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

The Minister for Pensions was interviewed on BBC Radio London 鈥� where she spoke about the importance of planning and saving for retirement and encouraged listeners to make use of and the .

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 鈥渙h so you work with children鈥�. 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 doesn鈥檛 exist, or isn鈥檛 needed as much as working with children. Read Alaina Willis鈥� article in the Guardian about .

5. What is a Carers鈥� Centre?

The Nationwide Network of 144 Carers鈥� Centres work to reach carers and develop services for carers across the country. are independent charities that deliver a wide range of local support services to meet the needs of carers in their own communities.

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.

If you know someone who would benefit from joining then contact 鈥�

Chris Rankin
telephone 鈥� 01752 812674
email 鈥� [email protected]

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

The York LGBT Forum鈥檚 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 [email protected]

10. Humanitarian summit report recognises risks to older people

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

11. 鈥楥oping with challenging behaviour鈥� 鈥� a guide for families and carers

This guide contains advice from dementia experts on

12. 鈥楧ementia without walls鈥�

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

• videos
• stories
• blogs
• audio diaries
• reports
• toolkits

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