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are specifically targeted. We want to help create barriers that keep scams away from people. This will not be easy and we believe working in partnership is essential so we can share our knowledge of financial
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There isn’t a savings limit for Pension Credit – but if you have more than £10,000 in savings, this will affect the amount you receive. If you have a disability, you care for someone, you have dependent
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advocacy providers and forums across Wales. • HOPE identifies and supports Advocacy Ambassadors, who will promote awareness of rights and choices, and the importance, benefits and outcomes of advocacy. HOPE
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about my care and support • I think I might need help but I don’t know how to go about it or what will happen next • I am not able to say what matters to me especially when lots of people are telling
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delivering, such as engaging care home residents with Come to Tea, or developing activities that men will want to take part in (Building Better Buddies). However, they also mentioned the importance of the ... individual organisations was also acknowledged in the Building Better Buddies trainer guide. However, as will be returned to below when challenges are discussed, both Delivery Organisations and volunteers felt
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job. The over 50s typically have longer spells of unemployment than any other age group, and some will never work again, effectively becoming locked out of the labour market. This can be for a variety ... older jobseekers. And as the UK’s population ages, and the state retirement age rises, these issues will become increasingly important. The good news, however, is that there is scope for positive change
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service providers need to ensure that their service delivery is age friendly. Whilst many older people will have no difficulty holding a conversation and expressing their needs and requests, others may have ... inconsistent information undermines trust in the service and the service provider. Information and advice services need to be independent or provided by a trusted and reliable source. Greater cooperation
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Shopping using the internet 37% 71% 34 Creatng secure passwords 33% 84% 51 Recognising secure and trusted websites 26% 63% 37 Recognising amd deleting spam and /or potentia threats 16% 78% 62 Page 15 of ... feeling more and more confident, as an individual it will help me keep in touch with loved ones and facilitate my need to bank online. I also think I will benefit from using the internet to gain knowledge
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introduced in April 2016. These include how Local Authorities will calculate and meter someone’s contribution towards their care costs, the ways people will be able to keep track of their progress towards the cap ... cap, an increase in the means test capital limits and how the level of the cap will be regularly uprated. Key points and recommendations Age UK welcomes the Government’s intention to introduce the cap
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touched older people’s lives, what are the questions that older people have raised with us, and what will be Age UK’s priorities, as the policy agenda develops, to ensure a better later life for everyone ... secondary legislation, which is devolved. 2. Equality and Human Rights A major area of focus for Age UK will be to ensure that older people’s position is strengthened, not weakened, by any possible changes to
