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Importance of a Real Living Wage We welcome the Welsh Government’s commitment to ensure that all care workers receive a Real Living Wage within the term of this Senedd. This development will be a main driver ... will be partially informed by the remaining lifetime of contracting arrangements but it is important that this work is also led by where changes are needed the most and where they will have the most impact
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Plan 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 ... actions to reduce barriers to accessing public services that LGBRQ+ people face. In practical terms this is the area over which Welsh Government has influence and the ability to make changes sooner than in seeking
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CARE (WALES) ACT 2016: PHASE 3 IMPLEMENTATION – REGULATED ADVOCACY SERVICES AUGUST 2018 Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people ... 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
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org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 2 ... welcome the publication of the draft strategy and the opportunity to comment on the proposals. As a member of the Equality and Diversity Forum, Age UK supports the response which the Forum has submitted
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cartref yng Nghymru yn wynebu dyfodol heriol. Byddai poblogaeth sy’n heneiddio a niferoedd cynyddol o bobl ag anghenion iechyd a gofal hirdymor cymhleth yn rhoi’r system gyfredol dan bwysau, hyd yn oed heb ... heb y pwysau cyllido sydd ar awdurdodau lleol. Mae awdurdodau lleol yn wynebu toriadau o rhwng 2.4% a 4.5% yn eu cyllideb ar gyfer blwyddyn ariannol 2015-2016. Er bod mesur o Astudiaeth achos Mae Ms R yn
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Counts 8 A review of advocacy services for adults in Wales with a particular focus on older people Contents 1.Executive Summary 3 2. A review of advocacy services for adults in Wales 4 with a particular ... volunteers 6 Advocacy services funded specifically for older people in Wales 7 Advocacy services for a wider client group but older people are 7 supported as part of the service Language 8 Quality and standards
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org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 ... and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing a quality standard on mental wellbeing (including social and emotional wellbeing) and independence for older people, which is due to be published in December
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organisations or charities. We do not ‘cold call’ people for fundraising purposes. ‘Cold calling’ involves a company or business calling someone with whom they’ve had no prior contact. We only call people who ... direct debits received from donors if a third party (e.g. family and friends) advise us that the donor is vulnerable in some way; if we are satisfied that such third party is entitled to act on the donor’s behalf
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under guardianship or subject to a community treatment order or in hospital informally receiving assessment or treatment for their mental health? If so, they have a legal right to an IMHA (Independent ... If not, are they facing serious medical treatment, a safeguarding concern or DoLS? Or does their RPR need support in their role? If so, they have a legal right to an IMCA (Independent Mental Capacity
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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 participate and engage) ... completed. 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. Our research found a mixed picture
