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Improving later life. Services for older people – what works. 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 ... every one of us, so that experiences of ageing grow better for each passing generation. We are Age UK Acknowledgements: We wish to thank Professor Martin Knapp from the National Institute of Health Research’s
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purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. isabel.barnes@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H ... WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered
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you have a water meter and you receive certain benefits (e.g. Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Pension Credit, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance), you may be eligible for the WaterSure scheme
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name: Ceri Cryer Organisation (if applicable): Age Cymru Email Address: ceri.cryer@agecymru.org.uk Your Address: Age Cymru, Mariners House, Trident Court, East Moors Road, Cardiff CF24 5TD Question ... ease. We welcome proposals regarding tackling age related poverty, including increasing take up of Pension Credit. We believe that public services should be proactive in informing older people when they become
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who have already had a fall). The detrimental effect on appearance is unacceptable to most older women, in particular. More generally, advice of any sort given in an overly didactic, directive tone is ... quotes from the research project Encouraging Positive Attitudes to Falls Prevention in Later Life: Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267
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review of the literature on perceptions of older workers undertaken by the University of Essex for Age UK in 2013, and also utilises a wider evidence base looking specifically at ageing in relation to workplace ... workers are more productive as shown by a Dutch study of 796 managers,42 as well as a survey from the UK carried out by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Chartered Management Institute
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whilst information provided in other formats must be of equal quality and fully accessible. The UK Government should reconsider the financial services exemption from the ban on harmful age discrimination ... accessible local transport networks become increasingly significant as people get older. 48% of pensioner households do not have access to a car compared to 26% of all households,6 and many older people
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Cryer, Age Cymru Page 5 Unequal access to and provision of mental health services – Dr Lis Boulton, Age UK Page 9 The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on older people’s mental health and wellbeing – Sam Young ... approaches that can help to improve mental wellbeing. In our opening article, Dr Lis Boulton from Age UK explores the barriers that older people may experience in accessing mental health services. While older
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decade would represent a strong performance -compared with the NHS' own past, compared with the wider UK economy, and with other countries' health systems. We believe it is possible – perhaps rising to as ... in five adults still smoke. A third of people drink too much alcohol. A third of men and half of women don’t get enough exercise. Almost two thirds of adults are overweight or obese. These patterns are
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Age-friendly banking What it is and how you do it About Age UK Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can ... people who need it most. The Age UK network includes Age UK, Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland and around 165 local Age UK partners in England. Learn more at www.ageuk.org.uk About AARP AARP is a US-based
