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their experiences and to contribute to Age Cymru’s policies. We are particularly interested to hear from people living in North Wales. Covid-19 led to an increase in demand for services and support from older ... isolation is distressing and has a detrimental effect on health and wellbeing. We have seen unprecedented demands on health and social care services. Some routine health checks and treatment were suspended
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1 Age UK Digital Inclusion Evidence Report 2013 Marcus Green and Phil Rossall Digital inclusion evidence review Contents 1 Digital inclusion of older people in the UK ........................ ... ... 13 Alleviating loneliness and social isolation ......................................................................................... 13 Educational attainment and lifelong learning ...........
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healthy and active, this briefing makes the case for: • Building the effects of demographic change into budgets • Developing a more strategic approach to ageing and improved cross-sector and crossdepartment ... most vulnerable • Delivery in full on existing statutory obligations and safeguards • Sustaining prevention • Placing proportionality and equality at the heart of all decisions Introduction Local authorities
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guarantee and registered in England and Wales (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). Registered address: Tavis House,1–6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. Age UK and its ... subsidiary companies and charities form the Age UK Group, dedicated to helping more people love later life. ID000000 03/17 Creating a ‘Career MOT at 50’ Helping people keep working and save for later life
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working and save for later lifeAn Age UK discussion paper, October 2017Why the ‘Career MOT at 50’ is neededThe State Pension age (SPA) is rising, scheduled to increase to 67 in 2026-28 and with further ... further rises likely in the 2030s and beyond. This makes working longer essential, and there is a clear need to help people plan their future careers as they approach the latter part of their working life
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George Holley-Moore and Helen Creighton www.ilcuk.org.uk Supported by June 2015 I 2 I The Future of Transport in an Ageing Society Executive Summary This project from ILC-UK and Age UK sets out ... Transport to health services • 1.45 million of those 65 and over in England find it difficult to travel to hospital, whilst 630,000 of those 65 and over find it difficult or very difficult to travel to their
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Age-friendly business Valuing and including older consumers in supermarkets and service companies February 2017 2 Introduction We often hear about our ageing society and the power of the ‘grey pound’ ... attracting and including older consumers is slow – many older people still struggle to access and navigate shops and other businesses. This results in exclusion and frustration for many people, and wasted
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................................................................................. 4 The top-line (and headline) ........................................................................................ ... ............................ 10 The gap between rates and hours gets wider ............................................................ 10 Age and gender changes ......................................
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Allowance 8 Support to have a life and identity of their own – the importance of respite 10 Stress and ill health 11 Social isolation 13 The benefits of respite 13 Day centres and older carers’ support groups ... groups 14 Care reform, direct payment and service provision 16 Support from professionals 17 Training paid carers 20 Getting information to older carers 20 Carers’ stories – What it is like to be a carer post-retirement
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LATER LIFE Improving quality of prevention and treatment through information: England 2005 to 2012 MAY 2012 A report from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry Ageing Research Group for Age UK ... UK Authors: David Melzer, Behrooz Tavakoly, Rachel Winder, Suzanne Richards, Christian Gericke and Iain Lang © 2012 PCMD Ageing Research Group, University of Exeter. All rights reserved. © 2012 PCMD
