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  1. Dunelm

    valued, feel included, and feel the joy of being truly at home. Which is Dunelm is supporting Age UK over the next three years aiming to raise at least £2 million. Find out more about our partnership.

  2. Save free prescriptions for 60-65 year olds

    England from 60 to the State Pension age, which is currently 66.  What is the Government proposing? The Government wants to up the age that someone can get their prescriptions free from 60 to 66. It’s ... It’s said its preferred option is that anyone who is 60 or over when the changes are introduced won’t start paying. Even so, this change would mean 60-65 year olds in years to come will have

  3. Breaking Point - the social care burden on women

    from 20s to 60s, but those aged 35-44 are the most likely to be carers with 35% being in this age group. 73% of sandwich carers provide under 10 hours of caring a week but 7% provide over 35 hours per ... week – that's 88,391 sandwich carers doing over 35 hours each week. The oldest sandwich carers (55-64) provide the longest hours with 29% of them providing over 20 hours of caring a week. In total 78% of

  4. Seafarers Group Calls

    make new friends, all from the comfort of your own home. Who can join the group calls? Anyone aged 60 or over who would benefit from a friendly chat, and has a seafaring background, or is connected to seafaring

  5. RAF Benevolent Fund Group Calls

    make new friends, all from the comfort of your own home. Who can join the group calls? Anyone aged 60 or over who is an RAF veteran, or the partner, spouse or widow(er) of an RAF veteran can join the groups

  6. Help with shopping

    shopping even if they do not themselves have internet access, and ensures a regular food delivery over which they have control. There may be a small charge for these services to cover costs, such as petrol ... (19%) of people aged 80-84 say they have difficulty shopping for groceries. This rises to 60% for those aged over 90. Our research shows that older people face a number of barriers to food shopping: Difficulty

  7. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation

    Online at Home In 2013, Age UK launched Online at Home, a programme run with 12 local Age UK partners. Over two years, it reached 627 older people, helping them use the internet. It provided them with a second ... they were better equipped to contact their families. Some older people found they had greater control over their health and that they were better equipped to contact their GP. With their new found skills,

  8. Index of Wellbeing in Later Life

    improving wellbeing. Our Index is unique for several reasons It focuses solely on people in later life (age 60+) It is constructed from data at the level of individuals, rather than at a societal level It is built ... questions in USoc ask about these Ran multiple regressions on the answers (which came from over 15,000 respondents aged 60+) to see what was statistically significantly related to wellbeing Used structural equation

  9. Age UK telephone friendship

    weekly phone calls at a scheduled time.  How does the Telephone Friendship Service work? We match over-60s with a friendly volunteer for a weekly chat. Our service has helped create hundreds of new friendships ... Service , where someone calls each week, you need to: be over 60 have your own landline or mobile phone be able to hear and be understood over the phone. commit to a regular call at the same time each

  10. How local Age UKs are helping with the vaccine effort

    happen. On 15 February, the Government hit its target to offer everyone over the age of 70 a coronavirus vaccine, and many over 60s are receiving invitations for their jabs. Across the country, local Age ... heart of rural towns. One day we hope for a few more!” Age UK Cornwall also has a team of over 60 volunteers, supported by dedicated staff, helping with the vaccine roll-out at Reeds Pharmacy, Truro

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