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people in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship or disadvantage Promoting training, arts, culture and heritage for the benefit of older people; and other charitable purposes for the ... properly constituted, balanced and competent Board, including clear procedures for selection, election, training, retirement and if necessary, removal of trustees. Staff 20. Trustees must ensure there is a clear
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Do you need help from a trained independent Volunteer Advocate to: • Ensure people listen to your views, wishes and feelings so you lead the decision making? • Get the right support you need when
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Do you need help from a trained Independent Dementia Advocate to: • Understand your accommodation options? • Understand the choices you can make? • Access the services you need? • Stay connected to
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couldn’t be further from the truth and it is highest among black and minority ethnic older people, older women living alone and older renters. Rising State Pension Age Rising State Pension Age has hit hardest ... as high as it is for this age group, in a large part, because of UK Government imposed rises in women’s State Pension Age (SPA) and Pension Credit age • changes to Pension Credit rules for ‘mixed age couples’
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alleviate the problem. The journey to a hospital may involve having to change buses or travelling by train. A lack of connectivity between different operators can make it very difficult to plan a journey to ... if passengers refuse to clear a space for a wheelchair user15. More generally the approach and training of the driver is an important factor in encouraging older people to use the bus. A negative, impatient
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correct labour market inequalities. There is also an interesting gender split, with women generally faring worse than men. Women typically have shorter spells of unemployment, so it’s unclear why this differential ... over 55s are 45.3 per cent lower than for the under 55s. The difference is exacerbated among 55+ women, who achieve less than half the proportion of successful job outcomes than their under 55 counterparts
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of years of life left and women 11.9%viii. Today, men have 13.0% of their lives left and women have 14.8%ix. Thirty years ago, men aged 85 had 4.9% of their lives left and women 5.9%, whereas today men have ... have 6.4% of their lives left at age 85, and women have 7.4%x. This proposal would be more in line with current trends in life expectancy, although it would again impose an upper age limit with potential
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long-term health conditions. 4. We seek assurance that call handlers and other customer-facing staff are trained in the requisite skills to be able to identify key vulnerabilities, such as dementia, which customers ... identify vulnerabilities, we seek assurances that call handlers have a minimum level of knowledge and training to be able to identify key vulnerabilities, e.g. dementia symptoms, and ask broad prompting questions
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labour market increased from 63.8 years to 64.6 years for men and from 61.2 years to 62.3 years for women.2 This is likely to be an on-going trend. Around two-thirds of workers over SPA are currently in part-time ... note will typically focus on those groups within 10 years of reaching SPA (currently 61 and over for women, and 65 and over for men), and those groups under the age of 75. There are approximately 6 million
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one hour at a time. You might not think it, but even a little bit of activity can help you to keep strength and mobility and boost your immune function. Everyday chores such as cleaning, washing up, ironing
