and care for older people in this country, please email alex.billeter@eac.org.uk
Translations
Our translations might help you in conversations or in your searches on the Internet. Please remember that our translations are approximate at best since provision and types of accommodation and services for elderly people can differ widely from country to country even within the old European Union boundaries.
| English | French / German |
| Accommodation and services for later life | Etablissements et services pour séniors (French) |
| Care home (residential) | Maison de retraite (French) Altenheim, Altenwohnheim (German) |
| Close Care | Logements attenants à une maison de retraite (French) Aanleunwonen (Dutch) |
| Hospice | Centre de soins palliatifs (French) |
| Long term care | Soins de longue durée (French) |
| Hospice | Centre de soins palliatifs (French) |
| Nursing home | Etablissement de soins de longue durée (French) Altenplfegeheim, Pflegeheim (German) |
| Respite | Seniorurlaub (German) |
| Retirement housing | Résidence avec services (French) Seniorenwohnung, Seniorenstift (German) |
| Sheltered housing | Logement-foyer, foyer-logement (French) Betreutes wohnen (German) |
If you can help us improve these translations, please contact alex.billeter@eac.org.uk