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leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services ... 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 Welsh Government’s
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great place to grow older Contents Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We provide services and support at a national and local level to inspire ... stand up and speak for all those who have reached later life, and also protect the long-term interests of future generations. About Age UK Foreword 05 1 A great place to grow older 06 2 The global context
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Due to the current high demand for our valuable service, we're suspending any new referrals into the service for the time being. Please check back soon. Our service is in huge demand and we need people ... people to become a telephone befriender. We need your help more than ever before. Sign up today as a telephone befriender and help make someone’s day. If you're aged 70 or over and live in Wales
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Submission to Women and Equalities Select Committee Older workers inquiry November 2017 Ref: 2517 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... consultation The Women and Equalities Select Committee is running this inquiry into older workers in order to examine the effectiveness of the Department for Work and Pensions Fuller Working Lives strategy, and
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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 lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services ... 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 consultation
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(SPA) is rising, scheduled to increase to 67 in 2026-28 and with further rises likely in the 2030s and beyond. This makes working longer essential, and there is a clear need to help people plan their future ... 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 there is a gap for a service that facilitates this . However, it’s
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market for annuities. It covers a range of behavioural and consumer protection issues that will apply to buyers (i.e. financial service companies) and brokers in the marketplace. Key points and recommendations ... brokers and advisers to show a clear illustration of the costs likely to be incurred, similar to the diagram included in Annex 3 of the consultation paper. All potential sellers who are not paying for
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still have yet to achieve full equality; and how the outstanding issues can most effectively be addressed. Age UK is pleased to have the opportunity to make a submission in response to the call for evidence ... aspirations of people in later life. Our vision is a world in which older people flourish. Our mission is to improve the lives of older people, wherever they live. We are a registered charity in the United
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with advice on how to deal with the fear of falling and what to do if you have a fall. As we grow older, gradual changes to our health and the medications we take can contribute to an increased risk of ... prevented. Falls are often due to hazards that are easy to overlook but equally easy to fix. This booklet is split into two sections. The first section gives tips and advice on how to reduce the risk of falling
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Information Centre, 2012). It is vital to investigate why this is the case so that services can be improved, particularly as there may be a greater need to use services due to higher levels of ill health and ... this study compared experiences with social care services across the two groups. The project aimed to suggest improvements for the benefit of both groups. Key Points • There were both differences (e
