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provision of goods and facilities), comes into force on 1 October 2012. From this date it will be unlawful for service providers to discriminate on the basis of age unless the practice is covered by an exception ... designed to address disadvantage experienced by a particular age group or good reason can be shown for the differential treatment ('objective justification'). The ban is introduced under the Equality
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All Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People AGM Monday 31st October 2016 5pm-6pm Committee Room 21, HOC Minutes of the AGM held on 31st October 2016 in Committee Room 21, House of Commons ... Discussion: The discussion during the second part of the meeting focused on the future work programme for the APPG. A draft work programme had previously been discussed by the group and the discussion ensured
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accessibility of their services for people living with dementia. Since 2013, 46 local Age UKs in England have been supported to help shape their services to be more inclusive for older people living with dementia ... – assessing the accesibility of the internal and external environment for people with dementia. • The people – awareness raising for staff, volunteers and trustees. • Network – collaborative working with
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Scams information hub February 2016 Worst scams in 2015 Top five scams to look out for in 2016 Watch out for fraudsters harvesting signatures on your doorstep Telephone scam Fraudsters claiming to ... National card scam Mail scam Copycat websites now turn to letters – warning Advice for Flood Victims: Bogus Trades People Scams can have a devastating impact on older
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and taking exercise • Look for a local strength and balance focused exercise opportunity such as Tai Chi using www.dewis.wales or contact Age Cymru on 02920 431 555 for other exercise opportunities ... your home safe and warm and does it help you manage well? • Contact Care & Repair on 0300 111 3333 for free help and support to adapt your home
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will. Codicil form for Age Cymru Why should I leave a gift in will to Age Cymru? Gifts left to Age Cymru are absolutely vital to our work. They enable us to run our essential services for older people - including ... including our advice line and telephone befriending service. They help us to expand our work and look for new ways to tackle the issues facing people as we get older, such as poverty, loneliness and isolation
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insights – it seems that we can all talk to our peers but not to our families. This book is designed for everyone; to help us start to talk to our family and friends, grown up children, and our grandchildren ... as a picture book to discuss with young children using your own words and explanations or as a tool for young people and whole families. This book is designed to start conversations to help everyone to feel
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individual’s right to live with dignity and respect.2 We welcome proposals in Welsh Government’s Strategy for an Ageing Society Strategy to implement a national plan to prevent abuse of older people.3 Legislation ... Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 puts adult safeguarding on a statutory footing and forms a legal framework for adult protection in Wales. The Codes of Practice and Regulations shape the implementation of the Act
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parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. ... 2 About this consultation The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a new advice regime for transfers out of Defined Benefit pension schemes, called the ‘Appropriate Pension Transfer Analysis’
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Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2017 1 Diversity in older age – Older homelessness The characteristics of older homelessness can change rapidly over time and may differ significantly from place ... home as having three domains – an adequate living space which is accessible only to the household who live within it (Physical Domain); a living space in which a household can enjoy privacy and their emotional
