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Briefing Universal Credit and couples if one is over Pension Credit age October 2012 The Welfare Reform Act 2012 changes the way that couples are treated within the benefits system when one is over ... over the qualifying age for Pension Credit and the other younger. In the future, couples in this situation could receive much lower benefit support. This paper looks at the impact of the proposed reforms
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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 healthy ... healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise
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A spotlight on tackling loneliness and social isolation among older people Featured articles Page 2 Introduction – Victoria Lloyd Page 4 No one should have no one - older people’s experiences of loneliness ... risk factors? – Dr Deborah Morgan Page 12 Combatting loneliness amongst older people – prioritise and mobilise! – Jill Mortimer Page 18 The Men’s Sheds movement in Wales – an insight from The Squirrel’s
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Unegbu and Bill Williams. Edited by Tine Buffel Researching Age-Friendly Communities Stories from older people as co-investigators Researching Age-Friendly Communities ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This guide to working ... Manchester (Manchester City Council), and the Office for Social Responsibility at the University of Manchester. Contributions come from older co-investigators and representatives of community organisations
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June 2014 Financial resilience in later life 32 • Barclays, BlackRock and Mercer, for hosting the Financial Services Commission summit events • All those who wrote provocations for the summit events: ... Resolution Foundation and Toynbee Hall. The provocations are available online at: www.ageuk.org.uk/professional-resources-home/policy/consumer-issues/ • Laurence Baxter, Head of Policy and Research at the
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this factsheet 5 1.1 The issue of fuel poverty 6 2 Obtaining temporary heaters in an emergency 7 3 Getting the best energy deal 8 3.1 Switching tariff or supplier 8 3.2 Changing payment method – direct debit ... 4.1 Insulation, draught proofing and double glazing 10 4.2 Boiler efficiency 11 4.3 Other energy saving measures for electrical appliances 12 5 Government measures to help with cost of living pressures
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exercise and how it can be applied in practice. Expert series To explain the research base for falls prevention exercise to give a better understanding of the programmes that have been shown to be effective ... Commissioning Groups, Public Health professionals, commissioners of care services, health and care service providers, local Age UKs and other voluntary sector providers. Falls Prevention Exercise – following
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Age Cymru Advice 0300 303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 5w April 2024 Dental care: NHS and private treatment in Wales Factsheet 5w April 2024 ... Information about this factsheet 3 2 Finding a dentist who offers NHS treatment 3 3 Dental check-ups and treatment plans 3 3.1 Check-ups 3 3.2 Frequency of check-ups 4 3.3 Dental treatment 5 4 The NHS charging
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Department for Transport Accessibility Action Plan Consultation: A Transport System that is open to everyone November 2017 joe.oldman@ageuk ... 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 is Tavis
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CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities) University of Leeds July 2015 fit as a fiddle is a programme run by Age UK and funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of the ... ................................................................ 10 3. Background, policy context and overview of related literature ................................... 12 4. Methods .................
