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proactively seek support. o Participants thought that sustained and focused and appropriate face-to-face support might help build confidence and skills around IT use and internet access o Some participants argued ... ONS 2014 (all ages and people could give more than one response) 6 UK’s continuing work to help older people who would like to get online to do so by identifying the support they would require.
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AgeUKIG17 Ways to help you stay living at home. Adapting your home. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ ... knowledge at all. Join our Readers’ Panel at www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so
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being a ‘Friend’ you could help the person you’re supporting connect with support groups that are relevant to them. This could help them get support for a health condition or help them connect with people ... specialist services including training, the provision of temporary accommodation for those affected or are at risk of domestic abuse and all forms of violence such as Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage
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numbers 04 Money matters 07 Health & wellbeing 11 Home & care 15 Travel & lifestyle 21 Work & learning 25 Closer to home 29 Around the world 35 Funding and finance ... alone. Together with our partners we provided information and advice to over 5.2 million people and helped older people navigate a complex and confusing benefits system, identifying £145 million in benefits
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Age Cymru Advice 0300 303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 60w July 2024 Choice of care home if the local authority is contributing towards your care fees Factsheet 60w July 2024 ... the social care system in Wales 7 3 Background – obtaining help from your local authority and the financial means test for care home provision 8 3.1 Assessment of needs and eligibility for
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Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. About Age UK Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. The Age UK network includes around 165 local Age UKs reaching ... About this consultation The Local Government Association has set up a housing commission to look at the future of housing and the relationship between councils and communities. The Commission’s Advisory
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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 ... project we have been assisted 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
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…………. About this report Foreword Executive summary 1 Introduction 2 Types of fraud and who is at risk 3 The impact of fraud and why it goes unreported 4 The nature and extent of fraud 5 Legal ... the full range of ‘scams’. This gives us, and others working in the field, a solid evidence base to help us move forward and develop more and better solutions. Age UK receives hundreds of queries every
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The Government is consulting on regulations that determine the basic build standards for all new homes. These include: accessibility, space, security, water efficiency, energy, indoor environmental standards ... the consultation paper, is to create three separate categories or levels of accessibility for new homes (linked to space standards). This would involve retaining the existing building regulations on accessibility
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Consultation Response Ref 1316 Department of Energy & Climate Change consultation on the Warm Home Discount Scheme 2016/17 May 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper ... 2 1. Introduction Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We help more than 5 million people every year, providing support, advice and companionship
