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want help with. • If someone does your shopping for you, write down what you ask them to buy you, work out roughly how much it should cost and ask them for receipts. • It can be a good idea to use gift ... Libraries NI (page 23). In Wales, contact Age Cymru Advice. Sue found a way of managing her money that works for her and her family. Sue, 79, gets help from her son and daughter-in-law with her shopping and
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briefing from Age UK. The report aims to shine a light on how the system of health and care is working for older people in this country at the moment using the best, most authoritative data available ... people. That is why, ultimately, we have compiled this report – to aid our understanding of what is working well in terms of health and care and what needs to change to enable all of us to live as well as
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of treatment for those aged over 65 and those over 75 according to their CCG. The results of this work highlight variation that patients may experience in receiving treatment they need; we want to support ... those caring for these individuals. However, this is just one part of the picture. Understanding what works for older people is another crucial element of achieving age-equal services. Guidance and practice
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Mental Capacity Act 2005”. In these instances the authority “must meet its duties in relation to working with [the] IMCA...as well as those in relation to [an independent professional advocate] under the ... home resident who has had to stop self-employed work due to illness or disablement. However, this is in the short-term where the intention is to take up work again in the future when the person is able –
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deputies, see page 23. If you have concerns about an appointee for benefits, contact the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). For more information about appointees, see page 22. If you have any concerns that ... know. If you receive benefits and you lose mental capacity, someone can apply to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to become your ‘appointee’. An appointee has the authority to manage and spend
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your options. Moving in with family. Moving in with family can seem like a good option and it often works well. But it’s important to be realistic. Before moving in with family it’s worth considering a few ... Council Tax? • What would happen if you couldn’t live there any more – for example, if it doesn’t work out or if you need to move into a care home? If you invest in your relatives’ property, or buy a property
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from actually drawing their pension • If someone has more than one pension fund, how the default will work across all their savings • A clear interaction with state benefits and the care system. A particular ... In addition, we wonder whether it would be possible to use moves to aggregate pension pots during working life (as recently proposed by the Government) in order to create an infrastructure that would allow
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12 11.3 Mirror wills 12 11.4 Joint or Mutual wills 12 Useful organisations 13 Age UK 15 Support our work 15 Age UK factsheet 7 July 2024 Making a will Page 3 of 16 1 Making your will It is important to ... dies before you. It may be easier for the executors if there is more than one person to share the work and the responsibility. The executors must deal with the day-today administration of your estate in
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8 of 45 “be independent of government, the NHS and local authorities but work with them, and others, to support the continuous improvement of person-centred services”; ... with long-term conditions). Nurse consultants, nurse practitioners and specialist nurses frequently work alongside GPs and practice nurses. Their additional training means they can diagnose, treat and manage
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across a whole range of common conditions associated with ageing. It will be invaluable to me in my work as national clinical director for older people and I am sure invaluable for many others. I would love ... been much worrying evidence showing that the care of frail older people is sometimes poor. In future work we plan to report on the medical treatments received by frail older people, including those in hospital
