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getting worse. In many cases buses are being cut without suitable alternatives being found, which will leave older people stranded. This is about more than getting from A to B. The wider benefits of bus ... funds from national government to reimburse bus operators for concessionary fares.7 Bus operators will also see the Bus Service Operators Grant reduced by 20 per cent from 2012/13. When taken together
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Good 7-8 Fair 4-6 Poor 0-3 Neighbourhood safety Selected comments • It is good to see that cameras will return to Aberystwyth (Ceredigion) • I would like to see more police in our area. Where are the support ... area (Cardiff) • Speeding traffic, no crossing (Conwy) • Traffic too busy at roundabouts. Some people will not give you time to cross (Gwynedd) • The three street lights in my immediate vicinity are not working
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in the next 17 years to over 16 million7. By 2040, nearly one in four people in the UK (24.2%) will be aged 65 or over. 8 The percentage of the total population who are over 60 is predicted to rise ... 75 is projected to double in the next 30 years.11 Nearly one in five people currently in the UK will live to see their 100th birthday (see section on life expectancy below). This includes 29% of people
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(artist) managed to complete them. Some are planning to display them in their rooms whilst others will give them to loved ones to cherish – Care Home Manager 4 The residents said that they felt very ... wear gas masks as a child, not able to go out etc., so to him this is just another illness that we will get through. Facilitator: One resident told me Covid was hard in the home; she was diagnosed with
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isn’t a betrayal of the person who’s died, or a substitution for the life you had with them. Life will never be quite the same again, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be lived to the full. Spend time with ... your voice to our latest campaigns at www.ageuk.org.uk/campaigns. Remember us in your will. A gift to Age UK in your will is a very special way of helping older people get expert support in the years to come
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transport. The appointment was at St Joseph’s in Newport I live in Rhymney. Hopefully a new appointment will be made nearer home.’ Many of the issues around public transport were present before the pandemic
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infrastructure has been overlooked. Older people’s ability to build or maintain social participation will depend on the inclusiveness of their local community and environment. This includes whether these
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social care services. Providing more information about social care services through GPs and hospitals will be particularly useful – this is where many people expect to find out about social care services.
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You must also link your Universal Credit accounts using a special code you’ll be given. How often will I be paid? After your first payment, your subsequent payments are made on the same day (or nearest
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leaves insufficient money for food: ‘If I wanted to have my heating on for most of the day, then it will be well over half my income. That’s why I have to limit running the central heating to one hour in
