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unplanned admissions to hospital. In April 2015, our Portsmouth partners launched their programme which will support another 1,000 older people. Other sites are currently being established in six new areas ... world. Thousands of items were donated and then sold to benefit vulnerable older people. Under the UK Aid Match scheme, the Department for International Development (DFID) matched this effort pound for pound
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life. Changes to local public services, as a result of spending cuts and public services reform, will have a significant impact on older people, many of whom rely on these services to help them continue ... government repealing duties and guidance, and others introducing new arrangements. Local public bodies will therefore need to make their own firm commitment to investing in meaningful dialogue with residents
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standing up and getting physical activity. More outdoor light exposure during the day and early evening will also keep you alert later into the evening. Nighttime Recommendations 12. Go to bed only when you ... patterns and quality of sleep as we age? 5. If people are taking prescription or over-counter sleep aides, what should they know about the impact of those medicines on cognition and does that change with
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that make a difference – being aware, using inclusive language, not making assumptions. I hope it will be widely used.’ 3 Miriam Margolyes OBE Actress and Age UK Ambassador 4 Introduction Can you imagine ... the voluntary sector who would like to support older people who are lesbian, gay, bi or trans. It will also be helpful for training providers to ensure courses integrate discussions and scenarios relating
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losing their entitlement to local authority help. In the longer term, rising numbers of older people will lead to increased demand for care and support. Support for the person needing care is often heavily ... time-frame for older carers. The current Government has established a Care Commission and has said that it will publish a ‘re-focused Carers’ Strategy’ in April 2011 and plans to ‘improve access to respite care
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of being able to complete everyday tasks independently § While older people tend to accept that it will become harder to complete these tasks as they get older, as the ability to do these things without ... is that to encourage older people to engage with preventative strategies and frailty services, it will be important to: o Build on existing beliefs that ‘living with frailty’ is not an inevitable or irreversible
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employers. However, enrolled workers will have to save more than the minimum required amounts if they are to build a sufficient retirement income. Whether or not they will do so is yet to be seen. Moreover ... their 40s, for example, will not be able to build up a decent pension under auto enrolment alone. Many still distrust the pensions industry and underestimate just how much they will need to have saved by
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6 Foreword The Lord Filkin, CBE My granddaughter, if all goes well, will live to be 100; she has the energy to do so! Many of us will live ten years longer than expected at our birth. This increase in our ... example, one service compared with another, or a proposed new policy compared to today’s arrangements. I will come back to how the cost and outcome evidence might be used in a moment. But it is important to emphasise
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about my care and support • I think I might need help but I don’t know how to go about it or what will happen next • I am not able to say what matters to me especially when lots of people are telling
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There isn’t a savings limit for Pension Credit – but if you have more than £10,000 in savings, this will affect the amount you receive. If you have a disability, you care for someone, you have dependent
