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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
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Creating a‘CareerMOT at 50’Helping people keep working and save for later lifeAn Age UK discussion paper, October 2017Why the ‘Career MOT at 50’ is neededThe State Pension age (SPA) is rising, scheduled ... longer essential, and there is a clear need to help people plan their future careers as they approach the latter part of their working life. Many people are likely to struggle to stay in work, and we believe
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claim will be followed by a face-to-face interview with a work coach at your local Jobcentre Plus. During your interview, you’ll have to agree to certain conditions, called a ‘Claimant Commitment’. This
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However, our policy experts have been through the detailed papers, and the parts relevant to older people are summarised in this paper. You can see the full Budget documents here: https://www.gov.uk/ ... mn-budget-2017 Age UK’s media response “At Age UK we worry most of all about the millions of older people in our country in declining health, with a need for extra support, and on a low retirement income
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online here). Age UK welcomes this Quality Standard as a positive contribution to supporting older people’s health and wellbeing, many of whom live with multiple longterm conditions. Key points and ... subsequent support of people living with multiple long-term conditions. Acknowledging the complex relationship between multimorbidity and frailty in the lives of many older people and stressing the importance
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ineligible for auto-enrolment, women, disabled people and BAME groups are over-represented. Age UK believes that it is vital that coverage is extended so more people can benefit from saving into a private pension ... to incorporate people with multiple jobs. The higher the trigger, the more it disadvantages those hard-working people with several low-paying jobs. We agree that self-employed people should be brought
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informative and useful in supporting your decision to apply. Age Cymru is the leading charity for older people in Wales, working in partnership with a range of trusted local partners, delivering both nationally ... new levels of success, and ensure that it is fully able to contribute to improving the lives of older people in Wales. Age Cymru is committed to equality and diversity and believe that the governance of
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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
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This is currently 66 years. If you are under State Pension age, refer to factsheet 56, Benefits for people under State Pension age. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period April 2024 to ... Benefit rates are reviewed annually and uprated 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
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and will focus on the last of these bullet points, with particular reference to the situation of older people receiving regulated social care services from private and third sector providers. About Age UK ... work every day to achieve this. We help more than 5 million people every year, providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. The Age UK network includes Age UK, Age Cymru
