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witnessing sexual acts. Possible indicators of sexual abuse Significant change in sexual behaviour or attitude Pregnancy in a woman who is unable to consent to sexual intercourse Changes to urinary continence ... depressed, or stressed Unusual difficulty or sensitivity in walking or sitting Torn, stained or bloody underclothing Bruises, bleeding, pain or itching in genital area Sexually transmitted diseases, urinary
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care Summary • In the UK, personal wealth , including housing wealth, is greatest in older age, driven by the natural lifecycle of wealth accumulation and decumulation and the huge rise in house prices ... • Wealth inequality is much greater than income inequality so the holding of housing wealth in older age is by no means universal • Housing assets are viewed differently from other assets. First a
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Quality Performance Mark (QPM) from the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) for the work it delivers through projects such as HOPE and Dementia Advocacy. The QPM is the UK’s only independent ... need support to express their needs and have increased choice and control in their lives. To gain the QPM, the charity’s work in this area had to undergo a rigorous self-assessment process and policy
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Framework Welsh Government October 2022 Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled ... and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We provide information and advice
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Changing family structures and their impact on the care of older people. Summary Families in the UK are changing. This brief review looks at how changing family structures will influence the ... by older people? • Most informal care for older people is provided by partners and adult children. Changes in family structure, whether it may be from having fewer children and starting families later, incre
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and the new State Pension in line with the highest of rises in earnings, prices or 2.5%. By law the basic State Pension and new State Pension have to be increased at least in line with average earnings ... Pension in the UK is low compared to that in many other similar countries. Abandoning the triple lock would mean, in effect, abandoning our aspirations for a better standard of living for pensioners in the
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roasting on an open fire in ‘The Christmas song’, sung by Nat King Cole? 2. Which fruit was traditionally put in a Christmas stocking? 3. Which hot drink do the characters sing about in the Christmas classic ... classic, Polar Express? 4. In which country is it now traditional to eat KFC for a Christmas dinner? 5. What type of pudding is asked for in the popular Christmas carol, ‘We wish you a merry Christmas’
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delays in this area. We are very pleased to see that the plan for transforming and modernising care includes many developments that will over time help older people’s health and wellbeing improve. In our ... our most recent annual older people’s survey1 we saw a reduction in levels of satisfaction with health care services. Overall, 63% of people aged 50 or over had a negative experience of access to health
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Scamming and its effect on vulnerable individuals September 2016 Age UK believes that nobody should live in fear of crime; police, Government and industry should take action to prevent crimes targeted at older ... were experienced by adults aged 16+ in England and Wales for the year ending March 2016. Given that there were a total of 6.3 million incidents of all other crimes in the same period, adding fraud and cyber-crime
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(2017-22) March 2017 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled ... and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to the
