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Readers’ Panel at www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you ... substitute for professional advice. Neither Age UK nor any of its subsidiary companies or charities accepts any liability arising from its use and it is the reader’s sole responsibility to ensure any information
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pressure in connection with wills, property, inheritance or financial transactions, or the misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or benefits. Possible indicators of financial abuse Sudden changes ... unexplained withdrawals of large sums of money or credit/debit expenditure (particularly where there is no evidence that expenditure is for the benefit of the adult) The unexplained disappearance of valuable possessions
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Age Cymru Advice Statement of Service What we do .Age Cymru Advice provides an information and advice service to older people, their carers and families in Wales on a range of issues including: W elfare ... entitlement H ealth and social careH ousing, including housing options, repairs and adaptations and heatingL egal issues such as Wills and Power of AttorneyBereavement and death Local services and opportunities
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Wales have the right to a life free from abuse. There are ‘few more basic human rights than that of being protected from violence or exploitation’.1 Older people must not be placed at risk of abuse or neglect ... those who have experienced abuse or neglect. Legislation is an essential component of safeguarding adults; it has the capacity to set statutory duties and powers so that adult protection is undertaken
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welcome the statement by the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip, Jane Hutt AM, on advancing equality and human rights in Wales and the commitment to commence the socio-economic duty - Part 1 of the Equality ... Commencing the duty means that public bodies will be required to make decisions in a way that tackles social disadvantage. Over 100,000 pensioners are living in poverty in Wales, which has the highest proportion
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Together for Mental Health Delivery Plan 2019-2022 The Welsh Government August 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people ... to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are
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Sign-up to receive our monthly e-newsletter called The loop for more information about Age Cymru.
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Age Cymru has a local office in Pontypridd who provides products and services to the over 50s.
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Page 1 of 28 Factsheet 56 Benefits for people under State Pension age April 2024 About this factsheet This factsheet has information about benefits for people under State Pension age (currently 66 ... disability and carers’ benefits. It explains how you can claim these benefits. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period April 2024 to March 2025. Benefit rates are reviewed annually and uprated
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October 2021 1. Do you think the Action Plan will increase equality for LGBTQ+ people and what do you think the priorities should be? Age Cymru welcomes the development of the LGBTQ+ Action Plan. Over time ... on how actions will be achieved. We welcome the intersectional approach of the plan in recognition of how discrimination impacts people differently in different circumstances. As such the incremental experiences
