Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2017 1 Diversity in older age – Older homelessness The characteristics of older homelessness can change rapidly over time and may differ significantly from place ... review will focus on older homelessness in England. In England older homelessness is currently on the increase and the number of older street-homeless has doubled in the five years from 2010 to 2015. Homelessness
Age Cymru in partnership with Swansea University’s Graduate Support Programme, utilising Welsh Government funding via the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) Older people in Wales: facts ... facts and statistics September 2021 Contents 1 Population in Wales ................................................................................................ 3 2 Older people aged 90+ (including centenarians)
Age Cymru consultation response - Bereavement Care in Wales 17th May 2021 1: Is it clear who this bereavement framework is for and why it has been developed? YES If the answer is no please tell us ... the development of a framework to support bereaved people in Wales. This important development will assist in reducing inequalities across Wales in access to bereavement support and help to address the stigma
1 Age Cymru consultation response – Arthritis and Musculoskeletal conditions in adults 1. In light of the effect of the pandemic on service, what should musculoskeletal services consider? Statistics ... been an increase of 712% in patients waiting more than 36 weeks to start hospital treatment between January 2020 and early 20212. The risks of musculoskeletal conditions rise in most age categories: 51
Hidden in plain sight The unmet mental health needs of older people October 2016 We’re Age UK Age UK is a charity and a social enterprise driven by the needs and aspirations of people in later life ... on the older population for free, and provide a comprehensive range of information on older people in the UK and internationally. http://www.ageuk.org.uk/professional-resources-home/knowledgehub-evidence-statistics/
Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community Consultation on draft NICE Guideline [GID-MANAGINGMEDICINESCOMMUNITYSOCIALCARE] Ref: 3916 Date: November 2016 All rights ... policy@ageuk.org.uk 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
Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Gypsies and Travellers Ethnic minorities – Older Gypsies and Travellers Demographic overview The ethnic minority populations ... individual group characteristics. However, for England and Wales, the ethnic minority populations are, in general, much younger than the majority White British population with the notable exceptions of the
Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Minority Religions Demographics In recent years the United Kingdom has seen major, and contradictory, changes in attitudes to religion. Some minority ... been in decline2. There are four different ways of measuring religiosity: based on loose cultural affiliation; based on ‘belonging’ to a religion, or identifying as religious; based on believing in the
Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Older refugees and asylum seekers Refugees and Asylum seekers A refugee is a person who, ‘owing to a well-founded fear of being ... relating to the Status of Refugees] 1 In the UK, only a small proportion (4%)2 of migrants are refugees and, internationally, not all refugees formally seek asylum but, in the UK, refugee status is only awarded
Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Older Offenders Demographic overview In June 2016 there were 12,700 older people (aged 50 and over) in prison in England and Wales of whom around two ... two thirds (65%) were aged 50-59, one quarter (24%) aged 60-69 and just over one in ten (11%) aged 70 and over.1 Older prisoners made up 15% of the total prison population of England and Wales.1 The over