Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality ... 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. 2. We are pleased to respond to the Culture
Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality ... 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 pleased to respond to the Welsh
fit as a fiddle is a programme run by Age UK and funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of the Wellbeing programme www.ageuk.org.uk www.fitasaf iddle.org.uk Age UK’s ... ..................................................................................... 6 Background to ‘social prescribing’ .............................................................................
research This is Age Cymru’s second annual report on delays in access to social care in Wales for people aged 55 and over. Last year our dementia advocacy project, HOPE (Helping others to participate and ... A year on we wanted to know if the changes local authorities told us about last year were making improvements to older people’s access to social care. Conclusions 1. A picture is emerging of a less healthy
March 2017 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, ... access 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.
Consultation Response: voices of older people The Care Act: consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the cap on care costs and policy proposals for a new appeals system for care and support ... Date: March 2015 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained
by older people? • Most informal care for older people is provided by partners and adult children. Changes in family structure, whether it may be from having fewer children and starting families later ... er or appear to be having less effect than might be thought. While reduced family size reduces the number of children available to be carers, increasing male longevity, getting closer to that for women
domiciliary care for older people in Wales' focuses on the provision of domiciliary care in Wales and how it faces a challenging future
as the policy agenda develops, to ensure a better later life for everyone, no matter where they live? More detail on the implications of the vote for various policy areas is available in the series of impartial ... that this briefing relates to matters that are reserved to the Westminster Government. UK human rights legislation covers the whole of the United Kingdom, but enforcement is devolved. Apart from some limited
EnvisAGE is a discussion journal from Age Cymru which explores issues affecting older people.