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nursing homes, residential care homes, hospitals and prisons. 2.4. Some of these incidents of abuse will amount to criminal offences which can be prosecuted under various pieces of legislation including ... Ageist Hate Crime 3.1. In some instances crimes against older people will be motivated by hostility and ageist prejudice while others will not. In its policy on prosecuting crime against older people the
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role of employers, the unemployment support system, and occupational health. Key points and recommendations While good quality work is likely to be beneficial for your health, there is a proliferation ... period to make a request, so jobseekers can ask for flexible working at the point of recruitment, and will benefit many disabled jobseekers. 3 1. Introduction Age UK is pleased that the Government has
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findings so far, their future focus and possible recommendations. Separately they have also initiated a consumer protection case. Key points and recommendations Although much can be done to improve the care ... on the future direction of public policy. We hope that any Government consultation on care funding will also consider how reform could help to improve transparency and consumer protection in this marketplace
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have to be written for you to have rights – if there is no piece of paper, what was agreed verbally will apply. Self-employed You’re self-employed if you: run your own business and take responsibility for ... rights as a casual worker will depend if you are viewed by law as an employee, a worker, or self-employed, and this will depend on your individual circumstances. Worker You will be defined as a worker when:
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citizens can live fulfilled lives. Becoming age friendly is a social and cultural change programme that will need to permeate all aspects of our society. The principles need to be embedded widely in both the ... make Wales a country that will lead the world in how we engage with the challenges of ageing. Getting it right will make Wales a better country to grow older in now, and will make it even better and fitter
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help the UK move towards a high-skills, high-productivity, high-wage economy. Key points and recommendations • To improve job quality, more must be done to tackle age discrimination in the workplace. ... need. In addition, to be truly flexible, arrangements should be negotiated and implemented with the willing agreement of the employee (rather than imposed by the employer). Older workers need access to flexible
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households aged 65+ are owner-occupiers, with most owning their home outright.3 Those owning outright will continue to rise from 32% in 2014 to 35% by 20254 according to projections. Despite this, in the longer ... predicts that by 2025 more than half of those under 40 will find themselves living in private rented property and overall a quarter of all households will rent privately7. This means that in future there is
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‘cap’ as well as a ‘floor’ – knowing that your expenditure on care will be capped at a reasonable amount, as Sir Andrew Dilnot recommended, would be beneficial for many older people. It would provide reassurance ... shouldn’t be funded by older people alone and if they are to pay even more, it must be clear how this will work in practice what they’ll get in return Be realistic about just how much or how little money
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points of note in the new legislation. Where relevant, further information on some of these elements will be included in the text below, or can be found within our other housing factsheets. Changes in terminology ... landlords’ (private registered providers of social housing will also be classed as a community landlord). Private rented sector landlords will continue to be referred to as ‘private landlords’, so there
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the role of housing in preventing onward costs onto health and social care services The findings will be brought together in a report in spring 2016 and presented at the LGA Annual Conference in June ... authorities can contribute to improvements in older people’s housing 3 1. Key points and recommendations All local authorities should have an older people’s housing strategy that works across all
