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  1. Index of Wellbeing in Later Life

    people who are at greater risk of low wellbeing: Widowed Living alone Informal carers (at more than 20 hours/week) Have one or more long-standing illness or disability, often 3 or more diagnosed health conditions

  2. Responding to the cost of living crisis

    what to put into the cooker and it is amazing that the food is wonderful when it comes out a few hours later. Ivy  The support from Age UK Buckinghamshire has been very good and means a lot to me ... me. Keeping Ivy on her feet  Local Age UKs have been able to deliver almost 75,000 hours of support at home at either reduced or a completely subsidised cost, thanks to the Cost of Living Response

  3. A day of celebrations

    “For us, it was just 5 minutes on the aerial ladder. But the crews could be up there for several hours in smoke and flames. I really appreciate what they do – it’s so impressive.” 12 ... their all-day Silver Sunday celebration. From Bollywood dancing to arts and crafts, attendees enjoyed hours packed with creativity and fun that they could join in with, or simply sit back and watch. “Events

  4. Answering the call at Christmas

    explains Alison. Giving a treasured gift The advice line remains open until 7pm, and over the next 11 hours the team will be there to answer a wide variety of calls. "Some people are very lonely and just want

  5. Types of energy meters explained

    unit'), which sits in your home and allows you to see how much energy you’re using in kilowatt hours (kWh) and exactly how much it’s costing you. Some suppliers offer more accessible options if

  6. Highlighting the issues affecting older people

    that 11,000 campaigners submitted questions for the event. Unfortunately, though, with less than 48 hours to go, we were still waiting to hear if the two major parties would be able to send someone along

  7. Age UK’s Cost of Living Response Fund

    making sure they had access to hot and nutritious food.  20,189 older people took part in 102,031 hours of physical and social activity, including coffee mornings, befriending and seated exercise. 17,598

  8. Professor Ian Deary interview on The Disconnected Mind

    Clinical Research Facility at the Western General Hospital at the University of Edinburgh for about five hours. ‘They take 16 different cognitive tests. They have several medical tests, blood samples are ... physical and sensory functions are tested. Most also agree to the brain scans; these take another few hours on a separate day. ‘They also help from home. Before each clinic visit, they complete a large

  9. Marking the Armistice centenary

    14-18 NOW. Pages of the Sea will take place on beaches across the UK. Over the course of several hours, a large-scale portrait of someone who lost their life in the First World War will be etched in the ... by the enemy. This he did – displaying incredible courage and remaining at his post for 66 hours under intense fire.” Age UK Portsmouth is also part of the There But Not There project, a major

  10. Providing the right information during the coronavirus outbreak

    initial content, which we felt covered all the main areas of new information, in a little over 48 hours. The need for answers As the days went by, we added more and more to our coronavirus section. To make ... everyone collaborated so seamlessly. The agencies were amazing, working way beyond normal working hours to make sure we had something to look at when we logged on the next morning. Meanwhile our incredible

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