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What the government is doing about older people

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Guidance and regulation

• Employing older workers: an employer’s guide to today’s multi-generational workforce

  Guidance

  8 February 2013

  Department for Work and Pensions

• Oral health of older people in England and Wales

  Guidance

  6 January 2016

  Public Health England

• Pension guidance

  Guidance

  16 October 2014

  HM Treasury

• Help and support for older workers
  • Guidance
  • 31 July 2017
  • Department for Work and Pensions
• Cold weather plan: action cards for cold weather alert service
  • Guidance
  • 21 October 2014
  • Public Health England

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News and communications

6 April 2017 — Press release

Government helps dementia sufferers in fight against nuisance calls

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

1. Kicking age discrimination into touch
   • 18 April 2016
   • Department for Work and Pensions
   • Press release
2. 50-plus employment rate at record high
   • 15 August 2015
   • Department for Work and Pensions
   • Press release
3. Health needs of older people: apply for business funding
   • 18 June 2015
   • Innovate UK
   • News story
4. New report from Dr Ros Altmann calls for greater support for over 50s in employment
   • 11 March 2015
   • Department for Work and Pensions
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Attitudes to working in later life: British Social Attitudes 2015
  • 8 December 2016
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Research
• Understanding digital engagement in later life
  • 29 January 2016
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Research
• Employer attitudes to fuller working lives
  • 11 March 2015
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Research
• A new vision for older workers: retain, retrain, recruit
  • 11 March 2015
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Independent report
• Cold weather plan for England: research and literature review
  • 24 October 2014
  • Public Health England
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Capping early exit charges for members of occupational pension schemes 15 November 2016

  Department for Work and Pensions

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 16 August 2016

• Helping older people maintain a healthy diet: a review of what works
  • 2 February 2017
  • Public Health England
  • Impact assessment
• Shadow Robot: a helping hand to achieve independent living
  • 5 May 2016
  • Innovate UK
  • Case study
• 2010 to 2015 government policy: older people
  • 8 May 2015
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Policy paper
• Fuller Working Lives: a framework for action
  • 13 June 2014
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Policy paper

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Organisations

1. Department for Work & Pensions
2. Public Health England
3. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
4. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
5. HM Treasury

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1. Innovate UK