Copyright -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1 Staying put or moving -- Staying put -- Moving to a new home -- Retirement housing and sheltered accommodation -- Other options -- 2 Making your home more practical -- Insulation -- Heating -- Tips for reducing your energy bills -- Improvement and repair -- 3 Safety in the home -- Home security -- Personal safety -- Insurance -- 4 Raising money on your home -- Home reversion schemes -- Lifetime mortgages -- Home income plans -- 5 Using your home to earn money -- Letting rooms in your home -- Holiday lets -- 6 Benefits and taxes -- Housing benefit -- Council tax -- Useful organisations -- 7 The elderly and people with disabilities -- Ways of adapting your home -- Alarm systems -- Main local authority services -- Key voluntary organisations -- Stop press -- Help with mortgages -- Help with insulation -- Debt advice -- Summary.