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  1. The impact of the pandemic

    older people’s health and care. Since August 2020, Age UK has conducted several waves of polling and surveys across the UK to ask older people about the impact of the pandemic on their health, care and lives ... still evident, along with a loss of confidence in going to crowded places. Care in crisis In the survey, we asked older people about their experiences relating to their need for social care. We heard about

  2. Looking after yourself in a heatwave

    throughout the day – Sprinkling clothes with water regularly, splashing cool water on your face and a damp cloth on the back of the neck helps keep your temperature regulated. Change the timings of activities

  3. How our thinking skills change with age

    70,805 Scottish school children were made to sit the same IQ test as part of the Scottish Mental Survey; Scotland being the only country in the world to ever measure the intelligence of an entire age group

  4. Index of Wellbeing in Later Life

    and be as representative of older people in the UK as possible. The Understanding Society (USoc) survey seemed to fit these requirements the best. We then: Found which questions in USoc ask about these

  5. Older people and domestic abuse during the coronavirus crisis

    crime with no age limit – and yet, data on older victims and survivors is only collected by the Crime Survey for England and Wales up to the age of 74. Without this data, older domestic abuse victims are even

  6. Looking after your health and wellbeing during the cost of living crisis

    concessions .   The quotes from older people come from an Age UK online survey open 4-27th October 2022. Answers to this survey were submitted anonymously. 

  7. Better Later Lives

    an average of £3,467.93 for each older person it applied to. The results from our follow-up surveys suggest that holistic information and advice programmes like this can improve people’s sense ... as often lonely reported reduced feelings of loneliness after our support. Of the older people we surveyed, 97% were satisfied with the help they received from Age UK and found our help useful in resolving

  8. Home Truths: security for older private renters

    mean missing meals or switching off the heating just to keep a roof over their head. Many put up with damp, disrepair or other dangerous living conditions. For the two-fifths of older renters who already live

  9. Keeping older people warm and well this winter

    with respiratory conditions can be, the same conditions that are caused and exacerbated by cold and damp homes. The next six months will see most of us spend longer at home, so it is vital that those with

  10. Making sure ‘no one has no one' this winter

    of all, as part of our ‘No One should have no one’ campaign we are publishing some new survey findings that show just how much of a difference the public – all of us – have made to ... numbers of older people who will miss out on this extra, much needed support. According to our new survey findings, for example, 45% of older people have had someone call them for a chat because of their

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