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your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others. Email ... prepared by Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for any decision or action and cannot be used as a substitute for professional advice. Neither Age UK nor any of its subsidiary
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is likely to increase demands on independent information and advice services. The Government should consider how it could support the advice sector. Couples where one has reached Pension Credit age and ... approaching State Pension age. People in their 50s and early 60s sometimes come to us for information and advice and the numbers who do so seem likely to increase. Pensioners will be part of the Universal Credit
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and commissioning strategies to improve appropriate preventative service provision across Wales. Cost implications Finally, we are concerned that any effect of increased access by a higher proportion ... Patient Charge Revenue should not be used as an excuse for inaction or for increasing charges. The cost of dental treatment is already a barrier to treatment for some older people. That barrier must be
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facilitate affordable advice models, however we remain of the view that no advice is better than bad advice and that it will not be in the interests of older consumers if access to advice is increased but consumer ... retirement but also throughout retirement including into later older age. It is important that the Advice Unit consider how new models will meet the needs of consumers throughout their lives and not simply
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additional component of income in retirement, through Pension Credit, or help to cope with the additional costs of illness or disability. Unfortunately significant numbers of older people still do not receive everything ... pension contributions or even compulsion are required over the long term. Access to information and advice is essential to the success of automatic enrolment. Help should be targeted at low-earning older
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older people’s financial wellbeing (e.g., offer benefit checks, warm home and fuel poverty advice/support to those most in need). We can collaborate on campaigns (e.g., loneliness and social isolation ... your frontline staff serving older people (e.g., a priority referral service direct to Age Cymru Advice, and/or Age Awareness Training). We can design and set up a new local service or carry out research
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Meet the growing demand on our free information and advice line – calls are up by 200% and this is expected to rise – so that we can provide expert advice and support to all older people, their carers and
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organisations may be aware of social activities offered in your area; or contact our national Age Cymru Advice line. volunteering with Age Cymru - If you're missing the social connections you ... programmes that can help improve your health and wellbeing. For more information call Age Cymru Advice on 0300 303 44 98
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and Models Outcomes Professional guidelines Education and training Safeguarding Information and advice for citizens Other resources
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28 Contents 3Healthy Ageing Evidence Review • The overwhelming evidence on the spiralling health costs of an ageing population provide strong arguments for funding preventive approaches. • Programmes ... as the Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs) have been evaluated as being effective and cost-efficient. • Health promotion services that are effective are often providing more than just activities
