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believes that nobody should live in fear of crime; police, Government and industry should take action to prevent crimes targeted at older people, including scams, and support victims. Key Stats The average ... incidents (2.5m) relate to bank and credit card fraud. The majority of computer misuse incidents (1.4m) relate to computer viruses. However under-reporting makes it difficult to accurately measure the
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Setting the mandate to NHS England for 2016 to 2017 Ref: 3515 Date: November 2015 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or ... London WC1H 9NA. Key points and recommendations Age UK support the mandate’s aim of helping to make progress against the Five Year Forward View. There are significant funding pressures across
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of the Charity’s objectives. He supports colleagues in the Charity and local Age UK Brand Partners to understand and develop evaluation systems and processes across delivery programmes, ensuring that appropriate ... weather has shown to increase the demand on the heath service (with the cost to the NHS estimated to be around £1.36 billion per year), and with cold homes in particular, it is believed to be the main reason
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Credit age and the other is younger could receive £100 less a week under Universal Credit compared to the current system of Pension Credit if neither is in work. The older partner could be financially ... Credit older partners may have to draw more on their retirement savings to support a younger partner who is unable to work. Carers and people with limited capacity to work who have an older partner will
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Welsh Government to support the implementation of the advocacy element of the Social Services and Well-being Wales Act (2014). To achieve this we have 3 overarching objectives: 1. To develop a National ... Independent Professional Advocacy for Adults In Wales 2. To support and build the capacity of the advocacy sector in Wales, and 3. To raise awareness of advocacy We have now completed 2 years of
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1 Consultation response to ‘Residential Property Management Services: An update paper on the market study’ Competition and Markets Authority Ref: 1914 Date: September 2014 Name: Joe Oldman ... report sets out a range of issues affecting leasehold management and gives a series of recommendations to improve the sector within existing legislation and guidance. Implementation would require cooperation
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December 2020 Welcome to our special Winter Warmth edition of Age Matters which is packed full of information to help keep you safe, warm and connected this winter. We‘re especially delighted to welcome our new ... It’s great to be ending the year with the positive news that vaccines to immunise against Covid-19 had been developed and will be rolled out in the coming months, with initial priority given to frontline
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legislation and guidance 8 4.1 References to reablement and intermediate care in the codes of practice and statutory guidance to accompany ... Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 8 4.2 NHS Wales guidance – ‘Step-down to Recover (SD2R): National Minimum Service Guidance’ 9 5 Key points about reablement and intermediate
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14 July 2015. It seeks views on how to implement the Government’s manifesto commitment to require larger private and voluntary sector employers in Great Britain to publish gender pay information. It also ... views on wider action to inspire girls and young women, modernise workplaces and support older working women. Age UK is pleased to have the opportunity to make a submission in response to this consultation
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customer journeys, business models and barriers to entry, and the impact of regulation on retirement outcomes. Key points and recommendations While we continue to support the pension flexibilities and believe ... are an opportunity for many people to improve their retirement outcomes, we are concerned that many consumers are not well-placed to make good decisions about how to maximise value from their pension savings
