friendly WalesEnvis AGE Keeping voice, choice and control when growing older No. 13 2019 Featured articles Page 2 Introduction – Victoria Lloyd Page 5 Dignity and choice: the voice of older people – Professor ... advocacy as a means of securing and exercising older people’s rights – a personal perspective – Andrew Dunning Page 12 Jill’s story – Advocate at Age Cymru Powys – Gail Hamer and Jill Ball Page 14 A volunteer-led
A spotlight on the mental health and wellbeing of older people No. 16 2023/24 Featured articles Page 2 Introduction – Ceri Cryer, Age Cymru Page 5 Unequal access to and provision of mental health services ... Covid-19 pandemic on older people’s mental health and wellbeing – Sam Young, Age Cymru Page 13 The impact of caring on health in Wales – Claire Morgan and Jane Healey, Carers Wales Page 16 Helping veterans
AgeUKIG43 Creating an age friendly Wales Winter wrapped up A guide to keeping warm, safe and well this winter Health & wellbeing 1 Winter wrapped up Contents What this guide is about 2 Preparing for winter ... Supporting the work of Age Cymru 26 With a little preparation, and by following some simple suggestions, we can help ourselves to stay healthy, safe and as comfortable as possible this winter. 2 Winter wrapped
services departments 6 2 Legislation covering the social care system in Wales 7 2.1 The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 7 3 Local authority social care assessments – ... contact with the local authority and making a referral 9 3.2 Needs assessment for the person with care needs (and, where relevant, also an assessment
availability of, and gaps for, advocacy in the context of the requirements placed on local authorities by the Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy) (“the Code”) under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) ... Population Assessment Toolkit. The briefing provides some basic information about the role of advocacy and the legal requirements that have been placed on local authorities. Key recommendation Briefing on Advocacy
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Tool is to ascertain organisational readiness to comply with the Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy) and its strategic intent. The Self Assessment Tool itself is structured in four sections reflecting the ... be adapted and revisited as time passes We suggest you complete it in collaboration with your team and with partners where possible This tool is not designed to question you about facts and figures relating
Each year we provide information and advice to around 5.9 million people through web-based and written materials, and individual enquires by telephone, letter, email and local face-to-face sessions. We ... Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland. About this report Age UK believes that all current and future pensioners should have enough money from state and private sources to live comfortably and participate fully
(Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities) University of Leeds July 2015 fit as a fiddle is a programme run by Age UK and funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of the Wellbeing ... ................................................................ 10 3. Background, policy context and overview of related literature ................................... 12 4. Methods .................
AgeUKIG38 Healthy eating Your guide to eating well Information and advice you need to help you love later life. We’re Age UK and our goal is to enable older people to love later life. We are passionate ... International and more than 160 local partners. This information guide has been prepared by Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for any decision or action and cannot