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constrained spending (see for example the National Audit Office Report Progress in making NHS efficiency savings) and we have growing concerns that access to essential services such as hearing aid provision and
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in a bungalow or park home, with no second floor to escape move possessions to. Low income, no savings or financial safety net, no home/flood insurance cover. Older people are a varied group; many experience
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finances, find they have lost thousands of pounds because they haven’t been able to shop around for new savings products and have been left on derisory rates of interest. We hear from older people who feel patronised
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and Local Government resources that are already committed to existing core activity’15. Efficiency savings cannot make good the reduction in funding that has occurred since 2010/11, let alone address the ... home owners who need it can receive social care without having to sell their homes or give up their savings’. New Framework for Care In 2011, two widely anticipated reports setting out proposals for care
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can have a devastating financial and emotional impact. Some people sadly lose their entire life savings; although the loss or relatively small amounts can still have devastating consequences and can lead
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People’s Alliance (COPA), Welsh Senate of Older People, Active Wales, National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales worked together to gather the experiences of people aged 50 or over
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pass or do not qualify for a disabled person’s bus pass. The qualifying age is based on the State Pension age - although some local authorities offer more generous schemes. If older people do not yet qualify ... hospital. A more flexible system would encourage more older people to use public transport and would save resources over the longer term. 25 TACKLING COSTS Some older people are already able to use their
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encouraged to take part in, projects such 5 as fit for the future, alongside the potential resource savings to the health and social care sectors. However, more research is needed in this area. 6 Introduction ... HCP interviewees suggested that joined up working with Third Sector organisations such as Age UK saved resources by freeing up capacity, and it also enables clinicians and GPs to have more time to work
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delivering the support (including only staff costs and cost of travel and netting off the average saving per older person from switching energy suppliers) is £55 per older person supported. This compares
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someone’s face. V We need to be cautious about defining someone by their income from the state, eg ‘Pensioner’ and consider whether we are reinforcing stereotypes with the language we use. Are you promoting
