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specific challenges which we believe need to be urgently addressed and asks how the local public sector can work with local older people and other partners to find the solutions needed to improve later life ... succeeded in engaging effectively with their older residents – only 30% of people over 65 feel they can influence decisions in their area1. Involving and engaging local older people and their representatives
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is exacerbated by the fact that nearly 60% of male prisoners over the age of 60 are sex offenders who may find themselves ostracised by the rest of the prison community. Older prisoners have the same needs ... may have no family or community links or have elderly spouses and parents who either have special requirements of their own or who need to travel miles to visit. Older prisoners are harder to resettle because
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word of mouth Of the 26 young people who responded, no one heard about the project via social media channels (e.g. Facebook, twitter) Of the 41 older people who responded, only single-digit number heard ... and older people Older survey respondents Younger survey respondents Of the 40 older people who responded, 29 had contact with older people at least every three months (with 21 at least every week)
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AARP with support from Age UK to offer the best possible advice about what adults age 50 and older can do to maintain and improve their brain health. GCBH members come together to discuss specific lifestyle ... interested in learning what they can do to maintain their brain health as they age. An abundance of sources are now available for people to find information, but it can be difficult to know what the weight
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report would like to thank: Vinal K Karania, Devna Vickerman and David Terrace of Age UK National who liaised with the research team throughout the project, and provided appropriate data and information ... all those involved in the fit for the future programme who generously gave their time to participate in the research, including the older people who participated, local Age UK partners, local stakeholders
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our annual review We’d like to say a big thank you to those of you who have stood alongside Age UK this year to ensure that more people can love later life. We’re indebted to our tireless staff and volunteers ... support and efforts mean that we can make a real difference to peoples’ day-to-day lives. The stories we share in this review show how significant that difference can be to individual people. But these
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Older People’s Alliance, the Welsh Senate of Older People, Active Wales, National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales. It revealed that 70% of respondents had some difficulty accessing ... people in the months ahead. We also intend to run a follow up survey early in 2021, to make sure we can continue to convey up to date information to all relevant decision makers. It’s really important that
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hate crime 26 3.9 Domestic violence / abuse 28 3.10 Abuse by a stranger 30 3.11 ‘Mate’ crime 30 4 Who might abuse an older person and why? 31 4.1 Overwhelmed abusers 31 4.2 Impaired abusers 32 4.3 Narcissistic ... if someone is experiencing abuse – how to put a stop to it 33 5.1 Employees who have witnessed or suspect abuse 34 6 Help from statutory organisations in stopping or
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more than 5 million people every year, providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. 2. We welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation and highlight the particular ... 3. Over time, older people are increasingly using the internet; the proportion of people aged 75+ who have used the internet in the previous 3 months has nearly doubled in the last five years, from 20
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their voices heard, their wishes respected and to feel equal in relationships with others so that they can feel empowered to speak up and be involved based on their own choices and views. It supports people ... things that affect their life, and if necessary to represent people’s views at meetings. An advocate can help someone to: • Understand what’s happening at meetings or appointments. • Be represented in meetings
