Michelle Mitchell, charity director general of Age UK, said winter was a difficult time.

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Michelle Mitchell, charity director of Age UK - which campaigned for the future of cheques, welcomed a review.

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Michelle Mitchell, Age UK's charity director, has urged the government to invest in social care, and not kick the bill "into the long grass".

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Michelle Mitchell, of Age UK, said the findings were a "scandal".

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Michelle Mitchell, charity director general at Age UK, said she was "encouraged" that the social care funding issue "appears to be emerging... from the long grass".

BBC: Social care cap 'to be set at ?75,000'

The Patients Association described the report as "distressing", while Michelle Mitchell, of Age UK, said such overcrowding was creating a situation whereby the chances of older patients receiving high quality care was "stacked against them".

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"The number of unemployed women aged between 50 and 64 has risen by 27% since this time last year - a significantly bigger increase than any other age group, " said Age UK's director general Michelle Mitchell.

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