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on a regular basis. We believe there should also be regular in-depth research because, while it is useful to monitor the proportion of people who say they understand the changes, we also need to know whether ... above are all online. There should also be materials in hard copy. While most people aged 55 to 64 use the internet, around one in six do not, and this proportion rises to around a third among those in
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at the back. Contact details for any organisation mentioned in this factsheet can be found in the Useful organisations section. Age UK factsheet 2 November 2023 Buying retirement housing Page 2 of 20 ... Consumer Code 12 11 Transfer fees 13 12 Freehold properties 14 13 Shared ownership and other options 15 Useful organisations 16 Age UK 19 Support our work 19 Age UK factsheet 2 November 2023 Buying retirement
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meaning their voices can go unheard. However, calls to the Age UK Information and Advice line11 give us an indication of the kinds of problems experienced in those parts of the private rented market which ... 11 Many thanks to Richard Kitch for analysing our records. 5 3. What do our case studies tell us about the experience of older private tenants? 3.1. Disrepair and damp Unsurprisingly, older tenants
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tariffs and payment methods for energy to ensure they accurately reflect costs. Welsh Government must use its influence to ensure that the UK Government, energy regulator and energy companies consider and ... kling-fuel-poverty2020-to-2035.pdf 3 Local authorities and other support services should use housing stock data to identify homes that could benefit from energy efficiency measures and signpost
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any reform needs to take into account any resourcing implications.2 Neither should the safeguards be used as a means to ensure dignity and autonomy after the event, when finding an alternative non-restrictive ... received from older people, families, carers and professionals is that where the DoLS are effectively used, they can lead to positive outcomes. This conclusion is supported by the most recent CQC report on
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year, which itself had gone up from the first survey in 2020. During this research older people told us about their concerns about the cost of living crisis and the impact on them. Comments included: ‘Being ... wood burner but they do not heat the whole house. Ditto the gas fire in the sitting room, have kept use of that to the minimum. Water in tap has often been too cold to wash up without boiling a kettle, or
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50’ does not encourage people to see their pension as a bridge to early retirement, pushing them to use their pension saving too early and leaving them to rely on the State Pension in later years. That is ... towards either starting to save, or for those already saving to increase their contributions. It could use simple tools, such as an online calculator and other appropriate materials, coupled with access to
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particularly touched older people’s lives, what are the questions that older people have raised with us, and what will be Age UK’s priorities, as the policy agenda develops, to ensure a better later life ... commercial property market. Similarly, under the pension flexibilities many people have chosen to use some of their pension savings and leave the rest invested or transfer it to an income drawdown account
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this bereavement framework is for and why it has been developed? YES If the answer is no please tell us below what can we do to achieve this? Age Cymru welcomes the development of a framework to support ... them. In order to overcome these difficulties, it is important that information regarding services uses inclusive language and imagery in order to assist with build confidence that services are inclusive
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increasing the accessibility of mainstream services. Another leader in the field, Dementia Adventure, joined us in 2013 to focus on physical activity and wellbeing for people living with dementia. 4 Age UK is also ... medical conditions. Coexisting health conditions affect when and how people with dementia enter and use health and social care services. Unfortunately, they say that less is known about service organisation
