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Older people, fraud and scams
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing presents key facts on the numbers of older people who are victims of fraud and scams. It outlines what banks; local agencies, such as social services and the police; and the Government can do to protect older people from the impact of fraud and scams. (Edited publisher abstract)
Age UK loneliness heat map
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Place of publication:
- London
Interactive heat map which shows the relative risk of loneliness for older people (aged 65+) across 32,844 neighbourhoods within local authority areas in England. The relative risk of loneliness has been calculated based on the Census 2011 figures for the factors: marital status, self-reported health status, age and household size. It can be used alongside local knowledge and an understanding of local neighbourhoods to help improve the allocation of limited resources to reduce loneliness across a geographic area and help understand whether existing services are reaching areas of need. (Edited publisher abstract)
Applying the breaks: slowing and stopping fraud against older people
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on the experiences of older people and their families and recent polling evidence commissioned by Age UK, this report highlights the risk to older people of becoming victims of fraud and financial scams. It explores older people’s views and experiences of fraud, looks at what can put them at risk and the financial and health impacts of fraud. It also sets out recommendations on what banks, police forces, local authorities and the Government can do to better prevent fraud and protect older people. The report highlights that cuts to Trading Standards budgets have undermined the ability of local authorities to tackle scams among older people; the need for better security in banking services and extra protection to customers in vulnerable circumstances such as those living with dementia; and for the Government to ensure that local authorities have the resources needed to meet their safeguarding duties under the Care Act. It also calls greater partnership working between adult social care services, Trading Standards services, police forces and other local agencies in order to tackle fraud. (Edited publisher abstract)