Friday 6 December 2013

NHS spending cuts 'reflect ageism' @myageingparent

Older people are bearing the brunt of NHS spending cuts due to a culture of ageism, Age UK has warned. Caroline Abrahams, its charity director, said it is ‘distressing’ that although ageism has bee… continue reading Powered by WPeMatico

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NHS spending cuts 'reflect ageism' @age_uk

Older people are bearing the brunt of NHS spending cuts due to a culture of ageism, Age UK has warned. Caroline Abrahams, its charity director, said it is 'distressing' that although ageism has bee...

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Free thermometers for Wales’s over 60s @agecymru

WALES'S over 60s can get a free thermometer from their local Age Cymru to help them keep warm this winter The national older people's charity has produced the bilingual thermometer cards as part of...

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Welsh Charity responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement @agecymru

On changes to the State Pension Age "Raising the State Pension Age for future generations will be especially tough on people with lower life expectancy – who are likely to be on low incomes. Nation...

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myageingparent.com discusses reduced council taxes for granny flats @myageingparent

Families who build 'granny flats' for elderly relatives or house grown-up children in converted garages are to be given a lucrative tax break. From April, tens of thousands of households who have an annexe lived in by a family member … Continue reading

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Plans for Changes to State Pension Age Announced @TAEN_UK

George Osborne’s Autumn Statement yesterday announced further detail of the state pension age framework which forms part of the Pensions Bill going through Parliament at present, setting out the guiding principle the Government believes should underpin the framework. The principle is that people should expect to spend, on average, up to a third of their adult life in receipt of the state pension. Details of how the principle might work have been published by the Department for Work and Pensions in a note. Essentially, the Government wants a regular and more structured way of considering increases to the state pension…

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