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education, work, home, money, support, your family life or social life. Your feedback will help make a difference. We will share what you tell us directly with the UK Inquiry. We may also share what we hear ... bodies in Wales who can take action to make changes where this is needed. Your views and experiences will help them to see what people think has worked well and take action to learn from the things that didn’t
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selling insurance and other financial products from local offices around the Country. This means that it will no longer be possible for anyone to purchase or renew insurance from Age Cymru Enterprises. Please ... the good work of the local Age Cymru Charity in your community will continue to help the lives of older people. Older people in Wales will still be able to purchase any of the Age UK or Age Co products
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announcement of 29 July 2010 that they intend to abolish the Default Retirement Age, examining how this will be achieved and what measures are needed in its absence. The consultation document poses five main ... through which an employer can force an employee to retire) • How age discrimination and unfair dismissal will operate in the absence of Schedule 6. • Discussions on retirement plans between an employer and employee
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annuity income, for example people with very low income streams or who are in poor health, many people will be tempted to re-assign or re-sell because they are in a desperate situation, even when not in their ... advice, or if disproportionately expensive, guidance through Pension Wise. Whether or not consumers will need to pay for formal advice should be clear upfront. Age UK recommends basing any thresholds on
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participate in social activities. There is an increased risk that social isolation and loneliness will impact upon older people’s well-being. The number of older people in Wales is growing and we are ... demographic change. Decisions about transport services and infrastructure need to take into account how they will affect people across different stages of the life course of future generations. With reference to
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e.g. those aged 65 and over and those with certain long term health conditions - will be vaccinated first (this will include those who were told by the NHS that they needed to shield at the start of the ... year - also household contacts of those who were in the shielding group). Following this, the NHS will be encouraging those who are aged 50 to 64 to also have the free flu vaccine, as the scheme is being
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pension is making to the lives of older people. We hope neighbouring countries will want to follow their example and will be pressing them to do so. The Board and I, as well as the Executive team and colleagues ... spurred us on to accelerate work that was already underway to re-brand our trading activity, and we will shortly introduce a new brand, name and design for our trading activity covering our financial services
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population - in particular looking at the role of housing in preventing onward costs onto health and social care services The findings will be brought together in a report in spring 2016 and presented at the LGA ... authorities should still uphold space standards that reflect the requirements of older people. This will also help to improve the design and appeal of retirement housing. All local authorities should
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the house and do not take part in social activities because even small charges for these, or the costs of getting there, are beyond them. Others cut back on buying things for themselves because they want ... This means older people living on a weekly household income of £220 or less after their housing costs are deducted. Even more concerning is the fact that 8% of older households in Wales live in severe
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ready for winter, as well as where to go for more information and support. Throughout this guide you will find suggestions for organisations that can offer further information and advice about your options ... sand handy to put on steps or paths in icy weather. If temperatures have dropped below freezing you will need to scatter more of the mixture. Some councils provide free bags of the mix, if you or someone
