In Whitehaven, Age Concern has set up an information centre to help older residents.
Gordon Lishman, director general of Age Concern England, said the findings were "extremely worrying".
Gordon Lishman, Director General of Age Concern England, said hip operations were hugely important for elderly people.
Pam Tilson, the Political Affairs Officer for Age Concern in Northern Ireland, said elderly people especially became concerned for their pets.
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Age Concern in Cardiff and the Vale shut its shop in Whitchurch, Cardiff, with the loss of five jobs.
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Age Concern, which has set up an information centre in Whitehaven, said more needed to be done for pensioners.
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Daphne Minihane from Age Concern Jersey said it was long overdue and would help a lot of people in need.
Andrew Harrop, head of policy for Age Concern and Help the Aged, said he welcomed the commitment to free care.
Gay campaigners covered it in slogans in March, while Age Concern projected its latest advertising campaign onto it in November.
Others include Sir Leon Brittan, former home secretary and vice-president of the European Commission, and Sally Greengross, director-general of Age Concern.
Following help from the older people's commissioner and Age Concern, the 78-year-old said he believed he would have electricity by Saturday.
Meanwhile, volunteers at Age Concern organisations are preparing to provide a range of emergency services for pensioners as the weather gets colder.
Pupils at Cardinal Allen High School in Fleetwood have been running free computer sessions at their school in conjunction with Age Concern.
Gordon Lishman, director general of Age Concern, said the findings were "shocking".
Meanwhile, as John faces his 29th Christmas without electricity, Age Concern representative, Pat Lee, said that she wants Coleraine Borough Council to step in.
But a spokesman from Age Concern and Help the Aged welcomed Plaid Cymru's announcement as "an acknowledgement that the state pension is too low".
The director of Age Concern England, Gordon Lishman, said he welcomed recommendations by the NAO that specific targets to get older people on the internet.
Age Concern is urging people who rely on third party collection not to switch to the new system until alternative arrangements are put in place.
At the moment many Local Authorities and local Age Concern offices offer a third party collection service, but the new rules may make this too complicated to continue.
Age Concern Director General Gordon Lishman called the decision "scandalous".
Guardian journalist and social policy commentator Polly Toynbee told the meeting she had spoken at an Age Concern fringe at Labour's annual conference in Brighton the previous week.
Gordon Lishman, director general of Age Concern England, backed the principles but said ministers should not spend too long talking when clear ideas for lasting change were already available.
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Gordon Lishman, director general of Age Concern, said they were fearful that the new framework alone would not result in the cultural change in PCTs needed to reduce the variation.
Gordon Lishman, Director General of Age Concern, said: We are absolutely delighted by this decision which will give thousands of older women the opportunity to build up a better state pension.
Age Concern now wants the government to make sure that the poorest pensioners are told about their entitlements directly by benefits advisers, rather than rely on advertising campaigns which it says have limited impact.
And Gordon Lishman of Age Concern said the services that did exist for older people were often chronically under funded and are not of the same quality to those offered to adults of working age.
He said the "lighter later" campaign - which recommends British Summer Time in the winter and British Summer Time plus an hour in the summer - was supported by a range of organisations including Age Concern.
"Age Concern Cymru and Help the Aged in Wales have argued for years that the state pension is too low and that it should be set at the level of the Pension Credit guarantee, " he said.
From a fairly young age he felt concern for the suffering of young female employees.
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