Useful Links
Partnership has provided you with some useful links to other third party information resources.
Age Concern
British Heart Foundation
CareUK
Taking the worry out of paying for long-term care. Where to turn? Whether you need nursing home care, residential care or care in your own home call NHFA for the right advice at the right time...Visit site
Citizens Advice
The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from over 3,000 locations, and by influencing policymakers...Visit site
Counsel and Care
Counsel and Care is a national charity getting the best care and support for older people, their families and carers. We do this by providing advice, information and financial support and by influencing policies, services and funding...Visit site
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition...Visit site
Directgov
Public services in one place...Visit site
Elderly Accommodation Counsel
Elderly Accommodation Counsel's aim is to help older people make informed choices about meeting their housing and care needs. It was founded in 1984, and became registered as a charity in 1985. It is now more commonly known as EAC. Since its early days, it has striven to deliver a first class information and advice service directly to older people and their relatives and carers, and at the same time raise awareness amongst other advisory agencies, professionals and policy makers of the importance people attach to information and advice which helps them make their own decisions about how and where to live in older age...Visit site
FirstStop
FirstStop Care Advice is an independent, free service providing information and advice about care in later life. It is provided jointly by Counsel and Care, Elderly Accommodation Counsel, Help the Aged and NHFA Limited...Visit site
Help the Aged
Help the Aged campaigns for change in government policy, undertakes research into the needs of older people and provides local services in communities across the UK and overseas. Find out more about our work to improve the lives of our society's most vulnerable citizens...Visit site
Housing Care
Whatever your age, circumstances or ambitions, this site will help you explore options before you make decisions about where to live, and any support or care you need. It contains detailed information on how to maintain, adapt or improve your home, find care or home help services, find and move to retirement or extra care housing or choose a care home where you will feel at home...Visit site
The Gender Directive
The premiums that life insurance companies charge for many of their products differ between men and women. Where those products pay out an income, this will also be different for men and women. Partnership believes that this is a fair way to price our products because it reflects the difference in expected claims experience for these products.
To help illustrate this you can look at data published by the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI), which shows evidence of the different claims patterns between genders for the relevant insurance products based on the experience of UK insurance companies. For Life and Annuity Products the CMI is available at the Actuarial Profession website. For the Partnership Care Prepared Data...Click here
The Alzheimers Association
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission, to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health...Visit site
The Stroke Association
Working for a world where there are fewer strokes and all those touched by stroke get the help they need. Each year over 130,000 people in England and Wales have a stroke. Of all people who suffer from a stroke, about a third are likely to die within the first 10 days, about a third are likely to make a recovery within one month and about a third are likely to be left disabled and needing rehabilitation. Stroke has a greater disability impact than any other medical condition. A quarter of a million people are living with long-term disability as a result of stroke in the UK...Visit site
The Parkinson's Disease Society
The Parkinson's Disease Society is the leading charity dedicated to supporting all people with Parkinson's, their families, friends and carers...Visit site
The Pension Service
The Government has set up The Pension Service, which is part of the Department for Work and Pensions. It has been set up to improve the service you receive, whether you are already a pensioner or are planning for your retirement, no matter how far off it might be. The Pension Service has a network of pension centres supported by a local service. To find out how to contact The Pension Service in your area, go to Contact us...Visit site
