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people in recent months. We took the questions to BT and attached their responses underneath each question. Will call blockers, used to prevent scammers from contacting older people, still ... Some people reported being switched to the digital system without prior notice. BT uses an automated system that requires their customers to provide permission before they are switched.
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REGULATION AND INSPECTION OF SOCIAL 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 ... older people should be able to lead 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
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Key points Someone’s age bears no relation to their ability or capability to perform the vast majority of jobs. The evidence shows either a lack of relationship between productivity and age, or that ... Even in physically demanding situations, for example on a factory production line, age is no barrier to working productively. Measuring individual productivity is challenging for researchers. Older studies
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Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) is a loan that helps to pay towards the interest on a mortgage or other eligible home improvement loans. SMI ended as a benefit from 6 April 2018 and has been ... SMI is a loan to help with the interest on your mortgage payments or other eligible home improvement loans. You'll get help paying interest on up to £200,000 of your loan or mortgage (or up to £100,000 if
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Read more about how volunteering for our Friend in Need service has made a huge difference to our volunteers.
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Registered office address Ground Floor, Mariners House, Trident Court, East Moors Road, Cardiff CF24 5TD. ©2020 Age Cymru. Creating an age friendly Wales Advocacy Advocacy is an important service to support people ... people to have their voices heard, their wishes respected and to feel equal in relationships with others so that they can feel empowered to speak up and be involved based on their own choices and views
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Performing Arts Creating an age friendly Wales Movement Performing Arts covers a wide range of activities that can be good exercise for residents, especially those with low mobility. Simple rhythm activities ... be done sitting down or standing: With lively music playing, encourage residents to tap their feet or clap their hands to the beat: E.g. 8 taps on head, 8 on shoulders, 8 on tummy, 8 on the lap (thighs)
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Ageism, also called age discrimination, is when someone treats you unfairly because of your age. It can also include the way that older people are represented in the media, which can have a wider impact ... job prospects, financial situation and quality of life. How are older people discriminated against? You may be fully aware that you have been subject to ageism, but in some situations it may not be so
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Winter Edition 2021 Facing the challenges of winter with confidence By Victoria Lloyd, Chief Executive, November 2021 As we leave autumn and enter winter many of us are thinking about what the coming months ... for us to get out and about and meet others. Outbreaks of Covid are still occurring in communities across Wales while rates of flu infections are expected to rise as we’ve not been exposed to germs as
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over isn’t an inevitable part of ageing Did you know that many of us start to feel a bit unsteady on our feet or worry about falling. But there are simple things we can do to help avoid a slip or fall. Take
