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  1. Consultation response - Warm Home Discount Scheme 2021 to 2022, Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.pdf

    network has been able to provide income maximisation sessions, energy advice, and energy efficiency installations that allow older people to stay warm and well at home. We estimate that our Industry Initiative ... However, spending on other activities such as energy advice, benefits checks, and energy efficiency installations are likely to make more significant short and long-term improvement’s to people’s ability to pay

  2. Age UK - Debt Relief Scheme Consultation.pdf

    contributions. Age UK also support the use of “Do Not Install” criteria for assessing eligibility to receive support. Consumers who meet the “Do Not Install” criteria are demonstrably vulnerable and face greater

  3. Ageing in squalor and distress: older people in the private rented sector - Oct 16 (PDF)

    walking aid he needs up and down the stairs. Alice wanted to know the obligation of the landlord to install a ramp, either at the back or front of the building that would enable him to bring his walker in ... the landlord's agent. The property passed a safety inspection but Stella came under pressure to install free carbon monoxide meters. She was threatened with further action if she refused. She was then

  4. Consultation response - Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes, Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.pdf

    heating in myself, and If I ask the landlord, I know he will need to increase the rent to cover installation costs. My husband and I are both in our 70’s and receive the basic state pension.” “I am trying ... requirement for landlords to install fabric insulation measures first be introduced? If yes, when, and how should such a requirement be implemented? If no, what are the alternative installation methods that maximise

  5. Age UK Energy Public Policy Report, March 2023.pdf

    Survey 2020-2021 [DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-9022-1]. Recent reports of malpractice by suppliers when installing PPMs have meant that understanding how many older people rely on these meters to pay for their ... heating. We are aware that the energy price crisis has resulted in an increasing number of PPMs being installed. Up until relatively recently around 10,000 were being fitted every month with an estimated 4.5

  6. Accessible homes CP Age UK final.pdf

    difficult, often impossible, to adapt. Plumbing is configured in such a way that it is difficult to install a walk-in shower, internal staircases are often narrow with bedrooms and bathrooms on an upper floor ... rails. Current Category 1 regulation does not require level access, stairs to which a lift can be installed, plumbing which can be adapted for a walk-in shower or bathroom walls strong enough to take a grab

  7. Consultation response - Raising Accessibility Standards for New Build Homes Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, December 2022.pdf

    difficult, often impossible, to adapt. Plumbing is configured in such a way that it is difficult to install a walk-in shower, internal staircases are often narrow with bedrooms and bathrooms on an upper floor ... rails. Current Category 1 regulation does not require level access, stairs to which a lift can be installed, plumbing which can be adapted for a walk-in shower or bathroom walls strong enough to take a grab

  8. Age_UK_response_to_Fuel_Poverty_Strategy_for_England_consultation_September2019.pdf

    energy projects support people through a combination of income maximisation, home energy checks and installation of energy efficiency measures. Alongside our programmes, Age UK supports older people with a range ... disadvantage them financially, for example by affecting their state benefits, entitlements or the installation of energy efficiency measures, in both the short and longer term. BEIS will also need to track

  9. Ofcom call for inputs on ‘Designing the broadband universal service obligation’ (Jun 16) (PDF)

    might also be a time requirement, i.e. where it would take more than a certain amount of time to install ADSL or VDSL connections there should be an obligation for a short term solution such as community ... provide an adequate level of antivirus software, including clear support for new users on how to install and update this. Review of the USO When, and on what basis, should the USO be reviewed? (1.32)

  10. Aids adaptations accessibilty and standards (2024).pdf

    adaptation to an older person’s home is the installation of an accessible shower. A recent study showed that the long-term impact of having a shower installed instead of a bath went far beyond the immediate ... pressure on the NHS and the cost of caring for our ageing population.ii Something as simple as installing a series of grab rails can make the difference between someone continuing to live at home or having

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