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that people of working age 16 to 64 are more likely to be lonely, than those aged 65 or over .22 Research by Age Cymru in 2017, suggests that 75,000 older people in Wales feel lonely, with almost half of ... hearing loss which is common in older people, experience higher levels of loneliness and isolation.25 Research by Age UK 26 in 2019 indicated that: More than 20,000 older people in Wales claim to have felt
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health and worse mortality than the population as a whole and it is therefore commonly accepted by researchers that ‘older’, in the context of homeless people means those who are aged 50/55 and over.2 There ... (2016) A literature review of homelessness and aging: suggestions for a policy and practice-relevant research agenda, Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 35, no 1 pp 28-41 19 Rees S (2009) Mental Ill Health in
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than other age groups but they are less likely to manage with poor quality services. An Age Cymru research study32 showed that many older people rely completely on the bus for going about their daily lives ... part of the lives of many older people,34 providing a vital connection to services and amenities. Research has also found that it is invaluable in helping older people in Wales to retain their independence
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pension saving A discussion paper by Age UK Using the National Institute of Economic and Social Research’s LINDA model 2 Building an income for retirement – approaches to encourage more pension ... pension saving A discussion paper by Age UK Using the National Institute of Economic and Social Research’s LINDA model September 2014 3 Contents Executive Summary ....................................
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in Wales of the Covid-19 pandemic, and views on the year ahead June 2022 Contents Page About this research 3 Current experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic 1. Positive experiences 5 2. Access to healthcare ... or over in 2 Wales of the Covid-19 pandemic, and views on the year ahead - June 2022 About this research During March and April 2022 Age Cymru, Cymru Older People’s Alliance (COPA), Welsh Senate of Older
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active and be healthier, offer befriending services to tackle loneliness and isolation and carry out research into brain health to learn more about how we age, and how we might tackle conditions like dementia ... with our partners, we helped older people identify over £160 million in unclaimed benefits. Our research has shown that this extra money was spent on essential items such as food, paying utility bills
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• We deliver and transform wellbeing services • We support the Age UK network • We campaign and research • We work internationally1 1 Through our subsidiary charity, Age International. Our values Our charitable ... success in channelling public support for our aim of preventing and tackling loneliness, which our research shows affects 1.2 million older people each year. Our 2016 ‘No one should have no one at Christmas’
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Adrian Jones Independent researcher Anne Ludlow Sheltered Housing UK Association Debbie Matusevicius Association of Retirement Housing Managers Jenny Pannell Independent researcher Tina Wathern Stonewall ... 2007 about the withdrawal of ‘residential’ wardens from sheltered schemes. Age UK agreed to conduct research, to see whether residents’ concerns reflected a wider national trend. In 2009, Help the Aged published
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to you? Current experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales October 2023 Contents About this research 3 Current experiences of people aged 50 or over 1. Access to healthcare 4 • Accessing GP surgeries ... Finance 39 What matters to you? Current experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales2 About this research During April and May 2023 Age Cymru worked in partnership with the four national older people’s
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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 ... million people each year, runs public and parliamentary campaigns, provides training, and funds research exclusively focused on later life. We support and assist a network of 170 local Age UKs throughout
