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Consultation on the new rural policy functions within Government and the proposed abolition of the Commission for Rural Communities (Jan 12) (PDF)

The outcomes the RCPU has to deliver should include the following issues: o Rural areas are ageing quicker than urban areas, which means the needs of older people should be a priority in rural proofing policy ... policy and services. o The decisions made by all levels of government to fund services in rural areas cannot be based simply on cost and the number of people using the service; rather a broader impact assessment

RB_Feb2018_Promising_Approaches_to_Living_well_with_Dementia_report.pdf

Bay and Age UK South Staffordshire and the people living with dementia and their carers from those areas who so kindly gave their time to inform our work; Toby Williamson, from the Mental Health Foundation ... key contributors, which aim to enable people with dementia to realise their aspirations in these areas. Around these sit the foundation services which support people with dementia to access and navigate

Update newsletter, May 2019.pdf

RB_Jan15_Promising_approaches-loneliness_and_isolation.pdf

community development 44 5.3. Volunteering 46 5.4. Age positive approaches 49 Chapter 6: Gaps and areas for development 51–57 6.1. Loneliness within care settings 51 6.2. Black and Minority Ethnic groups ... including adult social care, clinical commissioning groups and public health teams – to identify the areas of need in their communities; • Support service providers in the delivery of more effective loneliness

RB_April15_Vulnerability_resilience_Improving_Later_Life.pdf

person needs them. Personalisation in support services is becoming more common, especially in the areas of e-health and social and welfare services, and there is no reason why this cannot be extended to ... some widows become lonely and others do not, and our evidence base is much less robust in this area. Conclusion Isolation and loneliness compromise the quality of life of older people. As such, developing

Bank branch closure briefing - Sept 16 (PDF)

Age UK have prepared this briefing as a way of supporting MPs to respond to closures in your local area, as well as supporting services to become “Age Friendly”. The importance of bank branches Age UK ... already isolated and disconnected from essential services and exacerbate the problems in deprived areas. How to respond to news of a closure As an MP, there are a few things you can do to encourage your

RB_July18_ Mental_Capacity_(Amendment)_Bill_(HL)_Second_Reading.pdf

day-to-day care. Age UK has identified four areas of the Bill that require a high level of scrutiny, and four ways in which these areas could be improved Areas of the Bill that can be improved: 1. The Bill’s ... clinical commissioning group would carry out the bulk of the assessments, unlike a care home setting. The area where there is likely to be contention is the condition that arrangements are ‘necessary and proportionate’

Final Gender Pay Gap Report 2026 - snapshot 5 April 2025.pdf

market rates, the lowest paid staff in the organisation. The overrepresentation of women within this area of our business, compared to non-retail roles which have a higher percentage of men and are higher

Age UK, Pathways to work evidence submission, May 2025 FINAL.pdf

to manage their long-term conditions and so slide into crisis and frailty and end up in A&E. Key areas for scrutiny Given these questions and risks, it is important that Parliament fully scrutinise this ... consequences. Below are some questions we ask the committee to seek answers to as it scrutinises this policy area. 4 Key questions for scrutiny 1. What precisely do ‘light touch reviews’ or non-full reviews (as

APPG: Ageing and older people - Safeguarding meeting (December 2016) (PDF)

allegations around the misuse of funds or pressure and coercion around property and wills. In some areas there have been innovative approaches between the local authority and the police, such as the joint ... Different generational attitudes to family life  Someone who is older may have lived in the same area for longer and be less willing to move  Older people can be particularly vulnerable to financial