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  1. Guides to research and evaluation

    research is crucial to building reliable and credible evidence. It should be designed alongside the development of a service. These guidance and information documents could help you conduct your own research ... seven key questions to consider: Guidance – Service Evaluation This document provides top tips on developing a survey and individual survey questions: Top Tips – Survey Design & Questions This document

  2. Poetry and emotion

    a way of writing,” suggests Jim, “but that’s what I did, and how my interest developed.” Over the years, Jim has immortalised many events and family celebrations in verse – ... – his granddaughter, Nadine, works as Communities Policy Manager at Age UK. Nadine’s role requires her to understand different policy issues affecting older people, with responsibilities that

  3. The NHS plan: What will it mean for older people?

    "I feel the policy direction is right and that the Plan is a good one. Making the Plan real will, however, be the big test." So here it is at last, well over a hundred pages of it. If you delve into the ... especially the really chunky first chapter which sets out the new model of care the NHS wants to develop to make it fit for the 21st century, you will find plenty of relevance to the 12 million or

  4. What’s the latest on a coronavirus vaccine?

    deaths in the UK, Dr Elizabeth Webb published a piece on coronavirus immunity and the process of developing a vaccine. What have we learned since, and what are the key questions now?   What do we know ... rules, but this pausing of trials is a standard procedure that often happens in the process of developing new vaccines. Around 18,000 people around the world have now been given the Oxford vaccine, and

  5. Dr Lucy Pollock discusses the worries and wonders of ageing

    vulnerable concept, and it can be lost quite easily. So, I think what’s important instead is to develop honesty and clarity. It’s so crucial that we recognise that older people are as diverse as ... older people, and this change in attitude needs to influence the decisions made by politicians and policy makers too. ” You mention in your book that the ‘goalposts of ageing’ have moved

  6. What to do when someone dies

    to register the death with UK authorities. To do this, contact the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). You can call them on 020 7008 5000 . Find out more about what to do after a British ... funeral can be paid for by: you or other family members or friends a lump sum from a life insurance policy or pension scheme the person paid into a pre-paid funeral plan the person took out the person’s

  7. Ageing in coastal and rural communities

    of each group and the diversity within them. Gather data Work with the VCSE sector Support the development of peer-led services Flex to allow work across geographies and groups Involve people rather than

  8. Will the Treasury block social care reform again?

    Tony Blair, Gordon Brown or John Major emulate their counterparts in Japan and Germany gripping this policy challenge and resolving it? ‘The Treasury View’ What is it about social care refinancing ... Permanent Secretaries to the Treasury (not Mr MacPherson), as well as some other very distinguished policy makers. I was treated with great courtesy but I have to say I was fairly astonished by one exchange

  9. Warm and Well

    Fair Processing Notice (PDF 150 KB)  Consilium Data Protection Policy Wavehill Data Protection Consent Forms & IT Security Policy

  10. Spiced carrot cake recipe

    the body to vitamin A. This has an anti-oxidant effect, boosts immunity, and may slow down the development of macular degeneration and cataracts.  Preparation time: 10 minutes | Cooking time : 60-70

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