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healthcare professionals to diagnose or treat specific aspects of your condition. For example, they may refer you to a chiropodist, for a hearing test, or to your local falls prevention service. These other health ... allocate everyone a named, accountable GP. This GP will oversee your care and take responsibility for evaluating your current physical and psychological needs. Though this doesn’t mean the named
is the moment we've been waiting for? Age UK's Charity Director Caroline Abrahams examines what Prime Minister Boris Johnson's early comments on social care suggest for the future. On Wednesday, hot foot ... having to sell your home to pay for the costs of care.” “And so I am announcing now - on the steps of Downing Street - that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have
Blog written by Emily McCarron, Policy Manager for Equality and Human Rights, Age UK on the world premiere of Sunrise, not Sunset, a film directed by human rights advocate and campaigner, Debora Singer
Ambitions for Later life programme provided holistic and person-centred information and advice to people experiencing life events, and supported them to achieve their ambitions. Our Ambitions for Later Life ... Life programme offered person-centred and holistic information and advice sessions for people generally of State Pension age or older. The programme specifically targeted the needs of older people who were
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The latest insight and commentary Keep up to date with articles and resources specially curated for professionalsincredible milestone We speak to 90-year-old Pat Wardman, who's been volunteering in an Age UK shop for 30 years. Patricia Wardman recently had a double celebration. Pat, as she prefers to be called, not ... dinner attended by family and friends, she has also marked 30 years continuous service as a volunteer for Age UK North Craven’s shop in Settle, a market town in the Yorkshire dales. We had a chat with Pat
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