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expenditure that is flexible and therefore can be cut back if urgent needs arise. Qualitative research with older people on a low income commissioned by Age UK in 2011 found that many people spent considerable ... concerns that they could not afford the fresh good quality food they needed to stay healthy4. Our research report from 2012 ‘Who can I turn to’ showed that roughly half the number of people who receive an
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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 ... employers using NEST might find themselves facing questions about decumulation from their employees. Research by the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association paints an interesting picture about how this might
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Living on a low income in later life Katherine Hill Liz Sutton Donald Hirsch Centre for Research in Social Policy Loughborough University October 2011 Copyright © Age UK 2011 ISBN 978-0-9568731-2-5 The ... on a low income 6 Introduction 14 Report structure 14 Policy context and background 14 Research aims 16 Research design and sample 16 1 Perceptions of hardship 18 What is seen as hardship? 18 Life trajectories
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Centre represents a significant expansion in terms of scope and output to include policy briefings and research papers, which consider not just questions about care funding but questions about funding retirement ... developed by a team of researchers based at the NatCen Social Research, University College London and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The data were collected by NatCen Social Research. Funding is provided
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Karania Research Manager (Evaluation & Impact) Policy & Research Team, Age UK jjj Page 2 of 71 Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London, WC1H 9NA Research@ageuk ... evaluation. Author Vinal K Karania is Research Manager at Age UK with responsibility for Evaluation & Impact. He designs, manages and carries out research evaluation in support of the Charity’s objectives
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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 ... around 5 million people each year, run public and parliamentary campaigns, provide training and fund research exclusively focused on later life. We support and assist a network of nearly 170 local Age UKs throughout
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Kispeter Sarah Alden Royce Turner With contribution from Tom Clarke CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities) University of Leeds July 2015 fit as a fiddle is a programme ... thank: Vinal K Karania, Devna Vickerman and David Terrace of Age UK National who liaised with the research team throughout the project, and provided appropriate data and information. The authors are also
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look at alternatives to driving (see pages 27-31). Next steps. . For more information, order the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RiDC) guide Driving safely for life (page 36) or visit the Older ... possible to make modifications to car doors and seats, too. Contact Driving Mobility, Motability or the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RiDC) to find out what’s available (pages 34-36). Let your insurance
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regional and local organisations and people working together through community action, good practice, research and policy to create the right conditions to reduce loneliness in later life. We were launched in ... service providers in the delivery of more effective loneliness interventions; and • Shape future research so that our understanding of loneliness, and how it can be addressed, continues to grow. About this
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to be more active, meet new people and have fun. We awarded grants totalling £985,122 for 11 new research projects to improve the health & wellbeing of older people. Our first gym day saw 250 gyms up and ... helped older people identify £145 million in unclaimed benefits to which they were entitled. Our research has shown that this extra money was spent on essential items such as food, paying utility bills
