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requires public bodies to consider all individuals when carrying out their day to day work – in shaping policy, in delivering services and in relation to their own employees. It requires public bodies to have ... refer to: organisational knowledge practitioner knowledge user knowledge research knowledge policy community knowledge(11) This approach does not assume that one type of knowledge is better than another
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trusted advice, support and services. We use our knowledge, insight and experience to influence policies and decisions affecting older people. • We are here for older people when they need us. • We provide ... inform people about the forum’s successes and about any changes to local or national services or policies; it can also encourage readers to raise issues of concern, or to feed back their views on a subject
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rights. Our work focuses on: Promoting positive messages on human rights in the UK and engaging with policy proposals Through Age International, engaging with UN work towards a Convention on the Rights of ... diversity among the older population and develop policy responses which tackle the inequalities faced by specific groups of older people. The Centre for Policy on Ageing has conducted detailed reviews of some
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influencing or developing policy and practice. phil.mawhinney@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk ... own practices cause or exacerbate them. They should, for example, test how all their processes and policies (particularly processes such as debt recovery) would impact on people with different types of vulnerability
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who’s died as the policy holder, and the insurer may ask you to make regular checks on the condition of the property while it’s unoccupied. You may have to get a new home insurance policy if the current one ... whether the amount needs to be included in any IHT return. Life insurance policies. If the person had a life insurance policy, contact the insurance company as soon as possible to find out what you need
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economic situation for those in later life. Since our first edition, the UK economy and economic policy have given us food for thought. There are concerns, disappointments, and one or two silver linings ... report for the British Academy6 contends that there are three main paradigms prevalent in current policy discussions concerning population ageing: a) the ‘dominant’ paradigm of population ageing imposing
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A summary of Age UK’s Index of Wellbeing in Later Life Age UK Policy and Research Department Dr Marcus Green Professor José Iparraguirre Dr Susan Davidson Phil Rossall University of Southampton Professor ... know where and why people are not doing well to inform our work and gain an understanding of the policy and practical levers for improving older people’s lives. In the same vein, local Age UKs need information
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year 6 Campaigning for pension reform Reforms to pensions were a key focus for our campaigning and policy work. We were pleased when our calls for a simpler, fairer State Pension resulted in the Government’s ... for an Aging Society in Washington DC to co-produce issues of their well-recognised journal, Public Policy & Aging Report. The theme of the first issue is ‘Age Discrimination’ and it looks in part at healthcare
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who’s died as the policy-holder, and the insurer may ask you to make regular checks on the condition of the property while it’s unoccupied. You may have to get a new home insurance policy if the current one ... whether the amount needs to be included in any IHT return. Life insurance policies If the person who’s died had a life insurance policy, contact the insurance company as soon as possible to find out what you
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this demographic change and ensure that policies are tailored accordingly. At this General Election, we want to see all political parties propose practical policies to support older people, especially those ... Education Immigration Environment International Development Health Justice and Policing Housing Trade Policy Social Services The Constitution Transport Welsh Language Who are we? We’re Age Cymru, the national
