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Elderly Accomodation Counsel (EAC)

Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) is a national charity that aims to help older people make informed choices about meeting their housing and care needs.

FirstStop Advice is an independent, free telephone service offering advice and information to older people, their families and carers about housing and care options for later life.

Housingcare.org is our flagship website providing a vast range of free information and guidance for elderly people, their relatives and carers, as well as professionals who work with them.
Address:
3rd Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP
Area serviced:
Nationwide
Telephone:
020 7820 1343 (general) / 0800 377 7070 (First Stop)
Website:
Train/tube:
Vauxhall (tube)
Sector:
Voluntary

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Advice for people with housing enquiries.For example,if they are moving property,are waiting to be allocated a local authority property or feel that they are living in sub-standard accomodation.
Special sheltered/Extra care housing is designed with the needs of frailer older people in mind and with varying levels of care/support available on site. People who live in Extra Care housing have their own self contained homes, their own front doors and a legal right to occupy the property. It is therefore very different from a care home where residents only have a licence to occupy a room. Extra care can help older people remain independent for as long as possible by providing additional care and support in addition to that normally available in sheltered housing. Extra Care can be owned, rented, part-owned/part rented or multi-tenure. The majority of properties are rented and are in schemes managed by Registered social landlords.