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  1. Give an older friend or relative a ring

    1.9 million older people often feel ignored or invisible. Age UK believe a 5 minute phone call can really brighten an older person's day.

  2. Age UK Trading Personal Alarms

    Personal Alarms give users the freedom to live independently, safe in the knowledge that if there is an accident or fall they can get help quickly.

  3. Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

    Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people aged between 16 and 64 who because of long-term illness or disability. Read more from Age UK.

  4. Attendance Allowance

    Attendance Allowance is a benefit for people over State Pension age who need help with personal care or supervision because of illness. Read more from Age UK.

  5. The Age UK family

    Age UK works nationally, locally and internationally in pursuit of our vision where every older person is respected and valued.

  6. Say no to ageism on International Day of Older Persons

    Negativity about ageing and older people is pervasive in our society. Our blog explores the impact of ageism on the human rights of older people.

  7. How to spot a catfish

    A catfish is a person who sets up a fake online identity to trick people who are looking for love, often to get money. Find out how to spot a catfish.

  8. The older people who fled Myanmar's forgotten crisis

    world’s largest refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, which is home to almost a million refugees who have fled ethnic and religious persecution in Myanmar. On first sight, it doesn’t ... you look up and see an endless sight of thousands of such homes, clinging onto a series of hills as far as the eye can see. Bangladesh team picture The displaced Rohingya people This is the forgotten humanitarian

  9. What is k and who are the super-spreaders?

    each person with coronavirus is likely to pass the virus on to, on average. However, R is only part of the story. As it is only the average, it hides a lot of variation in how many people each person with ... disease is passed on to by each person who has it is called k – ‘the dispersion parameter’. k can have any value between 0 and infinity. When k equals infinity every person who has a disease

  10. Employment and Support Allowance: Amounts & Eligibility

    Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is support for anyone who has limited work capabilities due to an illness or disability. Read more from Age UK.

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