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7.1 Who can get help from the ECO? 24 7.2 What kind of help can you get from the ECO? 26 7.3 Will work under ECO be fully funded? 27 7.4 Next steps if you think you may be eligible 27 7.5 The Great British ... themselves without any heat at all during particularly cold weather if their heating system has stopped working. In this situation it may be possible to obtain portable electric heaters – or other similar temporary
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re-assigning annuity income in exchange for a cash lump sum can be created, including how the process should work and what consumer protections might be necessary. Key points and recommendations Polling undertaken ... back from the annuity provider for consumers with low value annuities. It is essential the reforms work for consumers with low value annuities. If the new market fails to deliver a fair, transparent and
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and Rachael Owen, Care & Repair in Powys Page 25 Marie Curie Cymru: from research and campaigning work to providing bereavement services - how do we support bereaved people across Wales? – Bethan Edwards ... plan for mental health, aiming to work across government departments to improve mental health and wellbeing for the whole population. Age UK was closely involved in this work, however, in January 2023, the
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country in declining health, with a need for extra support, and on a low retirement income after a working life spent on low pay, many of whom live alone in poor quality housing that is hard to heat. Unfortunately ... benefits Full State Pension and benefit rates are traditionally announced by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the days following the Budget. However, the Budget document confirms that State Pensions
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how we are faring, in all domains of life Contents Introduction 3 What did we do? 4 Our statistical work 4 Key findings 5 Age UK’s Index of Wellbeing in Later Life 8 How is older people’s wellbeing across ... people in the UK are doing. We need to know where and why people are not doing well to inform our work and gain an understanding of the policy and practical levers for improving older people’s lives. In
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everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this. We help more than 5m people every year, providing support, companionship ... people lacking the health, mobility or resources to travel to branches in local towns. At times they work well but they are unreliable; we know of instances where they have failed to get an internet connection
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Infrastructure and Skills Committee September 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... that the market needs to work well for current and prospective care home residents; they must be able to make well-informed choices, and must be protected if things do not work out as expected. But also
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fares scheme in Wales Welsh Government January 2018 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... older people with ill health or disability who are likely to find it more difficult to continue working up to state pension age. According to an independent review by Cridland,1 these groups, along with
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black and minority ethnic groups Valerie Lipman, Jill Manthorpe About the Authors Valerie Lipman has worked in the older people’s voluntary sector for many years and has a particular interest in race and ethnicity ... Manthorpe is Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College London. She has worked in the voluntary sector and as a Board member of national and local older people’s groups. She carries
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supplemented by informal carers, usually a relative. When cuts take place, informal carers are forced to work harder, often sacrificing their own health and well-being and their own activity and identity as ... Health. Available at: http://www.poppi.org.uk/index.php 3 Family Resources Survey 2007/8, Department of Work and Pensions, 2009. 4 Julie McGarry and Antony Arthur (2001), ‘Informal Caring in Later Life: A Qualitative
