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  1. 80 years of Age UK Norwich

    difficult living conditions faced by many older people, to contribute towards a better and fairer society. Over the years, the committee’s community work and services for local older people continued ... older people and protect them. Well, that’s the wrong way around. We want to change the way society thinks about older people, so that all older people can do the things they want to do.” Friendships

  2. The story of Age UK's LGBT+ section

    Britain today.  As  attitudes change and older LGBT+ people have become more visible in society,  Age UK has an important role to play in ensuring the information we provide is inclusive for ... which helped establish five central themes. LGBT+ rights. As many older people have experienced society’s changing attitudes towards LGBT+ people it was important to ensure they weren’t disconnected

  3. The health and care needs of older LGBT+ people

    emergence of the pandemic, however, Age UK was working to highlight the specific needs of groups within society, including older LGBT+ people and their experiences of care, and what can be done to improve those ... that everybody in it, to some extent, has mental health issues,” she says. “Although society is more tolerant of us than they were, and gay people probably got the first look at that, everybody

  4. What is a living will (advance decision)?

    refusing them might mean. You may also want to discuss it with your family and friends so that they understand your choices. An advance decision to refuse treatment: must be clear about the circumstances under ...   Alzheimer's Society have a free, downloadable template that you can use to express your advance decisions to refuse medical treatment.  Find out more on the Alzheimer's Society's website An advance

  5. Switched Off: What next?

    action by the BBC and the Government, and think TV should remain free for the oldest people in our society. To remove this entitlement after it has been in place for a generation strikes many ordinary people ... and write of our older population as being disproportionately privileged compared to others in our society this is not how it feels to most older people, it is clear.  Shining a spotlight on the over-75s

  6. The digital conundrum

    many older people, the digital revolution is an exercise in exclusion, not inclusion. Wired out of society In the past few weeks, the exclusion list is growing fast. First the banks, with branches closing ... inconvenient truth in the drive for efficiency, but it feels like many older people are being wired out of society. It doesn’t have to be like this. We should be using the boon of new technology to expand choice

  7. Managing money in later life

    now and in the future, should have sufficient income to live comfortably and participate fully in society – before, in the run up to, and during retirement. On this page you’ll find our latest research and ... ‘financial resilience during retirement’ actually looks like. The research sought to understand what makes people ‘well placed’ to cope with the challenges and decisions they face

  8. The court decision on discharges into care homes

    appears to have been overruled. Maybe the Official Inquiry will shed some light on why. We need to understand why the system failed to do better in protecting older people After the High Court’s judgment ... of wider system issues raised over our handling of the pandemic. While there is a completely understandable desire to assign responsibility for the key decisions, especially if you suffered the loss of

  9. The decline of cash during the COVID-19 pandemic

    has heard over the last 7 months.  Going cashless The UK is becoming an increasingly cashless society. Half of all payments are now made by card and in less than 10 years’ time it is predicted ... whether that's online shopping, contactless or mobile payments. Millions rely on cash But a cashless society doesn't work for everyone. Older people in particular are likely to rely on cash – for carers

  10. Is a lengthy lockdown for older people on the way?

    ever be acceptable or appropriate. There really is no place for these in a modern and progressive society. Older people should be treated as the experienced, individual human beings they are and provided ... responsibility for making their own decisions about how to live their lives, in the fullest possible understanding of the likely impact on them, their families and others around them – just like everyone else

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