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Age UK Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. The over-60s is the fastest-growing group in society and there are more of us than ever before ... and also protect the long-term interests of future generations. Poverty remains the reality of life for many older people, and whilst relatively small numbers rely on food banks in the UK well over a million
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October 2012 The Welfare Reform Act 2012 changes the way that couples are treated within the benefits system when one is over the qualifying age for Pension Credit and the other younger. In the future, couples ... lower benefit support. This paper looks at the impact of the proposed reforms. Key points Couples where one partner has reached Pension Credit age and the other is younger could receive £100 less
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Age Matters The quarterly newsletter from Age Cymru Autumn Edition 2022 Creating an age friendly Wales www.agecymru.org.uk facebook.com/agecymru twitter.com/agecymru Welcome to this busy autumn edition ... Lloyd, Chief Executive, October 2022 As the nights draw in and the leaves start to turn, it is inevitable that we start to think about winter. This edition you can find out how to get hold of a copy of our
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have been during the difficult period of the pandemic. Residents from all-across Wales were asked over Zoom about their experience and have taken their time to share stories with us. The stories and insights ... sad but always full of inspiration and hope. The conversations were highly valued by us and the care home residents. Why conversations like this matter Since the dawn of humanity some things have remained
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Information page regarding the Advocacy Network to include updates on the 'big events'.
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Consultation Response Age UK’s response to the Independent Review of the State Pension age December 2016 Ref 4016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce ... 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. sally.west@ageuk
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We welcome the broad drafting of the objectives and functions and in particular the recognition of provision of advice as well as guidance and the continuation of the vital role played by the Money Advice ... of the Financial Capability Strategy. Further clarity is needed on the following aspects: Information, advice and guidance must be of high quality, adequate detail and impartial, currently the bill
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support growing numbers of older people to stay healthy and active, this briefing makes the case for: • Building the effects of demographic change into budgets • Developing a more strategic approach to ageing ... coordination • Protecting the most vulnerable • Delivery in full on existing statutory obligations and safeguards • Sustaining prevention • Placing proportionality and equality at the heart of all decisions
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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. ... 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed
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........................................................................... 6 Step 5: Calculating the Wellbeing in Later Life Index .................................................................... ... Wellbeing in Later Life “WILL”. They can be broadly termed as (1) Conceptual model; (2) Data preparation; (3) Modelling wellbeing; (4) Choice of domains; and (5) Calculating the WILL Index. Each of these steps
