About the research Age Cymru’s dementia advocacy project, HOPE (Helping others to participate and engage) advocacy project and Age Cymru Advice all reported worrying delays in older people being assessed ... detrimental impact on those individuals waiting, their carers, family and their wider support network. Through our research we wanted to understand: • The scale of the issue of waiting for care for older
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names and addresses: If you have children who are under 18, who would you like to be their guardian*?: Executors’** full names and addresses: Before meeting with your solicitor, it’s a good idea to plan ... plan what you want to include and who you want to benefit. You can use this form to gather your thoughts and plans in one place for easy reference at your meeting. (Please note that this will planner is not
author of this report would like to thank the representatives of local Age UK Brand Partners (Cheschire, Darlington, North Tyneside, South Lakeland, South Tyneside and Teeside), the Community Energy Programme ... Programme team (in particular Nicola Hart) and older people participating in the project who shared information for this evaluation. Author Vinal K Karania is Research Manager at Age UK with responsibility
15 Independence and Control ................................................... 19 Support and Assets .............................................................. 24 Loneliness and Isolation ...... ... ................................................. 31 Adapting to Life Changes ...................................................... 37 Policy Implications written by Age UK ..........................
getting to hospital appointments is a major issue for older people IN-DEPTH POLICY REPORT 2 Introduction For most of us just having a hospital appointment is enough to worry about but imagine having to make ... chronic pain and having to take three different buses to get there. This is the reality for many of the older people we have heard from. That’s why Age UK is calling on the Government to urgently review
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Testing Promising Approaches to Reducing Loneliness Results and Learnings of Age UK’s Loneliness Pilot. 2 Foreword Many people experience loneliness at some point in their lives. For some it may be short-lived ... people’s health and quality of life. Loneliness still carries a stigma and people may not want to admit to feeling lonely, so our latest work has been focussed on finding the best ways to reach and truly engage
Consultation Response Pension reforms – proposed changes to our rules and guidance, CP 15-30 January 2016 Ref: 3915 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts ... purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Contact: Christopher Brooks christopher.brooks@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House
Consultation Response Age UK’s response to the Independent Review of the State Pension age December 2016 Ref 4016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce ... purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. sally.west@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA