Hospitals frequently have beds occupied by older people who do not have a clinical need for them, but there is nowhere else safe for them to go, says Age UK.
Only seven per cent of the UK's existing housing stock has the most basic features that make homes visitable to disabled people and older people with restricted mobility.
People are now nearly three times more likely to be a victim of fraud than to be burgled, and nearly 19 times more likely to be a victim of fraud than to be mugged.