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have signed up for an Age UK or Age Co branded equity release product in error since 2020, please contact Action Fraud as soon as possible. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period February ... Ireland, contact Age Scotland or Age NI for information applicable to those nations. Contact details can be found at the back of the factsheet. Contact details for other organisations mentioned in the factsheet
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editors: Dr Susan Davidson, Professor James Goodwin, and Phil Rossall Age UK works to improve later life for the 14 million older people in the UK. We do this by addressing health inequality, reducing loneliness ... those in later life in all its forms. We also speak for the long-term interests of every one of us, so that experiences of ageing grow better for each passing generation. Improving later life. Understanding
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people. We stand up and speak for all those who have reached later life, and also protect the long-term interests of future generations. Poverty remains the reality of life for many older people, and whilst ... older people in poverty has decreased in recent years however income poverty remains a critical issue for hundreds of thousands of pensioners. There are 1.6 million pensioners living in poverty in the UK and
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Living on a low income in later life Katherine Hill Liz Sutton Donald Hirsch Centre for Research in Social Policy Loughborough University October 2011 Copyright © Age UK 2011 ISBN 978-0-9568731-2-5 The ... 3Living on a low income in later life We would like to thank Madeleine Thornton and colleagues at Age UK for their support throughout the project. We greatly appreciate the help provided by local Age UKs and
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about later life for trans people. It is intended to provide information and advice and does not offer any opinions or views on the subject matter. The focus is on growing older for people who have transitioned ... acquired gender, or who are considering transitioning and gender reassignment. The factsheet covers a range of legal, financial and social care considerations and details of where to go for further information
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injury, and communicable disease. Although the NHS has been evolving to meet changing health needs for some time, there is an urgent need to increase the pace and scale of service transformation to meet ... substantially – by 56%. Hospital admissions for people with at least one of 12 chronic conditions in total accounted for 58% of total inpatient spend in 2014/15, or 72% for those aged 50 and over.1 The prevalence
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Later life in rural England Age UK is a charity that aims to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, services, campaigns, products, training and research. In the UK we work ... experience and expertise of older people and paying particular attention to the voices of disadvantaged and vulnerable older people. Contents Introduction 2 Key calls for action 5 Transport 7 Health and social
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Experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales who look after, or give any unpaid help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill-health or ... ill-health or disability, or issues related to growingolder?Yes NoIf you answered No, the survey is not for you at this time, thank you. If you would like further information or support please see the contacts
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Pilot. 2 Foreword Many people experience loneliness at some point in their lives. For some it may be short-lived whilst for others it can become long term. It can have a devastating impact on people’s health ... reach and truly engage older people who are lonely: being eyes and ears on the ground and in communities; exploring the sorts of conversations needed to enable someone who is lonely to get help on their own
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quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We welcome the ... Dental Services Forward in Wales: a Framework outlining priorities for dentistry and a future work programme” is on dental services for children and young people. However, we welcome the recognition on
