Stay Safe
for Older People
Stay Safe for Older People is a free information and resource website signposting older people and their family, friends and carers, to the wealth of expert advice and support under one umbrella site.
The contents of this continually updated site aims to help older people stay safe, remain healthy and prevent avoidable hospital admissions resulting from accidents in the home environment.
Accident Prevention and Staying Healthy
- Home safety
- Managing medication
Advice should Things go Wrong
- Emergency numbers
- First Aid
- Support lines and organisations
Staying in touch, avoiding Scams & Fraud
- Avoiding loneliness
- Staying connected
- Frauds, Scams and Hoaxes
- Hoarding
Blog Articles:
Launch of Stay Safe for Older People
On Monday 1st October (UN Day of the Older Person), we celebrated the launch of Stay Safe for Older People, our unique new initiative to provide information and support to older people and those who care for them, helping them to stay safe, healthy and avoid fraud and...
Poisoning
Avoiding poisoning and how to help if affected A poison is any substance (a solid, liquid, or gas) which can cause damage if it enters the body in sufficient quantities. A poison can be swallowed, breathed in, absorbed through the skin or injected. Some poisons cause...
Scams and Fraud – the Cruel Crime Hidden Behind Closed Doors
Scams and Fraud – the Cruel Crime Hidden Behind Closed Doors Last year fraudsters scammed nearly 49,000 older people across the UK at roughly the rate of six reports per hour. Although a growing number of victims of these scams are having the courage to come forward...
Stay Safe Support is run by Emma Hammett (First Aid for Life) and Carolyn Cripps (Fit for Safety) in partnership with RoSPA and AGE UK.
