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using social care, are placing an increasing number of older people back under the poverty line. The new study produced by Incisive Health, featured below, illustrates how fragile the care system is, and ... wellbeing of those who stand to lose out. On a more positive note, in Age UK’s new section on frailty in older people, the new NHS Long Term Plan outlines a number of important changes which are intended
2 About this consultation 1. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have published its new Strategic Plan for the period 2019 to 2022. The Plan sets out the EHRC’s strategic goals, its priority ... security of tenure. Concerted intervention is now needed to improve the accessibility standards of new build housing. The EHRC has made a very strong contribution in its report on housing for disabled people
aim of ‘investing in new technologies that will revolutionise the way we age’. Dr Elisabeth Boulton, Professor Jeremy Myerson and Ed Russell led this discussion exploring the role new technologies play in ... behind requiring new tech and what do the people in need want? It is vital to understand people, the grain and the history that makes up their life, in order to introduce them to a new piece of tech. It
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continued to develop new skills beyond the programme’s support. Examples included: • Progressing from text to video via a tool they had already learned (e.g., WhatsApp). • Applying new skills to support ... how to send emails and open attachments but was no longer able to do the latter after purchasing a new tablet. c) Three participants had continued to use what they had learned and were satisfied that digital
off-site construction of homes in factories using new technology to reduce costs and speed up the building process. Although factory built homes are not a new concept – advances in technology now mean they ... There is interest in how this approach could contribute to meeting the Government’s target of 200,000 new homes a year. For further details go to: https://tinyurl.com/ya69b2de OUR RESPONSE 1. What are the