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February: Later life newsletter 75

Updated 13 May 2016

1. Listen again: the Minister for Pensions on the radio

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2. How to get a State Pension statement

3. Understanding digital engagement in later life

The University of Manchester has released a report on the use of the internet and digital technologies among older people and its relationship to wellbeing.

4. Social work with older people is as important as child protection

When people find out I am a social worker, they say 바카라 사이트渙h so you work with children바카라 사이트�. Then when I tell them that I work with older people, they automatically assume that I work in a care home, or with people with dementia. It is as if social work with older people doesn바카라 사이트檛 exist, or isn바카라 사이트檛 needed as much as working with children. Read Alaina Willis바카라 사이트� article in the Guardian about .

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6. Seafarers Link

Seafarers Link is a free telephone conferencing system which puts former mariners and/or their dependants in touch with each other in small groups once a fortnight, providing the opportunity to share their experiences in life, to make new friends and hopefully to feel less isolated.

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7. FREE TO BE ME: Lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender awareness training for care services

The York LGBT Forum바카라 사이트檚 ground-breaking training in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender awareness, , was launched on 13 January.

8. Generation Stuck: Exploring the reality of downsizing in later life

Downsizing is not for everyone, but there should be a good flow of information and housing options should people wish to move to improve their own personal situation in later life. This report presents the benefits and the challenges of downsizing in later life, and reframes the debate from one of intergenerational conflict, to how best to increase housing choice and information for older people.

Read the report: .

9. Apprenticeships for Older Workers

Apprenticeships are available to all, and DWP are holding a free conference on 14th March providing practical advice for employers, hearing from the Minister for Pensions, leading organisations and bodies who actively support or have successfully included apprenticeships for older workers in their workplace. For more information or to reserve your place email fuller.workinglives@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

10. Humanitarian summit report recognises risks to older people

The UN Secretary-General바카라 사이트檚 report for the World Humanitarian Summit in May, recognises older people as among the most marginalised and at great risk without targeted efforts.

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This Joseph Rowntree Foundation project 바카라 사이트� which aimed to make the UK a place for people with dementia to live well 바카라 사이트� finished in 2015. A website has been developed that 바카라 사이트� including:

• videos
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