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of those targeted responded to a scam, this means around half a million older people could have fallen victim.2 Single older people Single older people are more likely to respond than married people ... own homes are 2.5 times more likely to either die or go into residential care within a year.4 3.4 million frauds There were 3.4 million incidents of fraud in the year to March 2017.5 Over half of these (57%)
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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 Wales
Consultation Response Reshaping workplace pensions for future generations Ref: 3313 Date: 19th December 2013 All ... 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 and practice.
1 Safe to be me Meeting the needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people using health and social care services A resource pack for professionals 2 Foreword ‘The staff in the home very rarely ... transferred to hospital without them notifying me. The man I love could have died and I wouldn’t have been there or even known.’ Ian ‘It was such a relief when the Age UK befriender enabled me to open up