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should have to endure a calamitous reduction in their standard of living when they retire. However, currently 112,000 older people in Wales are estimated to live in poverty.1 The UK Government have been taking ... older people in the future. The new State Pension was introduced in April 2016, however significant controversy remains over the communication of cumulative changes to women’s State Pension age. In addition
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stories – What it is like to be a carer post-retirement 22 Contents 2 Care and support is currently in crisis due to lack of funding. Fewer and fewer older people are qualifying for local authority support ... additional 490,000 people who have care and support needs losing their entitlement to local authority help. In the longer term, rising numbers of older people will lead to increased demand for care and support
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... materials, and individual enquiries by telephone, letter, email and local face-to-face sessions. We work closely with Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland. We welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation Following the introduction of greater flexibility in pension decumulation in April 2015, this consultation explores how the Government can extend some of these flexibilities
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(ZHCs) form a very small part of the UK labour market, but have come to increasing public prominence in recent years. Debate on ZHCs is often polarised. However, a review of the evidence presents a ... number of all workers employed under a ZHC work in health and social care, especially in domiciliary care. Those on ZHCs are more likely to be women or in full-time education, younger or older workers
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Welsh Government March 2017 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled ... 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 are pleased to respond to the
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... continued access to customer-friendly physical banking services, that is, services conducted in-branch or in a close substitute for a bank branch. The persistence of a group of non-digital older people
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Committee March 2017 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled ... 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 are pleased to respond to the
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These sort of activities, which can help you improve your strength, form some of the key messages in our Falls Awareness Campaign that you can read more on p9. You can also find out how you can get involved ... involved with the Age Cymru Big Step fundraising campaign. Over the last year our support has been in more demand than ever. Call numbers to Age Cymru Advice have been at record levels and our friendship
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Contents Factsheet 42w February 2024 Obtaining disability equipment and home adaptations in Wales Age Cymru Advice 0300 303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 42w February 2024 ... housing adaptation? 19 6.3 ‘Small’, ‘medium’ and ‘large’ adaptations – guidance provided in the Welsh Government’s ‘Housing Adaptations Service Standards’ 20 6.4 Means testing for adaptations
