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communities. Our vision is that everyone can live well in later life. Living longer is a huge opportunity if we adapt our neighbourhoods and communities to work for us as we age. As we grow older, we often spend ... population. Source: Global Age Friendly Cities Guide, WHO, 2007. Age friendly Civic participation and employment Respect and social inclusion Housing Community support and health services Communication and information
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rights and we do not think the case for its repeal has been made. We would be particularly concerned if the proposals undermine the effectiveness or scope of the HRA or the potential for enforcing it for ... understanding of the legislation. Research commissioned by the Government Equalities Office among employers and service providers found that some were not even aware that age discrimination is now covered
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or more, and aged 65 or over. The project can also provide support and guidance for families and carers of eligible veterans. The project is funded by the Aged Veterans Fund initiated by the Chancellor
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of reading and unless otherwise stated, the term “older” is used here for people aged 65 and over. If you have any queries or comments, please contact stats@ageuk.org.uk Table of Contents Overview ... ............................................................................. 14 Older people as carers ................................................................................................
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Planning for your funeral February 2024 About this factsheet This factsheet highlights things to consider if you want to plan ahead and make financial and other arrangements for your funeral. It looks at options ... sometimes change during the year. The information in this factsheet is applicable to England and Wales. If you are in Scotland or Northern Ireland, please contact Age Scotland or Age NI for advice. Contact
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facilities and cuts to public transport routes, also have an impact upon the demand for social care. If we do nothing, the combination of unmitigated demand and historic general under-funding of social care ... increase in spending per head and an increase in numbers requiring care of over 55 per cent. Even if the UK economy and the Welsh budget grows at 1 ½ per cent a year faster than care costs, spending
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government’s aim of reducing bureaucracy, it has announced a review of the Equality Duty(2) to see if it is operating as intended. The review is due to be completed by April 2013. 6 The government’s ... established evidence base, they can summarise findings, consider where the balance of evidence lies if findings from different studies are conflicting, and provide the basis for recommendations for policymakers
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consumers in existing pension plans. As the OFT study highlights, there are around £30 billion of contract and bundled trust based assets being left in schemes with charges at risk of being poor value for ... easy to identify. Questions 2. Is further action required by government to improve disclosure and if so which of the options should be introduced? Are there any other options? 3. How might the total
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dementia Local Age UK contributions to quality outcomes for people living with dementia and their carers Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales (registered ... dementia Local Age UK contributions to quality outcomes for people living with dementia and their carers Publication date January 2011 – version 1 August 2014 – version 2 Target audience Local government
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eligibility criteria. These changes mean that people who need care services will go without and family carers will lose essential support. While we wait for Government decisions on the long term funding of ... used to challenge public bodies to demonstrate that they are using public money fairly. For example, if local spending cuts are proposed which can be shown to disproportionately disadvantage a particular
