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participation of older people, which can help overcome loneliness and isolation. Age Cymru has separate public policy statements on the built environment (which includes the provision of public toilets) ... a lack of local services or transport and a poor physical environment. Some older people choose to miss out on socialising or activities because even small charges for these, or the costs of transport
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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 Present: Parliamentarians: Nusrat Ghani MP, Barbara Keeley ... MP, Baroness Greengross, Seema Kennedy MP, Flick Drummond MP, Mims Davies MP, Baroness Barker Chair of the meeting: Nusrat Ghani MP Also Present: Suzanne Foster, Angela Kitching and Jane Vass, Age UK (Secretariat)
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reserved. Third 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 ... England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 The National Institute for Health and Care
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groups have generally reported lower levels of satisfaction with social care services when compared with White people (NHS Information Centre, 2012). It is vital to investigate why this is the case so that ... that services can be improved, particularly as there may be a greater need to use services due to higher levels of ill health and disability among certain minority ethnic groups. Utilising qualitative in-depth
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Budget did little to help to close the gap between the richest and the poorest pensioners The Budget allows more affluent older people to be able to leave more of their estate free of Inheritance Tax ... Pensioners are still missing out of £3.7 billion of means-tested benefits to which they are entitled Material deprivation Over a million pensioners in this country cannot afford to replace a cooker if it breaks
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received 38 people supported to find more appropriate services 705 issues dealt with 100% of people were responded to within 7 days 97% felt they had their voices heard 83% of people said they had their ... supported Mr TT to provide proof of bills, money paid and energy usage to the supplier who agreed to a further refund. Mr TT was thrilled with the outcome and was happy that he’d finally managed to get support
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increases to the basic State Pension and the new State Pension in line with the highest of rises in earnings, prices or 2.5%. By law the basic State Pension and new State Pension have to be increased ... period of low earnings inflation, the triple lock has made an important difference to the value of the State Pension. However, total average annual payments of State Pension still only add up to about
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as we mark a year of lockdown following the onset of Covid 19 at the beginning of 2020. During the recent pandemic many of us have lost loved ones, we’ve witnessed the disruption of health and care services ... services, and heard the plight of many older people whose sense of loneliness and isolation was compounded by the virus. Then at the start of 2021 we were all filled with hope as vaccines are being rolled
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Listen carefully to what older people say, talk clearly without patronising at a speed appropriate to the customer. Be aware of vulnerability including short and long-term issues. Easy-access branches ... machines, apps and processes designed to be age-friendly, taking account of age-related perceptual and motor issues. New technology to be tested by older users to ensure user-friendliness. ATMs in bank
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Cymru began a Welsh Government funded project called Tell Me More to find out how care home residents have been during the difficult period of the pandemic. Residents from all-across Wales were asked over ... their experience and have taken their time to share stories with us. The stories and insights we heard were often uplifting, sometimes sad but always full of inspiration and hope. The conversations were
