Find out more information about our health promotion and health campaigns work including falls, shingles and influenza
Golden Thread Advocacy Programme introduction page. Basic background and outline of work for the newly funded programme.
Golden Thread Advocacy Programme introduction page. Basic background and outline of work for the newly funded programme.
Hidden in plain sight The unmet mental health needs of older people October 2016 We’re Age UK Age UK is a charity and a social enterprise driven by the needs and aspirations of people in later life ... Age UK family also includes Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI. We run just over 450 Age UK charity shops throughout the UK and also offer a range of commercial products tailored to older people. www.ageuk
Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community Consultation on draft NICE Guideline [GID-MANAGINGMEDICINESCOMMUNITYSOCIALCARE] Ref: 3916 Date: November 2016 All rights ... policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address
Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Gypsies and Travellers Ethnic minorities – Older Gypsies and Travellers Demographic overview The ethnic minority populations ... individual group characteristics. However, for England and Wales, the ethnic minority populations are, in general, much younger than the majority White British population with the notable exceptions of the
Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Minority Religions Demographics In recent years the United Kingdom has seen major, and contradictory, changes in attitudes to religion. Some minority ... been in decline2. There are four different ways of measuring religiosity: based on loose cultural affiliation; based on ‘belonging’ to a religion, or identifying as religious; based on believing in the
Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Older refugees and asylum seekers Refugees and Asylum seekers A refugee is a person who, ‘owing to a well-founded fear of being ... relating to the Status of Refugees] 1 In the UK, only a small proportion (4%)2 of migrants are refugees and, internationally, not all refugees formally seek asylum but, in the UK, refugee status is only awarded
Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Older Offenders Demographic overview In June 2016 there were 12,700 older people (aged 50 and over) in prison in England and Wales of whom around two ... two thirds (65%) were aged 50-59, one quarter (24%) aged 60-69 and just over one in ten (11%) aged 70 and over.1 Older prisoners made up 15% of the total prison population of England and Wales.1 The over
Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Older Lesbian, Gay and Bi-sexual people and Older Transgender people Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* (LGBT) older people Background ... Background Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* individuals, both throughout life and in older age, are often grouped together (LGBT) but actually form a diverse and heterogeneous group with varied and disparate