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Older people

What the government is doing about older people

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Pension Credit factsheet
    • Guidance
    • Department for Work and Pensions
  2. Pension Credit: technical guidance
    • Guidance
    • Department for Work and Pensions
  3. Pension Credit toolkit
    • Guidance
    • Department for Work and Pensions
  4. Oral health of older people in England and Wales
    • Guidance
    • Public Health England
  5. Cold weather plan: action cards for cold weather alert service
    • Guidance
    • Public Health England
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News and communications

Case study

Dancing in Time

Public Health England

  1. Government helps dementia sufferers in fight against nuisance calls
    • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
    • Press release
  2. Shadow Robot: a helping hand to achieve independent living
    • Innovate UK
    • Case study
  3. Kicking age discrimination into touch
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Press release
  4. 50-plus employment rate at record high
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Planning and preparing for later life: social survey feasibility study
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Research
  2. Views on the ageing society: survey of older people
    • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
    • Research
  3. Attitudes to working in later life: British Social Attitudes 2015
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Research
  4. Understanding digital engagement in later life
    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
    • Research
  5. Employer attitudes to fuller working lives
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Research
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Capping early exit charges for members of occupational pension schemes
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 16 August 2016
  2. Helping older people maintain a healthy diet: a review of what works
    • Public Health England
    • Impact assessment
  3. 2010 to 2015 government policy: older people
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Policy paper
  4. Fuller Working Lives: a framework for action
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Policy paper
  5. State Pension age timetable
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Policy paper
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