person and our Age UK staff. This is then fed back into the care team, to help refine care plans. This allows individuals to better identify the services that are right for them. The effectiveness of this approach
that many more people are now living longer these days. The Bank have been fairly reasonable in allowing me about eighteen months after my 75th birthday on 2nd March 2013. I am well able to meet the monthly
to ensure people were always treated with dignity, which included valuing individual’s needs and allowing for and supporting people’s independence. Implementing a system for ensuring dignity, akin to that
relation to share schemes our position is similar. A number of share schemes have provisions which allow pay outs for ‘good leavers’, often being those who are made redundant, or retire, and no payout for
options: ‘option 1’, which sets an initial fee for making a claim and a further higher fee before it is allowed to go to a hearing; and ‘option 2’ which has an initial higher level of fee only. Both proposals
that the heat isn’t just heating your windows! Move furniture such as sofa’s away from radiators to allow the heat to penetrate the room. Use the thermostats on individual radiators to control which rooms
information themselves and not rely on digitally included loved ones. Doing these things for 5 themselves allows more in control of their own lives. They have fed back that even when they have asked others for
on the technical specifics, but we support consumers’ rights to a decent broadband connection that allows them to consistently and reliably carry out essential functions such as online grocery shopping and
The FCA should continue to protect all consumers with the full retirement risk warnings. If it does allow a less intensive regime for small pots, we think a threshold of £10,000 is too high. As decumulation
debate. Key points and recommendations For many older people local public transport is a lifeline, allowing them to get out and about, reach services and meet friends and family. Public sector subsidy supports