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Wednesday 8 February 2012
SAGA IMPLORES BANK OF ENGLAND TO CONSIDER DAMAGING SIDE-EFFECTS OF ITS QE POLICY
Buying gilts is not the best way to stimulate the economy – and has devastating consequences for pensions and annuities. How does punishing pensions stimulate the economy?
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Wednesday 8 February 2012
‘ALL TALK AND NO ACTION’ -THE KEY TO A LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIP, SAY BRITAIN’S OVER 50s
Communication is the secret to maintaining a long lasting relationship according to a major survey from Saga of over 10,000 people over 50. One in two people (49%) said talking to each other was the number one way of ensuring relationships are maintained, followed by laughter (14%), never going to bed on an argument (6%) and shared interests (6%).
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Wednesday 8 February 2012
MINISTERS IN DENIAL OVER CARE CRISIS
NHS not dealing with changing needs of our population
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Tuesday 7 February 2012
LATEST FIGURES FROM ANCHOR REVEAL PEOPLE FAILING TO PREPARE FOR CARE
The care crisis will not go away - it will only get worse
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Friday 3 February 2012
OVER £2MILLION ALREADY RAISED BY SURVIVING WINTER CAMPAIGN
Heart-warming tales from those helped so far. So as snow and ice blanket many parts of the UK, please help if you can.
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Tuesday 31 January 2012
GOVERNMENT PROMISE OF EXTRA £7.2BN FOR CARE FUNDING IS MEANINGLESS WITHOUT RINGFENCING
Saga says the Government should also prioritise Homecare for older people to save money and improve quality of life
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Tuesday 31 January 2012
RING FENCE BUDGET FOR CARE SAYS SAGA
Saga endorses the significant findings from Age UK’s Care in Crisis Report and calls for urgent Government action on the care funding calamity
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Friday 27 January 2012
ARE PENSIONS PAST THEIR SELL-BY DATE?
The 'pensions or nothing' policy will leave many with nothing
Auto-enrolment is not enough to revitalise savings, we must adjust the structure of pensions to be more like 'Lifetime Savings Accounts'
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Tuesday 24 January 2012
HEALTH BILL: IT DOESN’T ADD UP – SOCIAL CARE REFORM IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
Commenting on today’s growing disagreements about the Health Bill, Dr Ros Altmann, Director-General of over-50s group Saga, said:
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Tuesday 24 January 2012
COMMENT ON DWP CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT
Dr Ros Altmann, Director General of Saga says: “Anything we can do to make sure people save for later life is a good thing and this latest campaign, although small in scale compared to other initiatives, will go some way towards helping to improve the lives of older people.
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Tuesday 24 January 2012
GOVERNMENT BOOST TO HEALTH BUDGET TO BE RINGFENCED BUT CARE BUDGET STILL LEFT TO THE MERCY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Dr Ros Altmann, Director General, Saga said: “Today’s announcement from the Health Sectary regarding ring fencing a £5.2 billion public health budget and responsibility of its allocation to be owned by local authorities, only highlights the significant lack of attention being paid to care, where the money will not be ring fenced and we cannot be certain of its appropriate distribution.
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Friday 20 January 2012
MORTALITY RATES FALL: GOOD NEWS FOR US, BAD NEWS FOR CARE CRISIS
Commenting on a report from the Office of National Statistics that mortality rates are falling in the UK, Dr Ros Altmann, Director-General of over-50s group Saga, said:
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Tuesday 17 January 2012
FAMILY HOME IS MORE THAN JUST BRICKS AND MORTAR
Government's New Deal for Older People should focus on adaptation to help people live in their homes, rather than having to move house
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Tuesday 17 January 2012
OVER 50S INFLATION SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE
Energy costs are major problem for older people struggling to heat their homes
During 2011, electricity prices rose 14% and gas bills soared nearly 20%!
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Tuesday 17 January 2012
DON'T FORGET OLDER PEOPLE DURING ENERGY WEEK
In recognition of the ‘Big Energy Week’ and predictions of snow falling throughout the UK this week, Saga has accumulated a variety of facts and figures regarding the over 50s’ opinion of energy and keeping warm in winter, and gives advice to older people on ensuring they have the best energy deal from their suppliers.
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Monday 16 January 2012
CROSS PARTY CARE TALKS: FORGET POLITICS, FIND SOLUTIONS, SAYS SAGA.
Over-50s organisation Saga says there is no room for political points-scoring in this week’s cross-party talks on care and support. The lives of millions of older people and the future of the NHS is at stake here.
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Monday 16 January 2012
494 REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL SAGAS FURTHER JOBS BOOST FOR HASTINGS
Saga in Hastings opened its doors last January and today employs 306 people. Over the past year we have conducted over 1,000 interviews and delivered 62,291 hours of on-the-job and classroom training. Nine new joiners have already started their career progression and been promoted to supervisory positions.
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Friday 13 January 2012
SAGA SURVEY REVEALS ASTONISHING ATTITUDES TO OLD AGE. 68% OF OVER 75s DO NOT FEEL OLD.
As the DWP publishes the results of its survey highlighting how attitudes to old age have been changing, Saga’s own survey of the nation’s over 50s reveals just how outdated conventional attitudes to being old really are.
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Wednesday 11 January 2012
MORE THAN HALF OF PEOPLE SAY ELDERLY RELATIVES NEED MORE HOME HELP.
29% of people who saw elderly relatives over the Christmas period say they noticed a deterioration in their condition since last seeing them.
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Thursday 5 January 2012
SAGA HOLIDAYS BECOMES THE FIRST TRAVEL COMPANY TO INTRODUCE AURASMA VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY INTO ITS BROCHURES
Saga Travel, the leading travel company offering global adventures for the over fifties, has become the first holiday company to feature Aurasma virtual technology into its brochures. Customers browsing 2012 brochures will be able to virtually visit Saga Travels’ cruise ships in Norway and adventures in destinations including South Africa safari.
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