stop you falling again? Falls Awareness Week 2022 Falls are not an inevitable consequence of growing older… There are lots of things you can do to reduce the risks. Falls are everyone’s business. Think falls ... wellbeing, why not do something that can make a difference in helping to prevent people falling. Ask yourself or another older person about falls today and offer help. Something easy that anyone can do… just
million people every year, providing support, advice and companionship for older people who need it most. In 2014/15, together with our local and national partners, Age UK helped older people identify ... substantially involved in the design of the original scheme, which on the whole has worked well for older people. Our main concern is that with the strong encouragement for consumers to switch suppliers, and
factsheet This factsheet gives information about Attendance Allowance, a non- means-tested benefit for people over State Pension age (currently 66) who have care needs. It explains what Attendance Allowance ... Benefit rates are reviewed annually and take effect in April but rules and figures can sometimes change during the year. The information in this factsheet is applicable in England, Scotland and Wales. If you
to help them through difficult times. So that older people thrive rather than merely survive, arts should have a higher priority in work with older people, starting off with recognising this in policy ... policy and resourcing, but then crucially at the local level. Efforts must also be made to bring in people with little or no access or history of participation in the arts.’ Dyma beth mae’r clybiau’n ceisio’i
State Pension entitlement. Pensions Jam-Jars: Pension providers should develop new tools to help people budget, control their spending and set aside money for future goals. These could also help them manage ... decisions which are difficult to make. Many older workers savings for a pension for the first time under automatic enrolment will reach retirement with small pots. • People don’t know that they will have to make
private sector landlord 12 3.4 Fundamental terms in occupation contracts 12 3.5 Exceptions where people may not have an occupation contract 13 4 The eviction process (by occupation ... sector. Note: There will also be ‘converted’ versions of the contracts above, however (in cases where people already had a tenancy in place prior to the new act coming into force on 1 December 2022) – see section
your behalf June 2024 About this factsheet This factsheet looks at how you can arrange for other people to make decisions about your finances and health and care if you think you may lose the mental capacity ... can become an Appointee to deal with your social security benefits. There is information about how people must act in your ‘best interests’ for decisions about care or treatment if you lack mental capacity
services for older people - including our advice line and telephone befriending service. They help us to expand our work and look for new ways to tackle the issues facing people as we get older, such as poverty
throughout the life course, including in older age, to ensure we stay well and healthy for longer. Age UK is working to challenge ongoing perceptions that older age automatically means poor health and higher ... the ways in which national and local government assess their progress in protecting and improving people’s health throughout the life course. Our comments are set out below, and revolve around the following
this factsheet is correct for the period June 2024 to May 2025, although benefit rates may change during the year. The information in this factsheet is applicable to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern ... the above 6 4 Tax 7 5 Benefits for people of working age 7 5.1 Income 8 5.2 Capital 8 5.2.1 Capital limits 8 5.3 Mixture of income and capital 9 6 Benefits for people over State Pension age 9 6.1 Capital