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everyone make the most of later life. We help more than 5 million people every year, providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. We welcome the opportunity to respond to ... consultation and highlight the particular needs of older people. We responded to the December 2015 consultation,2 and in February 2016 published a report ‘Older people and power loss, floods and storms: reducing
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everyone make the most of later life. We help more than 5 million people every year, providing support, advice and companionship for older people who need it most. We welcome the opportunity to respond to ... the Ofwat ‘Summary of emerging findings’ document,3 making a number of points about the needs of older people. Key points and recommendations 1. We do not currently support introducing competition to water
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local authorities look for ways to cut spending, while continuing to support growing numbers of older people to stay healthy and active, this briefing makes the case for: • Building the effects of demographic ... tougher times ahead. People in later life recognise that the services they value will not be exempt from consideration when local authorities look at where to make cuts. However, older residents will want
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there are no restrictions placed on older learners. • We believe it has the potential to re-engage people in the skills and training system, and to help more people move into employment. • It is an important ... important component of the policy to extend working lives because it will allow people aged 50+ to up-skill and help them remain active in the labour market for longer. • The Government should go even further
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Time taken to assess - three year comparison 15 Three year comparison - time taken to assess 16 people aged 55+ for care needs for ten local authorities Comparison of ten local authority’s volume of ... care for people aged 55+ once assessed - three year comparison. 19 Time taken to provide care – three year comparison. 20 Acknowledgements Age Cymru would like to thank all the older people that spoke
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lot of fear around the process. For example, in one recent survey the top four out of seven fears people admitted to were around death1: Dying in pain (83%) Dying alone (67%) Being told they are dying ... long-term relationship (39%) Losing their job (38%) NICE guidance defines the ‘end of life’ stage as people with advanced, progressive, incurable conditions; those who may die within 12 months; and those with
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of their services for people living with dementia. Since 2013, 46 local Age UKs in England have been supported to help shape their services to be more inclusive for older people living with dementia ... voice of people with dementia – listening to and engaging with people with dementia as a starting point. • The place – assessing the accesibility of the internal and external environment for people with dementia
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information about the new State Pension for people reaching State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016. It also has information about the old State Pension for people who reached State Pension age before 6 ... Benefit rates are reviewed annually and uprated in April but rules and figures can sometimes change during the year. The information in this factsheet is applicable to Great Britain. Contact details for
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community transport services. Every year, over 23 million community transport journeysi take place. People in the UK rely on community transport services to access healthcareii, educationiii, employmentiv ... of users are disabled.vi Community Transport is not just vital for getting older people from A to B but also to help older people increase their wellbeing, attend medical appointments, socialise,vii participate
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Role of solicitors 23 Affordability 25 Service charges 25 Rents 27 Housing Benefit 29 Supporting People funding 30 Inequality and access 31 Contents 2 Influencing and consultation 33 Lobbying 33 Meaningful ... 2011 Localism Act 34 Allocations 35 Black and minority ethnic older residents 37 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and transgender older residents 40 Home for life 43 Security of tenure 43 Pets 43 Accessible
