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Testing Promising Approaches to Reducing Loneliness Results and Learnings of Age UK’s Loneliness Pilot. 2 Foreword Many people experience loneliness at some point in their lives. For some it may be short-lived ... health and quality of life. Loneliness still carries a stigma and people may not want to admit to feeling lonely, so our latest work has been focussed on finding the best ways to reach and truly engage
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service continues to provide some reassurances to older people, answer basic queries and link people to local services and support during the Coronavirus outbreak. We have all been advised to self-isolate ... as much as possible to help protect us from the virus. This is particularly important for people over 70 and those with underlying health conditions because they are at higher risk of developing more severe
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reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy ... 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation The CMA is carrying out a market study into care homes for older paper, to review how well the
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Agenda for Later Life 2015: A great place to grow older Executive summary Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We provide services and support ... national and local level to inspire, enable and support older people. We stand up and speak for all those who have reached later life, and also protect the long-term interests of future generations. About
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suffered as a consequence of under-funding and this situation has been further aggravated in recent years as a result of widespread reductions in public sector budgets. The question of funding social care can ... financial contribution that individuals are required to make for the social care they receive. There is a fundamental debate over the basic fairness of charging people for the care and support they have
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WalesEnvis AGE Spotlight on the financial inclusion of older people No. 14 2020 Featured articles Page 2 Introduction – Victoria Lloyd Page 5 Overview of poverty and older people – Dr Victoria Winckler Page ... issues for current and future pensioners – Sally West Page 14 Project 360° - supporting older veterans to access their Armed Forces pension – Heather Ferguson Page 17 Improving financial wellbeing amongst
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Page 1 of 22 Factsheet 79 Equality, discrimination and the Public Sector Equality Duty August 2024 About this factsheet The Equality Act 2010 (‘the Act’) came into force on 1 October 2010. It combined ... combined almost all previous anti-discrimination laws into one single piece of legislation. It expanded the scope of discrimination law to cover: Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage and Civil Partnership
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Wales Region Contractual Status of Role: Full time, 35 hours per week Fixed term until March 2025 Job Title of Line Manager: Service Manager Job titles and number of direct reports: Regional Project ... (1) Job Purpose: To develop and ensure delivery of a regional framework for the delivery of the Community Assistance Project across the region of north and mid Wales. Ensure provision of interventions and
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Changes to work and income around state pension age Analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Authors: Jenny Chanfreau, Matt Barnes and Carl Cullinane Date: December 2013 Prepared for: ... for: Age UK NatCen Social Research | Changes to work and income around state pension age 1 Many people retire from paid work as they approach or reach state pension age. This pivotal event can have a
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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 lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services ... 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 Economy
