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and are therefore particularly important in serving the needs of people in later life with limited mobility due to ill health or low income. The post office remains popular and continues to be trusted and ... is particularly a problem for those people in later life who face additional barriers of limited mobility, poor health, low incomes and shrinking social contact. The loss of local post offices has been
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communications, such as using a landline phone rather than a mobile phone, or not using the internet. Suffering from health conditions, having mobility problems or sensory impairments, requiring medical equipment ... are slow to contact insurers/brokers because they ‘don’t want to cause a fuss’ and they may have mobility or health problems that make it difficult for them to engage with loss 5 adjusters in the home
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shaping homes within prosperous places and communities - Employment, welfare reform and social mobility - in particular looking at the role of housing in supporting tenants to find and progress in sustained ... office for work or hobbies. They may also need space to store a wheelchair or mobility scooter. The issue of space for mobility scooters is likely to increase in the future and lack of storage is becoming
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surgery is only open 2 days a week and is short staffed. The main surgery is not accessible due to my mobility issues and their lift is out of order.” Some told us of difficulties in online systems not being ... Lives on hold create stress and poor mental health.” Others told us how poor mobility impacts their daily life: “I have mobility problems we have no bus service where I live.” We heard from those whose health
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impact on improving the quality of life using the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) ‘domains’: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. With both, the focus is on ... likely to get out and therefore more prone to isolation, depression, reduced fitness and increased mobility problems. Hazards in the physical environment can lead to debilitating and painful injuries among
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pavements obstructed with parked cars, bins and street furniture restricted access for wheelchairs and mobility scooters over 22% of respondents regarded public seating and places to rest in their community ... all. This includes making provision to meet the needs of people with sensory, memory, learning and mobility impairments, older people […]’.6 Planning Policy Wales aims to deliver the vision of Wales set
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47 Conclusion 50 5 What protects or disadvantages people’s financial circumstances 52 Health and mobility 52 Area 54 The presence of family and friends 57 Access to networks, information, services, advice ... drastic action to reduce their heating and energy costs. • The combination of having poor health and mobility, living in a rural area in old housing with no or limited public or transport and with few social
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are the current alternatives to cheques? • To what extent can we expect new technologies (such as mobile payments) to meet the needs of financially excluded older people? • Who should deliver essential ... paying for and running clubs and societies. To what extent can we expect new technologies (such as mobile payments) to meet the needs of financially excluded older people? Older people reflect society
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particularly in rural and deprived urban communities. Maintaining a Post Office network (branches or mobile services) means that older people are able to continue to access a range of important services, as ... continues to be supported by the Welsh Government. However, particularly for older people with limited mobility, the introduction of additional bus stops and shelters with seating would make public transport
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the health, well-being and quality of life of residentsi - particularly those with disabilities or mobility problems. Amending and extending Part M (level one), to reflect the key components of the lifetime ... with someone aged 65 or olderiii. As we get older many of us will need to cope with a disability or mobility problem. This implies the need for practical intervention to shape the housing market in meeting
