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21). In Scotland, contact Age Scotland for a copy of their free Hot Tips Calendar (see page 21). Key This symbol indicates who to contact for the next steps you need to take. what next? 3 Winter wrapped ... home, the higher the risk is to your health. Monitor the temperature in your home, as prevention is key! • Keep your main living room around 70°F/21°C and the rest of your home heated to at least 65°F/18°C
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and middle-income countries through our partner and subsidiary charity Age International. 1. Key Challenges Demographic change There are 10.3 million people aged 65 or over in the UK and over ... pensioners. Currently the main elements are the basic state pension and the additional state pension. Key issues with this system are: the low level of the basic pension, gaps in coverage, the complexity of
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from Age UK. For more information on ILC-UK please visit www.ilcuk.org.uk About ILC-UK 1 Contents Key research findings 2 Introduction 4 Attitudes to debt 6 The use of credit among older people 8 Problem ... believes that more can be done to prevent debt in later life and to help those who are facing problems. Key findings: • Increasing age is still associated with more negative views towards debt. • Very few
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rather than a shift in 5 I Koehler (2014): Key to care. Report of the Burstow Commission on the future of the home care workforce, p20 9 resources ... commitment of increasing the capital limit used by local authorities that charge for residential care, our key concern is to ensure that the social care system is funded to meet the needs of our ageing population
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current or future entitlement to local authority funded care. Under the FCA rules, you must be given a ‘key facts’ document for each product an adviser is recommending. This sets out the details of the product ... (Wales) Act 2016 on 1 December 2022, this is called a standard occupation contract. There are two key differences between SRB schemes and equity release: ⚫ security of tenure - equity release usually provides
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UK Advice, helps people 365 days a year 6 Campaigning for pension reform Reforms to pensions were a key focus for our campaigning and policy work. We were pleased when our calls for a simpler, fairer State ... interest have been received. Eight conferences were held for Older People’s forums. These focused on key policy issues and a variety of capacity-building areas. Feedback from attendees indicated that the
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to receive annual increases to State Pensions? The State Pension is payable in any country but the key question is whether British Citizens living abroad will receive annual increases. Annual increases
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amount of information available in traditional formats has created barriers in being able to access key services and information. 3. Older people must be supported and encouraged to acquire digital skills
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commitment of increasing the capital limit used by local authorities that charge for residential care, our key concern is to ensure that the social care system is funded to meet the needs of our ageing population
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issues that will apply to buyers (i.e. financial service companies) and brokers in the marketplace. Key points and recommendations Age UK understands that some people may welcome the creation of the marketplace
