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factsheet 4 1.1 Definitions and terminology 4 2 Legislation covering the social care system in Wales 6 2.1 The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and accompanying Code of Practice ... help from your local authority and the financial means test for care home provision 6 3.1 Assessment of needs and eligibility for services 7 3.2 The Welsh Government’s guidance
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the social care system in Wales – the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and accompanying Code of Practice guidance 6 2.1 Welsh Government ... Government regulations and guidance on direct payments specifically 7 3 What are direct payments? 8 4 Background information on eligibility criteria and charging procedures for
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Benefit and Local Welfare Provision June 2024 (Amended September 2024) About this factsheet The Social Fund is a scheme to help people with expenses that are difficult to meet from a low income and includes: ... the discretionary Social Fund and include: ⚫ Short-term advances ⚫ Budgeting advances ⚫ Budgeting loans. Local Welfare Provision schemes in England are discretionary and intended to either help people
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healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, 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 ... importance to them. We provide information and advice to older people and carers; support through our Helping Others Participate and Engage (HOPE) project; and support through our Dementia Advocacy project
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Introduction 4 Methodology 4 Key findings since Advocacy Counts 7 5 Number of services and people supported 6 Advocacy staff and volunteers 6 Advocacy services funded specifically for older people in Wales 7 Advocacy ... client group but older people are 7 supported as part of the service Language 8 Quality and standards 8 Conclusions and recommendations 9 3. Developments in Advocacy in Wales 11 Acknowledgements Age Cymru
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June 2022 Welcome to the Summer edition of Age Matters. Summer is on its way and we’ve just celebrated Volunteers Week and Carers Week which are both important points in the Age Cymru annual calendar. ... Cymru and the wellbeing of older people each week. Similarly, without the vital contribution of unpaid carers in all communities across Wales our health and care services could not function, and Carers
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Introduction 4 Methodology 4 Key findings since Advocacy Counts 7 5 Number of services and people supported 6 Advocacy staff and volunteers 6 Advocacy services funded specifically for older people in Wales 7 Advocacy ... client group but older people are 7 supported as part of the service Language 8 Quality and standards 8 Conclusions and recommendations 9 3.Developments in Advocacy in Wales 11 Acknowledgements Age Cymru is
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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 ... Kispeter With contribution from Tom Clarke CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities) University of Leeds July 2015 2 Contents Acknowledgements .........................
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healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, 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 ... healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, 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
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Action 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 ... for older LGBTQ+ people should be captured and understood, and so appropriate actions can be developed to assist them to more confidently access the services and support that they need. Priorities should
