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Our care home toolkit is a resource available to care homes about recruitment, training and supporting volunteers and care homes
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Interest (SMI) is a benefit for homeowners which helps pay towards the interest on a mortgage or home improvement loans. The benefit will be replaced by a loan in 2018. Find out more on this page.
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Equity release refers to the various ways in which you can use your home to generate income. This means that you can release cash from your home without the hassle of having to move.
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Information about the two parts of pension credit: Savings Credit and Guarantee Credit, and how much money pension credit will give you
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Information and advice on the different housing choices available as you get older.
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A summary of the evaluation Age UK’s Cascade Training Programme Empowering volunteers to support older people to improve their health and wellbeing The Cascade Training Programme supported organisations ... mentors, to motivate and encourage vulnerable older men to take part in new activities. Moving Movements Training for volunteers in the importance of understanding faith and culture when engaging older people
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1 Predicting the prevalence of loneliness at older ages Iparraguirre, J Predicting the prevalence of loneliness at older ages Professor José Iparraguirre, Chief Economist, Age UK ... UK 2 Predicting the prevalence of loneliness at older ages Iparraguirre, J Abstract This paper presents a prediction of the prevalence of loneliness among people aged 65 or over across
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Current experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales of the Covid-19 pandemic, and views on the year ahead June 2022 Contents Page About this research 3 Current experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic 1 ... healthcare 8 3. Access to social care 15 4. Current challenges 17 5. Unpaid carers 24 6. Veterans 26 7. Employment 27 8. Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic 29 9. Communication 31 The year ahead 1. Looking forward
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How much would it cost to meet the unmet social care needs of older people in England? - Iparraguirre Page 1 How much would it cost to meet the unmet social care needs of older people in England? Prof ... unmet social care needs –roughly 31 per cent of older people with difficulty in carrying out activities of daily living (Age UK, 2014). This note explains how we arrived to an estimate of how much money
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Become a Care Home Volunteer - Together we can make a difference Being a care home volunteer is a rewarding role, helping as part of a warm and friendly environment. There are many personal benefits ... residents and the care home staff. “It was a good feeling to be able to assist the Home in this important activity - important for residents and visitors. The feeling of doing something useful in my community
