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if you can, as the air is cooler at ground level. And who can resist the warmth provided by a hot water bottle! 3The quarterly newsletter from Age Cymru Winter Warmth Edition 2020 Keeping your home warm ... English or Welsh, on 0300 303 44 98 between 9am and 4pm, Monday to Friday. Calls charged at local rates. Or you can email advice@agecymru.org.uk. There are also lots of resources on our website: www.agecymru
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1 below), and the employment rate for the post-65 age group has also been increasing, as clearly demonstrated by Chart y. The medium-term trend continued at the same rate following October 2006.ii Furthermore ... strengthened or weakened older workers position in the labour market as a whole. The increase in employment rates could be entirely due to changes in individuals’ desire to work for longer, and have no connection
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heard 89% of people said they had their issue(s) resolved positively 11% were unsure Training 99% rated the training as good or excellent 886 people attended our development / training events and webinars ... wouldn’t be able to afford to install the boiler before winter, leaving her with no heating or hot water. Our HOPE Independent Volunteer Advocate liaised with the NEST Warm Home scheme and Care and Repair
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hospital” Nan: You need to take time on steps, stairs or slippery floors, and if you spill drinks or water get it cleaned up straight away. Don’t climb on high furniture” Gramps & Nan and Jack & Jill:
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concerns about CQC’s proposals to aggregate assessments and ratings at provider-level as we fear they might dilute the notion of quality ratings by the CQC and undermine the public’s confidence in the judgements ... believes there should be further consistency and transparency in defining ‘requires improvement ratings’ and in taking enforcement action. Although we welcome the proposal to be more transparent with the
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000i older people die needlessly, as a result of cold weather in the UK. The UK’s excess winter death rate is much higher than other colder countries. Research suggests that cold weather morbidity is preventable ... assist with completing forms makes the process smoother, less stressful and leads to a higher success rate. Our research shows that the top three items older people spent their additional income on were: •
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programme for older people. “I thought the programme would at best, just be able to slow down the rate of dementia progressing, but I am actually finding that some participants appear to be regaining functions
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alleviate this pressure. Age Cymru believes that retaining the maximum charge, albeit at a higher rate, will ensure that non-residential care services remain affordable and avoid any regional inconsistency
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frustrating, especially for older people who can face numerous barriers trying to get a good deal Teaser rates exploit people’s natural tendencies to discount the future in favour of the present and are not compatible ... Savings accounts which drop to far below market rates are fundamentally unfair and should not be sold The FCA should require that banks: o Publish interest rates on all statements – paper and online o Provide
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The deduction is made because in this case normally you will have paid NI contributions at a lower rate because you were paying into a contracted out pension instead. Can I use my partner’s contributions ... your partner’s additional State Pension already built up. If you are a woman who paid the reduced rate ‘married woman’s contributions’, you may be able to use these contributions towards the State Pension
