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and retirement housing 1 Acknowledgements 3 Executive summary 4 Key recommendations 5 Introduction 7 What is this inquiry? 7 Definitions 8 Background to the inquiry 8 Why does retirement housing matter? 9 ... exacerbated by uncertainty around funding for preventive care and support services. A lack of clarity about what different schemes offer – and the cost of services – makes it difficult for older people to evaluate
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discussing their finances in-person. Older people have told us that they are regularly having to travel increasingly long distance to access in-person banking support, which is particularly difficult for ... access to in person banking, and that older people are not excluded from managing the own finances. How can you get involved in our campaign? We're encouraging you to write to your local branch, your local councillor
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questions, noting in brackets the corresponding paragraph number from the consultation document. 3. Over time, older people are increasingly using the internet; the proportion of people aged 75+ who have used ... their health. (See our recent report on older people and scams for more information.3) Key points i. Older people are increasingly using the internet, although three in five (61%) people aged 75+ are
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(provided you have a child or children) died after 6 April 2017. This benefit isn't means-tested, so you can make a claim regardless of your income or whether you're in work, but there are certain eligibility ... partnership If you have a child or children and were living with your partner when they died, then you can claim BSP. On 9 February 2023 the law changed, extending BSP to cohabiting partners (provided
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rarely gave us any time alone together and on one occasion Arthur was taken seriously ill and transferred to hospital without them notifying me. The man I love could have died and I wouldn’t have been ... She didn’t push but she gave plenty of positive messages that she didn’t have a problem. At 78 I finally feel I’m safe to be me.’ Julie The contrast of these two experiences highlights the importance of creating
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delivered should be subject to an appropriate and proportionate evaluation Evaluations help identify what works and why, provide learning to improve effectiveness (of services), highlight good practice and ... planning an evaluation are: What are the aims of the service to be delivered? What are the questions to be answered by the evaluation? How will attribution be measured? What data will be collected and
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in comparisons – Product pricing, product/service descriptions and bundling of multiple products, can lead to consumer confusion and inertia. Lack of trust in long-term benefits – The Government must ... considering in its current Energy Market Investigation.5 In these cases, the Government should consider what can be done to remove the problem at source, by challenging supplier behaviour. We support the CMA’s
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and the people around them can do to reduce the risks. This resource is designed to help children think about falling over, the impact that this could have on people, how they can support friends, relatives ... relatives and loved ones to reduce their risk of falling and think about how they can age healthily and prevent falling over in their own future. This session which runs up to 1-hour begins with a classroom-based
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AgeUKIL8 What to expect and key responsibilities. How to be an executor. 2 This information guide has been prepared by Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for ... expert peer reviewers. Published: August 2023 3 Contents. What this guide is about 4. Deciding to be an executor. What is an executor? 5. Can I change my mind? 6. An executor’s key duties Registering
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you’ve saved into a defined contribution pension scheme during your working life, you’ll have to decide what to do with the pension fund you’ve built up when you approach retirement age. One option is to buy ... don't have to buy one from your pension provider, and you should shop around. However, you can start by checking what your pension provider is offering, because they may still offer a higher payment rate than
