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The UK’s telephone network is being upgraded, which means that landline services are changing. You’ll still be able to have a landline in your home, but the technology that powers it will be ... some of your equipment. What’s changing and when? The technology we currently use to make calls on landlines, called ‘analogue’, is being replaced with an internet-based version, called
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in all parts of the UK 4 3 Free NHS services for people who have reached a particular age 5 3.1 Free NHS services once you reach the age of 60 5 3.2 Free annual ... 9 4.2 Savings Credit on its own 10 5 Help through the NHS Low Income Scheme 10 5.1 Could you qualify? 10 5.2 How to apply? 13 5.3 When will you know the result of your application? 14 5.4 Full or partial
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own will, it can seem complicated and confusing. An executor is a person named in a will who sorts out the deceased person’s estate . When you make a will, you need to choose your executor(s). Being ... who is willing to take on the responsibility of the role.The people you choose can inherit something from your will. You may wish to point them towards How to be an executor to read more about the role
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Vulnerability and resilience in older people. 2 Age UK works to improve later life for the 14 million older people in the UK. We do this by addressing health inequality, reducing loneliness and isolation, ... also speak for the long-term interests of every one of us, so that experiences of ageing grow better for each passing generation. We are Age UK Acknowledgements: We wish to thank the following people
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medical treatments you would want to refuse and how you would like to be cared for, should a time come when you cannot make or communicate these decisions yourself. Preparing an advance decision to refuse ... This factsheet explains what they are, why you might want to prepare one or both, requirements for drawing them up, and ways to ensure other people know they exist. If you want to know how to make arrangements
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6. Employment 26 7. Communication 27 8. Representation in society 29 The year ahead 1. Looking forward to 31 2. Challenges in the year ahead 33 3. Getting back out and about 37 4. Finance 39 What matters ... over in Wales2 About this research During April and May 2023 Age Cymru worked in partnership with the four national older people’s organisations to understand what really matters to people aged 50 or over
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can’t easily get out of the house or who live alone may be at risk. The nightmare scenario is an older person alone and cut-off in a crisis – this is what we must work to avoid. The Government recognises ... recognises that our changing climate poses a growing threat to particular groups. The energy and financial services industries are developing a more nuanced understanding of ‘vulnerability’ where people’s changing
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2024 About this factsheet When a person dies, somebody else must deal with their estate, collect their money, property and possessions, pay any outstanding debts, and distribute the estate to those entitled ... are made. For information on making a will, see factsheet 7, Making a will. This factsheet describes the situation in England and Wales. There are different rules for dealing with estates in Scotland and
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carers Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House ... form the Age UK Group, dedicated to improving later life. ID201908 08/14 Tavis House 1–6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA 0800 169 80 80 www.ageuk.org.uk 1 Contents Introduction 2 Background – the policy
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Meet the Senior Management Team at Age Cymru
