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  1. RB_May16_CPA_rapid_review_Diversity_in_older_age_Older_homeless_people.pdf

    rapidly over time and may differ significantly from place to place. This review will focus on older homelessness in England. In England older homelessness is currently on the increase and the number of older ... has doubled in the five years from 2010 to 2015. Homelessness The European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion (ETHOS) provides a useful framework within which to consider homelessness.1 ETHOS

  2. RB_Nov14_Richmond_Group_What_is_preventing_progress.pdf

    Richmond Group of Charities The Richmond Group of Charities is a coalition of 10 of the leading health and social care organisations in the voluntary sector. Our members are: The scale of the prevention challenge ... leaders should provide personal leadership to the prevention effort and lead the development of a plan to reduce preventable illness and mortality by 25% over the next decade. If we come together to tackle

  3. Carers inquiry - October 2018.pdf

    1 Consultation response Impact of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 in relation to carers Welsh Assembly August 2018 Introduction 1. Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve ... healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise

  4. RB_14_Care_in_Crisis_report.pdf

    for care and support of older people1. In addition, the Government has committed to transferring £3.8 billion from the NHS for joint NHS and local council decisions about the funding of heath and care services ... caused by the real-term cuts in spending and the increase in demand due to changing demographics. Despite rising demand for social care services, the funding, and subsequent number of people in receipt

  5. Carers Policy Statement - August 2019.pdf

    2019 Summary The Welsh Government defines a carer as “anyone of any age, who provides unpaid care and support to a relative, friend or neighbour who is disabled, physically or mentally ill, or affected ... highest proportion of carers of all UK countries. 87,173 of these carers were aged 65 and over, and 131,120 aged between 50 and 64. 103,594 people in Wales provide over 50 hours of unpaid care per week.3 It

  6. RB_Dec14_What_next_for_generation_R.pdf

    seen as a lucky generation: they have enjoyed high employment rates over much of their working lives and many were able to get onto the housing ladder in time to benefit from steep house price increases. ... life. The percentage of people actively contributing to a pension has fallen, and at present, over two-thirds of people in low and middle households have no pension or a frozen pension (this compares to 41

  7. RB_May12_Health_care_quality_report.pdf

    LATER LIFE Improving quality of prevention and treatment through information: England 2005 to 2012 MAY 2012 A report from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry Ageing Research Group for Age UK ... UK Authors: David Melzer, Behrooz Tavakoly, Rachel Winder, Suzanne Richards, Christian Gericke and Iain Lang © 2012 PCMD Ageing Research Group, University of Exeter. All rights reserved. © 2012 PCMD

  8. RB_May12_Health_care_quality_report.pdf

    LATER LIFE Improving quality of prevention and treatment through information: England 2005 to 2012 MAY 2012 A report from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry Ageing Research Group for Age UK ... UK Authors: David Melzer, Behrooz Tavakoly, Rachel Winder, Suzanne Richards, Christian Gericke and Iain Lang © 2012 PCMD Ageing Research Group, University of Exeter. All rights reserved. © 2012 PCMD

  9. CRS_Jan15_Payment_systems_regulation.pdf

    purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Lucy Malenczuk lucy.malenczuk@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London ... www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis

  10. FS64.pdf

    sheltered and retirement housing. For more information about specialist housing for sale, see factsheet 2, Buying retirement housing. For information about renting from local authorities and housing associations ... England, see factsheet 8, Council and housing association housing. In Wales, contact Age Cymru for further advice. The information in this factsheet is applicable in England and Wales. In Wales, following the

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