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Economist’s Report Summer 2015 Prof José Iparraguirre Age UK Chief Economist’s Report Summer 2015 Page | 1 Key insights in this issue Inequality The Budget did little to help to close the gap between the ... announcements directly related to or affecting older people. Age UK published a Briefing on that same day[1]. These comments complement our Briefing and expand on some of the measures introduced in the Budget
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1 After the EU Referendum: Policy priorities for older people September 2016 Contact: jane.vass@ageuk.org.uk 2 1. Introduction Following the ‘Leave’ vote in the European Union ... made clear, while clearly important ‘age was not the only, or indeed the most important social divide’1. Age UK is clear that the denigration of people on the grounds of their age, disability, race, religion
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1 Consultation Response The Cost of Caring for an Ageing Population Finance Committee January 2018 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all ... unpaid services to those requiring care; 1. By 2019, the population of Wales aged 65-84 years is expected to rise by 27% and the population aged 85+ years, by 127%1. 2. In Wales, healthy life expectancies
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1 Older workers and ‘job blocking’ 1. The ‘lump of labour fallacy’ There is an ongoing assumption that older workers prevent younger people from entering the labour force and progressing their careers ... belief that the underlying economic conditions are the primary driver of unemployment. 3 Chart 1: Numbers of unemployed by age group 1993-2010 Chart 2: unemployment rates by age group, 1993-2010
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brain health for adults 50 and older. A list of participants and GCBH members are included in Appendix 1. The purpose was to interpret current scientific evidence on the relationship of sleep and cognitive ... present a sizeable sample of the current evidence base underpinning the GCBH consensus in this area. 1 Between August 31–September 14, 2016 AARP fielded an online survey of a nationally representative sample
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offering genuinely flexible working, productivity among older workers is likely to be improved further. 1. Introduction The increase in employment rates among older wokrers over the past few years is welcome ... Employment Tribunal Service shows the number of age discrimation claims accepted each year, shown in Figure 1. This peaked in 2010-11, before falling off following the abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA)
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1 Consultation Response The Cost of Caring for an Ageing Population Finance Committee January 2018 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all ... unpaid services to those requiring care; 1. By 2019, the population of Wales aged 65-84 years is expected to rise by 27% and the population aged 85+ years, by 127%1. 2. In Wales, healthy life expectancies
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education resource pack What to do Ask the class the following questions to facilitate a discussion. 1. Who has fallen over this week? 2. What made you fall over? 3. How did this feel? 4. Did you hurt yourself ... over, and how we can make things safe for when she comes home”. Then follow with the activity below: 1. If the group is small, then ask the children to shout out what they can see in the incident scene
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Factsheet 67w August 2023 2 of 57 Contents 1 Information about this factsheet 4 2 Recent housing legislation relating to people who rent ... Cymru 53 Factsheet 67w August 2023 4 of 57 1 Information about this factsheet This factsheet provides information about the help older people in
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Kat Algar-Skaife: k.algar@bangor.ac.uk The following recommendations were made for future projects: 1. Mentors and artist practitioners to be grouped based on geographical location 2. Less emphasis on ... homes As of March 2017, there were 22,217 older adults in Wales living in a care home (CSSIW, 2017)1 14 It is estimated that 80% of people living in a care home have dementia; and less than half of relatives
