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Care home checklist Things to look out for and questions to ask AgeUKIL5 First impressions Are the buildings and grounds well maintained? n Is there an accessible garden or courtyard? n Do the home and ... and garden feel inviting? n Are there pleasant views surrounding the home? n Do the staff seem welcoming? n Is the home clean and does it smell fresh? n Are the rooms a comfortable temperature? n Are the
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calls for action 3 Promoting independence with accessible and adaptable homes 7 Tackling poor conditions and delivering decent homes 13 Integrating housing with health and social care 19 Building for the ... retirement housing 27 Housing wealth and housing choices 35 Notes 41 Age UK is a charity that aims to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, services, campaigns, products, training
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involved. Your care home will have their own relevant risk assessment policy and documents. This is a suggested template only. Care home name Description of role assessed Care home volunteer supporting ... services or staff duties. Volunteers will stay in the communal areas of the care home unless otherwise directed by the care home manager. Assessment carried out by Date of Risk Assessment Review date
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of ways you can donate to Age Cymru By donating or leaving a legacy to us, you're helping us to improve the lives of older people in Wales. We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator Read their
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of avoidable ill health and premature death from living in a cold home. Often living on fixed incomes, investing in homes to improve home energy efficiency runs the risk of undermining longer term financial ... lower income households most in need of support; and a ‘fabric first’ approach to the installation of home energy efficiency measures. Age Cymru welcomes Welsh Government’s commitment in its new Plan to tackle
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without appropriate measures taken to ensure that they will be safe and cared for whilst they recover at home. One person told us: “You can be discharged the day after surgery even if you live alone. There was ... family lived from me or if my house was suitable for me…how did they know it was safe for me to go home?”. Discharges may also take place at inappropriate times, such as at night, causing unnecessary stress
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health and social care. He also undertook extensive research on older prisoners, the design of care homes, international law and ageing, and domestic abuse and older people. In addition, the professor advised ... member of the Commissioner for Older People Northern Ireland’s statutory review of Dunmurry Care Home and its treatment of older people. Deputy Chair - Diane Hughes Diane retired in 2018 from her post
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and distress: older people in the private rented sector Older people who privately rent their homes Age UK, October 2016 Contact: joe.oldman@ageuk.org.uk 1 1 ... property. Around 75 per cent of households aged 65+ are owner-occupiers, with most owning their home outright.3 Those owning outright will continue to rise from 32% in 2014 to 35% by 20254 according
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representatives of the participating organisations (in particular activity leads Di at Ringshill Care Home and Pearl at Hunters Down Care Centre) and older people and their friends, family and careers participating ... .......................................................................... 12 Did the programme improve physical, social and mental health? ................................................... 12 Posture
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complexity in the social care sector inhibits service improvement? We agree that complexity in the social care sector inhibits service improvement; we believe that much of the complexity relates to the ... Well-being Act, changes to date appear to have largely been small in scale, rather than wider, deeper improvements across health and social care services. Our community calculator report recently found that though
