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leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services ... opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to the Health
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seekers Refugees and Asylum seekers A refugee is a person who, ‘owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political ... unable or, owing to such a fear, is unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country’. [1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees] 1 In the UK, only a small proportion
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in independent advocacy services, and the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) undertook a survey of advocates and gathered evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The ... beyond”formed the basis of The Big Eventswhich were a virtual series of five webinars arranged and organised by HOPE (Helping others participate and engage), held over a period of two weeks, between 19 October and
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older homelessness can change rapidly over time and may differ significantly from place to place. This review will focus on older homelessness in England. In England older homelessness is currently on the ... years from 2010 to 2015. Homelessness The European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion (ETHOS) provides a useful framework within which to consider homelessness.1 ETHOS sees a home as having
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schemes available to support you during retirement. Put simply, a pension scheme is a way of saving for later life, but with tax relief on your contributions. Most people are entitled to a state pension when ... when they reach state pension age, but you may also have a personal or a workplace pension. In this section, you can find free and impartial advice on pensions, annuities and retirement planning. For
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are the questions that older people have raised with us, and what will be Age UK’s priorities, as the policy agenda develops, to ensure a better later life for everyone, no matter where they live? More detail ... briefings produced by the House of Commons Library. Note that this briefing relates to matters that are reserved to the Westminster Government. UK human rights legislation covers the whole of the United
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potential effects across low and middle income countries. This brief presents newly available data from a World Health Organisation survey of older people’s health and wellbeing in six countries. Key findings: ... national variations in rates of fear of crime Older women and frail older people are most susceptible to fear of crime Fear of crime is associated with reduced social networking outside the home Fear
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helping older people to maintain independence and well-being. Such transport networks can ensure communities are wellconnected and that services, facilities and amenities are accessible to older people. Without ... increased risk that isolation and loneliness will impact upon people’s wellbeing. It is essential that older people in all areas have the means to get out to buy food, get medical attention, get money and
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national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe that older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services ... opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the
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national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe that older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services ... opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the
