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Evaluation of White Paper proposals for State Pension reform
Older People and their Families - Wed, 26 July 2006

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Paying for long term care of older people
Older People and their Families - Fri, 21 July 2006

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An investigation of older peoples' and their families' views about autonomy and decision-making in later life
Older People and their Families - Mon, 4 April 2005
Professor Sarah E Hampson, Professor Sara Arber and colleagues in the Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, are coming to the end of a Nuffield-funded research project investigating older peoples and their families' views about autonomy and decision-making in later life.
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Shaping a stable pensions solution – Pension Policy Institute seminars
Older People and their Families - Wed, 9 March 2005
The Nuffield Foundation has funded the Pension Policy Institute to hold a series of seminars on pension issues.
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Perspectives on ageing and financial planning for old age in South Asian Communities
Older People and their Families - Mon, 7 March 2005
On 1 March Dr Savita Katbamna (Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit, University of Leicester) launched a report of a study of perspectives on ageing and financial planning for old age in South Asian Communities.
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Grandparenting in Divorced Families
Older People and their Families - Thu, 22 January 2004
The book Grandparenting in Divorced Families by Neil Ferguson with Gillian Douglas, Nigel Lowe, Mervyn Murch and Margaret Robinson was published recently by The Policy Press. The book is the most recent product of a study funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
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Age Equality Comes of Age
Older People and their Families - Thu, 25 September 2003
This event was organised by the Institute for Public Policy Research, with Third Age Employment Network, on Tuesday 7 October. The meeting was addressed by Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and was funded by the Nuffield Foundation, following its support of a series of seminars on Age Equality.
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Age as an Equality Issue: Legal and Policy Perspectives
Older People and their Families - Tue, 19 August 2003
Age as an Equality Issue: Legal and Policy Perspectives, edited by Sandra Fredman and Sarah Spencer, the book of the Age Equality Seminar series funded by the Nuffield Foundation, was published by Hart Publishing on 18 July.
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