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1 The Internet and Older People in the UK – Key Statistics July 2016 This note sets out some statistics and information about internet use and older people drawing on national surveys. Details ... use among older age groups has increased substantially over the last five years, but many are still non-users. 4.2 million people aged 65+ have never used the internet. A quarter (26%) of people aged 65
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Older People’s Experiences of Renting Privately A report commissioned by Age Concern and Help the Aged Julie Rugg and Karen Croucher Acknowledgements Our particular thanks go to all those people living ... by a number of organisations in different parts of the UK that have helped us make contact with older people living in the private rented sector. We are grateful to them all as the project would not have
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Buses – a lifeline for older people A report by the Bevan Foundation for Age Cymru December 2013 Contents Executive summary ................................................................ ... ....................................................................................... 8 3. Older people's use of public transport ....................................................... 9 3.1 Bus services
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All Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People ‘Integration and Devolution: How does it affect older people? Monday 9th May 2016 4pm-5pm Room G, House of Lords Present: Parliamentarians: Barbara ... expectation of a healthier, older life had not kept pace. Therefore integration and devolution were fundamentally important to meeting the health and care needs of older people, as well as a way of responding
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All Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People Ageing Today: new approaches and positive steps Monday 7th December 2015 4pm-5pm Committee Room 3, House of Lords Present: Parliamentarians: ... Eden started by saying that older people were not a burden, were the glue that holds communities together and that Local Government was ideally placed to work with older people. She explained that the LGA
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Problem Debt Among Older People Age UK’s summary of research by the International Longevity Centre – UK Age UK is a charity that aims to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice ... and the many local Age UKs and older people’s groups. We provide services at a local and national level including information and advice that reaches some 6 million people each year. We seek to play a constructive
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Falls in older people: prevention Consultation on draft NICE quality standard (QS10011) Ref: 2816 Date: August 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts ... and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing a quality standard on falls prevention among older people, which is due to be published in January 2017. As part of this, stakeholders have been invited
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Information and Advice for Older People Evidence Review This evidence review is part of a series produced by Age UK, in order to provide evidence to underpin decision-making for people involved in commissioning ... commissioning, service development, fundraising and influencing. Information and Advice for Older People Evidence Review 1 Key messages 3 1 Definitions 4 2 Policy context 7 3 The need for information and
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Employment support for unemployed older people Sarah Foster, Jane Colechin, Paul Bivand and Rowan Foster June 2014 Foreword Long-term unemployment, usually defined as being out of work for over a ... the most serious challenges facing the over 50s in the contemporary UK labour market. While some older workers remain in stable employment until they choose to retire, many others find themselves out of
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Diversity in older age – Older homelessness The characteristics of older homelessness can change rapidly over time and may differ significantly from place to place. This review will focus on older homelessness ... homelessness in England. In England older homelessness is currently on the increase and the number of older street-homeless has doubled in the five years from 2010 to 2015. Homelessness The European Typology of
