Ageism and the Covid death toll There have been 70,500 deaths from coronavirus in the 65 and over age group – 90% of total deaths. 28% of those deaths occurred in a care home. Yet
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Take the Social Care Survey
Age UK have joined up with 70 other charities to conduct a survey of what is happening to Social Care in the UK. They say that they know that the Prime Minister has faced challenges
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Liveable Streets Bow Consultation results
Tower Hamlets has published the results of the Liveable Streets Bow consultation which you can download as a pdf here. They include recommendations for a “bus gate” at the junction of Roman Road and St
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BBC over 75s TV Licenses
On 13th Oct the BBC’s Director General, Tim Davie, held a video call with Silver Voices, who were campaigning for the restoration of free TV Licences for the over 75s. Afterwards it was branded a
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Domestic Abuse
It turns out that over 75s are not included in the domestic abuse data the government collects. I have no idea why. Obviously since the Covid-19 lockdown older people are more vulnerable to abuse. Age
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