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Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) is a benefit for homeowners which helps pay towards the interest on a mortgage or home improvement loans. The benefit will be replaced by a loan in 2018. Find out more
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after, or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of longterm physical or mental ill-health or disability, or issues related to growing older. As a carer, you’ve ... You have the right to: • receive information, advice and assistance from your Local Authority about support services like practical help at home, support groups near you, or counselling to help deal with
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Consultation Response Public consultation on the human rights of older persons Ref: 0913 Date: March 2013 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Name: Katherine Hill, Policy Adviser Equality and
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older adults living in care homes in Wales. During the pandemic, care home residents were among those most acutely impacted by daily restrictions to their lives. Projects such as Age Cymru’s Tell ... upon the mental health of care residents. It’s also consistently reported that major life events are a precipitating factor for most psychiatric disorders. Moving to live in a care home is a significant
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Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality ... services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. Age Cymru welcomes the opportunity
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Summary According to recent figures there are more than 384 000 carers1 living in Wales, representing 12.1% of the Welsh population (the average across England and Wales combined is 10.3% of the population)2 ... population)2. Currently more than 6.5 million people across the UK provide care for family members or friends3, with estimates from Carers UK suggesting that a further 3.5 million carers will be needed by 2037 based
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Priorities for the sixth Senedd Age Cymru is pleased to respond to the Local Government and Housing Committee’s consultation regarding key priority areas that should be considered during the next 12 months ... months, including the impact of Covid and recovery from the pandemic. We think a priority for the Committee should be to consider how the built environment post-Covid will facilitate the creation of an age
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Submission to Women and Equalities Select Committee Older workers inquiry November 2017 Ref: 2517 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Christopher Brooks christopher.brooks@ageuk.org.uk
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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 and practice. ... org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6
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or civic engagement.1 In our own Age UK survey we found that 41% of people over retirement age in the UK volunteer on a regular basis (this could be formally or informally).2 Similarly, Government surveys ... interaction,23 • healthy behaviours and the ability to cope with one’s own illness,24 • provides a positive transition from work to retirement.25 Below is a summary of the relative benefits from a survey of
