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Age UK Parliamentary Briefing - How is the cost of living affecting older people in 2026 (April 2026).pdf

How is the cost of living affecting older people in 2026? April 2026 Overview New research by Age UK has found that millions of pensioners are still struggling with the cost of living and unable to afford ... and practical barriers to applying holding many back. What Age UK would like to see: The cost of living remains a major concern for many pensioners and requires a comprehensive set of policy solutions

RB_Feb2018_Promising_Approaches_to_Living_well_with_Dementia_report.pdf

P romising approaches to living well with dementia 2 September 2017 Report author: Kate Jopling Acknowledgements: With thanks to all those who contributed to this project: Lea Renoux, from Age UK, for ... for their support around engagement; Age UK Herne 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;

Parliamentary Briefing How are older people managing the cost of living.pdf

Parliamentary Briefing: How are older people managing the cost of living in a time of rising energy prices? March 2025 Overview Keeping warm and safe at home is vital for a comfortable, happy and healthy ... older people are managing the cost of living in a time of rising energy prices’ indicates that large numbers of older people are struggling with the cost of living and, in particular, the cost of heating

Age UK Parliamentary Briefing - Cost of Living, October 2023.pdf

Briefing Cost of living October 2023 Overview After two years of weathering sky-high price rises on everything from food to fuel, it’s clear that for millions of older people, the cost of living crisis is ... equivalent to 4.2 million older people have recently cut back on food or groceries due to the cost of living crisis. Worryingly our research shows that the median pensioner household is spending around £50

Consultation response to modernising support for independent living, DWP, June 2024.pdf

Consultation response Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper Department for Work and Pensions June 2024 Contact: policy@ageuk.org.uk All rights reserved ... consultation paper refers to 2.6 million people of working age being in receipt of PIP and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and states that it ‘will focus on the main non-means tested benefit paid to adults

Consultation Response House of Lords Select Comittee, digital exclusion and cost of living, March 2023.pdf

evidence to the Communications and Digital Committee’s inquiry into digital exclusion and the cost of living March 2023 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it ... Lords Communications and Digital Committee launched an inquiry to look at how the rising cost of living will affect digital exclusion and to identify solutions around how the issue can be tackled. Key

Work and Pensions Committee The Cost of living.pdf

Age UK’s evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry: The Cost of Living June 2022 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational ... About this consultation The Work and Pensions Committee is carrying out an inquiry on the cost of living and is seeking evidence on how the Government can support people on Universal Credit, legacy benefits

Cost of living parliamentary briefing - May 2022.pdf

Cost of living parliamentary briefing May 2022 Background At Age UK, we are concerned about how the rising cost of living is affecting older people on low and modest incomes. Prices of everyday items ... not protected by Ofgem's price cap (e.g. oil, smokeless fuel and bottled gas). The rising cost of living Higher prices have resulted in older households on the lowest incomes often being unable to cover

FS72 LP Advance decisions advance statements and living wills.pdf

Page 1 of 22 Factsheet 72 Advance decisions, advance statements and living wills April 2026 About this factsheet There are things you can do to make sure others know which medical treatments you would ... yourself. Preparing an advance decision to refuse treatment (often called an advance decision or a ‘living will’) and an advance statement are two things you can do. This factsheet explains what they are