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commitments set out as goals and targets, specific timescales, clarity around who will be involved in delivery, and what “better” will look like. iv. Clear commitments set out as goals, with detail regarding ... contribute to ending the abuse and neglect of older people and the extent of the role they can play. This will assist with identifying where any existing and additional resourcing should be targeted to be most
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place from 7th - 11th November 2022. This year's theme will show how advocates support people in relation to their human rights; each day will shine a light on an element of the Human Rights Act ... information and ideas. Below are the details of the next round of advocacy network meetings which will take place via Zoom or Teams: Cardiff and Vale 2/11/22 9am-10am
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consider how greater choice, quality, and security of housing for older people can be achieved. They will make recommendations to government during 2024. 2 Introduction This factsheet is about housing designed ... available before you commit to moving in. It is also important to consider your financial resources. The cost of specialist housing can vary considerably depending on factors such as location, age, on-site facilities
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ATMs. We agree that the cash and cheque handling systems should continue to be modernised, to reduce costs and improve productivity, for example by the introduction of the planned cheque imaging system. There ... system, which is not the case today and unlikely to be so in the foreseeable future. Physical cash will continue to serve as a standby for when people are out of reach of electronic payments or when there
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lack of access to flexible options, 300,000 carers are forced to drop out of work each year. This costs the UK economy £5.3 billion in lost GDP, with a further £1 billion in lost revenue for the Exchequer ... this waste of talent and cost to the UK economy. Age UK therefore strongly supports the extension of the right to request flexible working to all employees. We are hopeful it will help engender a positive
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less than in the past. These schemes are all welcome but without significant additional investment will not address the true scale of the problem. 1 The ... estimates that with the Nest energy efficiency investment programme assisting 6000 homes a year, it will take another 50 years to assist all fuel poor households in Wales.5 The time is right for the Welsh
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the reforms is whether they deliver over many years across retirement, not just at the outset. This will not become evident for several years. 1.2 Notwithstanding the early popularity of the reforms, there ... expenses, secondarily to spend on treating themselves or the household, and thirdly for savings. We will share this research with the Committee when available. 2.3 More generally, we are concerned that
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conclusions; wherever this is so it is clearly indicated in the text. Being able to know that we will receive health and care if and when we should need it matters to all of us, at any age, but it is ... decade and beyond this becomes less common and more of us will need help. By the time we reach our early eighties only one in seven of us will be free of any diagnosed long term health conditions and
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generations of patients, carers and families. We see the human cost of the failure to take action on prevention. We are determined that this will not continue. The time is now In order to achieve the goal ... In addition to the human costs, preventable ill health costs the NHS and it costs the economy. The rise in potentially preventable conditions is expected to increase NHS costs by £5 billion a year between
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poverty. 2. Many older people live with health conditions that mean they have higher required energy costs. 3. Many older people are unable to fully engage with the energy market, due to barriers such as digital ... proposal to apply the safeguard tariff to Warm Home Discount recipients. However, we recognise this will not successfully target all the customers who need protection, so in the longer-term there is a need
