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For the first time, researchers have calculated how much money a person needs per year in order to enjoy a comfortable retirement.
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Three quarters (73%) of the public support a tax increase to pay for adult social care, a Survation poll for the GMB trade union has revealed.
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Unity Trust Bank and Charity Bank provide loans of £8.5m for 30-room dementia care home in Bingley
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The Age-Friendly and Inclusive Volunteering guide introduces six principles that organisations working with volunteers can adopt to get more older people active in volunteering and their local communities.
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Sarah Colombini
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The Centre for Ageing Better and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) have given funding to five projects to pilot ways to make volunteering more age-friendly and inclusive.
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A new intergenerational care programme has been rolled out in Cambridgeshire. Residents at Moorlands Court in Melbourn are being visited by pre-school children from the local Little Hands Nursery for arts and crafts, singing and story reading sessions, to help improve the happiness and wellbeing of all involved.
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Nancy Platts
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Older people are campaigning to save their free TV licences because so many of them have a disability or very little money
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A report has called for an end to downsizing and for more “rightsizing” housing options for older people.
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Social enterprise claims a new app can help dementia patients save memories and share them with carers and families.
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