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  1. CRS_July17_CMA_Care_Homes_Market.pdf

    continuous improvement, and we have welcomed the reports it has produced on systemic issues such as abuse of topup fees, but these reports do not have their full impact if there is nobody charged with monitoring ... might have on capacity, the CMA is right to point out that in this marketplace there is a risk of abuse. We suggest that routes the CMA might like to explore are:  exploring whether ‘fixed term’ fee offers

  2. Consultation response - CP213 Authorised push payment scams – call for views, Payment Systems Regulator.pdf

    protocol has been a largely successful initiative designed to train staff to spot signs of fraud and abuse. However, if this ‘friction’ of trained staff able to prevent fraud is reduced, then it creates opportunities ... consideration and action must be taken to ensuring they are appropriately protected from fraud and abuse. Question 6: Do you have any comments on this measure, or its effectiveness and proportionality

  3. Age UK Response to Evidence to MCA Select Committee - September 2013 (PDF)

    of financial abuse the MCA has helped those working in adult safeguarding to decide where to draw the line between what may be an unwise financial decision and what may be financial abuse. That is to say ... retrospective capacity, it is helpful as a starting point for active cases of suspected financial abuse. 4. Decision making 4.1. Decision making involving older people often takes place in times of

  4. Consultation Response Reforming ethnicity facts and figures Equality Hub Cabinet Office.pdf

    priority? Yes (please state below) Further comments text field: Victims of crime Fear of crime Domestic abuse Outcomes for treatment for anxiety and depression Patient experience of primary care: GP services

  5. Inquiry into human rights and older people: Protecting our rights as we age (PDF, 217 KB)

    to face unacceptable limits to the protection of their rights, extensive discrimination and overt abuse in their daily lives. This not only robs them of their dignity but also their ability to live independently ... people must be cared for with dignity. Case study: Training and abuse Abuse of older people is appalling when it occurs. Perpetrators of abuse or neglect are often people who are trusted and relied on by

  6. RB_2012_Equalities_Evidence_Review_Moriarty.pdf

    they are struggling to manage. Mental health problems affect a significant number here; caused by abuse, mild spectrum disorders, loneliness, or just the basic inability to cope with day to day living in ... 2012. 60(2): p. 385-387. 68. Wu, G. and Keyes, L.M., Group tele-exercise for improving balance in elders. Telemedicine and e-Health, 2006. 12(561-570). 69. Dorresteijn, T.A.C., Rixt Zijlstra, G.A., Van

  7. RB_2012_Equalities_Evidence_Review.pdf

    they are struggling to manage. Mental health problems affect a significant number here; caused by abuse, mild spectrum disorders, loneliness, or just the basic inability to cope with day to day living in ... 2012. 60(2): p. 385-387. 68. Wu, G. and Keyes, L.M., Group tele-exercise for improving balance in elders. Telemedicine and e-Health, 2006. 12(561-570). 69. Dorresteijn, T.A.C., Rixt Zijlstra, G.A., Van

  8. Age Uk Response to the 20 Years of the Human Rights Act Inquiry (PDF)

    into domestic law, it would have been much harder for those cases involving older people and the abuse of their rights under the ECHR to have been brought in the UK courts. The individuals affected by ... the HRA be improved? Despite the above achievements, older people continue to face human rights abuses in their daily lives. In saying this, it is not that the HRA is unfit for purpose: the achievements

  9. Equality and Human Rights Strategic Plan 2019-22 (PDF)

    they hit 65. The effect of ageism is that older people frequently experience discriminatory and abusive treatment that contravenes their human rights. 5. Age UK believes that such expressions of prejudice ... people in the UK continue to face human rights abuses in their daily lives. Increased scrutiny is necessary to call attention to the fact that human rights abuses against older people exist but are largely

  10. Age_UK_response_to_APPG_inquiry_into_fraud_scams_and_vulnerability.pdf

    properly supported. 11. The nomination of a deputy can facilitate greater security against financial abuse, but this process needs to be tightened up with a criminal record check. We are also concerned about ... have you made of the scale of vulnerable citizens/consumers falling victim to fraud and financial abuse? Bearing in mind that people of all ages can by a scam, in this section we set out the threat scams

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