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investment and housing associations could offer better quality and more secure private rented homes. At present, older private tenants are particularly vulnerable to poor housing conditions. The continued ... cost of rising rents and as a result may find their standard of living declining or savings falling at a much higher rate than anticipated. Uncertainty over benefits Older social tenants have been mostly
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further explore what role the Declaration of Rights for Older People in Wales could play in lobbying at UK and international levels for greater legal protection for older people, including pressing the UK ... children. Prevent abuse, neglect and ill treatment of children and older people in hospitals and care homes. These issues are covered in more detail in Age Cymru’s public policy statements on ‘Social care’
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maintained at age 60 for men and for women? Age Cymru believes that continued access by older people to concessionary travel is essential. The free bus travel scheme has been invaluable in helping older people ... wellbeing and social contact, enabling older people to keep in touch with the local community which can help to overcome loneliness and isolation. They said that the bus journey itself provides an opportunity
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enables one to understand the people that are being reached and supported. This type of information helps identify if people being reached and supported are representative of the community or the group within ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At Age UK we are committed to ensuring that all our opportunities are accessible and inclusive of people
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should act to strengthen good practice in leadership and management. • We believe that theuncertainty faced by employers could be more easily resolved by improving communication about what is and is not acceptable ... discrimination are not covered by the legal protection afforded to settlement agreements. This will help employees better understand their rights and encourage employers to think about why they are making
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Phil Rossall, Jose Iparraguirre and Susan Davidson July 2015 Loneliness at local and neighbourhood level Summary July 2015 What is loneliness? Loneliness can be understood as an individual’s personal ... loneliness without knowing their weightings (see below) is also not a valid measure of loneliness risk at any level, as simply adding the factors together and not weighting them in fact means that they are
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crossings that allow sufficient time to cross roads (see below). With reference to point 4.4 (p 18) ’[…] at signal controlled crossings the green pedestrian signal is protected so that people know they can cross ... told us that there is not sufficient time to cross the road at pedestrian 2 crossings. Furthermore, research1 on older people crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing reports that the 1.2 metres per second
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influencing or developing policy and practice. Age UK is the new force combining Age Concern and Help the Aged. We are a national charity and social enterprise working to transform later life in the UK ... support the idea of providing driving assessment and advice that gives people direct feedback, which helps them to drive more safely. The government should set out more clearly how they plan to work with the
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your way around the system can feel complicated. Read our information and advice to get the help you need. For more information call Age Cymru Advice on 0300 303 44 98
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There are many ways you can get involved and support Age Cymru. Please help us to be there for older people in Wales. We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator Read their fundraising promise
