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services ⚫ Local transport ⚫ Housing associations 1.3.1 Exemptions Specific exemptions to the Act allow discrimination based on age or other protected characteristics in certain situations. Examples of ... exemption for financial services, including banks, building societies, and insurance companies which allows them to use age limits when deciding what services to offer. Age UK factsheet 79 August 2023 Equality
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state that whilst there is no statutory definition of crimes against older people, nor legislation allowing for a sentence uplift to be applied as with hate crimes, they are committed to ensuring that justice ... (LPA) in place prior to any loss of capacity. LPAs are important and relevant legal documents that allow important ‘Best Interest’ decisions to be made on behalf of the donor in regards to their finances
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you have to limit your activities. In fact, it can mean you can have more freedom and confidence, allowing you to stay independent for longer. Here are some tips to stay safe: • Take your time getting up ... automatically send an alert to a carer or call centre in case you’ve fallen. Personal alarms Personal alarms allow you to call for help if you need it – for example, if you’re unwell or if you have a fall and can’t
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person and our Age UK staff. This is then fed back into the care team, to help refine care plans. This allows individuals to better identify the services that are right for them. The effectiveness of this approach
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that many more people are now living longer these days. The Bank have been fairly reasonable in allowing me about eighteen months after my 75th birthday on 2nd March 2013. I am well able to meet the monthly
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to ensure people were always treated with dignity, which included valuing individual’s needs and allowing for and supporting people’s independence. Implementing a system for ensuring dignity, akin to that
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relation to share schemes our position is similar. A number of share schemes have provisions which allow pay outs for ‘good leavers’, often being those who are made redundant, or retire, and no payout for
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options: ‘option 1’, which sets an initial fee for making a claim and a further higher fee before it is allowed to go to a hearing; and ‘option 2’ which has an initial higher level of fee only. Both proposals
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information themselves and not rely on digitally included loved ones. Doing these things for 5 themselves allows more in control of their own lives. They have fed back that even when they have asked others for
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on the technical specifics, but we support consumers’ rights to a decent broadband connection that allows them to consistently and reliably carry out essential functions such as online grocery shopping and
