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discharges are delayed. The issue Delayed discharge – a growing problem 1.75 million bed-days were lost from January to December in 2015, an increase of 28.4 per cent compared to 2014. The causes Patient ... services Challenges within hospitals Avoidable admissions Patient Choice? 13 per cent of these lost days were attributed to so-called ‘patient choice’. However calls to Age UK’s information and advice
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which thousands of older people go about their everyday lives, from buying food and getting their pension to going to the doctor and visiting friends. Even for older people who do not use the bus regularly ... meet their needs. While the free bus travel scheme is intended to compensate bus operators for income lost by providing free travel rather than as an investment, they are nevertheless benefiting from increased
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(amended May 2024) 4 of 54 12.3 Carer’s Allowance 44 12.4 Pension Credit 44 12.5 Reductions in Council Tax 45 12.6 Help with the cost of heating and insulation 45 ... taken into account. This will include common forms of income, such as someone’s State Pension, occupational/private pension or welfare benefits. The welfare benefits taken into account include disability-related
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research on older people in low and middle income countries are understandably focussed on providing pensions and basic health services. Compared to countries like the UK, little attention has been paid to ... uk/international-development/research/research-themes/life-coursemigration-and-wellbeing/research-projects/pensions-health-and-wellbeing-of-older-people-inlow-and-middle-income-countries.
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lives and well-being of the residents; it’s also been, at times, very moving. Some residents have lost friends in the care home due to the pandemic and the loss of not seeing loved ones is very evident ... through this year’. One resident said, ‘It’s been a very difficult time for me. More recently I have lost some optimism’. Residents are scared: One resident feared reports on her mobile phone about an ‘even
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bullet points or other complex formatting (e.g. tables) have been used. The layout is likely to be lost once the form is submitted. The form isn’t automatically saved as you go along. It’s strongly recommended ... another message and will be logged out automatically. Any unsaved changes to the application will be lost at that point, but this only applies if there has been no activity for 2 hours. You do not need to
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recovery following IAPT treatment, 2014-2016 13 the IAPT programme focused on adults below state pension age, and targets around improving access to employment further reinforce this emphasis.42 As the ... older – as they expected her to have little mental capability. Elizabeth, once a very social woman, lost her selfesteem and didn’t mix with people around the accommodation. Again, her anxiety got the better
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severe impact of high prices on consumers on low incomes. Despite progress tackling pensioner poverty, the number of pensioners in poverty rose to 1.9 million (16%) in 2016. There are an additional 1.1 million ... difficulty; 19 per 3 cent of people 80-84 and 21 per cent of those aged 85+ are in poverty. Single pensioners are more likely to be in poverty (20%) compared to couples (13%).3 In this context, the fact that
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in the UK, about 4 million (32%) do not meet the qualifying criteria for automatic enrolment in a pension scheme, compared to 16% of employed men. The majority (2.7 million) of women are ineligible because ... paid below the earnings threshold of £10,000, although some ineligible women may be saving in a pension independent of automatic enrolment.iv Publishing gender pay gap information is one way of shining
