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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
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survey on attitudes to a secondary annuity market This briefing looks at the main findings from polling commissioned by Age UK to uncover more information about older peoples’ attitudes to cashing in an existing ... .................................................................................... 2 3. To cash in…or not to cash in?.................................................................................
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Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales September 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all ... older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for
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working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity ... opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to Welsh Government’s
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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
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October 2010 This briefing explores older peoples’ involvement in volunteering and politics. Nearly 4.9 million people aged 65 and over in England (58%) take part in volunteering or civic engagement.1 In our ... that that 39% of people aged 65-74 and 24% of those 75+ said they were involved in formal volunteering at least once per year.3 Volunteering benefits both health and quality of life. Older volunteers
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Longevity Centre – UK Age UK is a charity that aims to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, services, research, campaigns, products and training. In the UK we work closely with our ... Scotland and the many local Age UKs and older people’s groups. We provide services at a local and national level including information and advice that reaches some 6 million people each year. We seek to play
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AgeUKIG51 Getting your affairs in order and thinking about your care needs Thinking about end of life 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides ... We want to include real voices of real people in our guides. We’d love to hear about your experiences. Email us at stories@ageuk.org.uk. This information guide has been prepared by Age UK and contains
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AgeUKIG15 Common problems and how to manage them. Bladder and bowel problems. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our ... in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others. Email your story to stories@ageuk.org.uk. This information
