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  1. Cold at Home Energy and CoL Report.pdf

    Cold at home: How winter cost of living pressures continue to impact older people And what more needs to happen to support them February 2024 Contents Key findings 03 Introduction and policy recommendations ... older people struggling to stay warm at home? 13 What policy interventions do older people want to see? 14 What is needed from the next Government? 17 2 | Cold at home: How winter cost of living pressures

  2. RB_Oct17_Creating_a_career_MOT_at_50.pdf

    ID000000 03/17 Creating a ‘Career MOT at 50’ Helping people keep working and save for later life An Age UK discussion paper, October 2017 2 Why the ‘Career MOT at 50’ is needed The State Pension age ... 2030s and beyond. This makes working longer essential, and there is a clear need to help people plan their future careers as they approach the latter part of their working life. Many people are likely

  3. Making it work for us: a residents’ inquiry into sheltered and retirement housing - Oct 12 (PDF)

    Making it Work for Us A residents’ inquiry into sheltered and retirement housing 1 Acknowledgements 3 Executive summary 4 Key recommendations 5 Introduction 7 What is this inquiry? 7 Definitions 8 Background ... 9 How did the inquiry work? 9 Recent reports and guidance on retirement housing 10 About this report 11 Legal advice and advocacy 13 Complaints 13 Access to advice 16 The ‘Right to Manage’ 18 Reform of

  4. Your data at Age UK.pdf

    protected appropriately, and this document aims to ensure all colleagues are aware of their personal rights in relation to their own data, they understand how their data is handled and stored, how they can ... ......................................................................... 4 1. Colleague data held at Age UK ............................................................................ 4 2. Volunteer

  5. FS6 LP Finding help at home.pdf

    Page 1 of 28 Factsheet 6 Finding help at home September 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet has information about how to get help at home if you are having difficulty managing. It focusses on the ... Residential care is covered in other factsheets. Age UK factsheet 46, Paying for care and support at home has more detailed information about how a local authority can charge for services. The information

  6. FS06 LP Finding help at home.pdf

    Page 1 of 28 Factsheet 6 Finding help at home September 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet has information about how to get help at home if you are having difficulty managing. It focusses on the ... Residential care is covered in other factsheets. Age UK factsheet 46, Paying for care and support at home has more detailed information about how a local authority can charge for services. The information

  7. RB_Sept13_The_Work_Programme_and_older_jobseekers.pdf

    September 2013 1. Introduction Long-term unemployment, usually defined as over 12 months out of work, is one of the most serious problems facing the 50+ cohort in the modern labour market. Of all older ... to move back into work, often because of ageist attitudes by employers, a lack of high quality advice and guidance, and personal barriers (for example low levels of IT skills). The Work Programme is the

  8. RB_March13_The_Work_Programme_and_older_jobseekers.pdf

    serious about extending working lives, it must make sure that everyone who wants to and is capable of working can do so, regardless of age. This includes ensuring that the Work Programme delivers for its ... its older participants. • The Work Programme has been less effective at helping the over 55s than younger age groups. • However, the Work Programme is a labour market tool which can be used to correct

  9. RB_April17_Behind_the_Headlines_ hours_worked.pdf

    1 Behind the headlines: Why the employment rate does not tell the whole story about working longer April 2017 2 Contents Summary of findings................................................ ... that the number of hours worked on average has declined since then. However, the 2008 recession is not the cause of this – it is a longer-term trend. Our analysis looked at both employment rates and

  10. CRS_Feb13_Work_and_Pensions_Committee_State_Pension_submission.pdf

    Consultation Response Age UK’s response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s examination of the Draft Pensions Bill in relation to the single-tier State Pension Ref: 0513 February 2013 ... will be achieved if it is set at £144 in today’s terms – just £1.30 over the basic Pension Credit level. With a pension based on 35 qualifying years and no derived rights it is essential that people are

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