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set out in our report The Health and Care of Older People in England 2017, is now not only failing to meet the needs of increasing numbers of older people (1.2 million at our latest count), but also having ... not be enough to keep the system going until a new, sustainable approach is put in place.’ “In recent months different experts have come up with a range of numbers for how much is needed to keep Social Care
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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 services ... 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. The Golden Thread Advocacy Programme
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Baroness Greengross, Baroness Hamwee, Baroness Masham. Introduction: Baroness Jolly welcomed everyone to the meeting and explained the running order. Guest Speakers: Baroness Jolly introduced the first speaker ... integration and devolution were fundamentally important to meeting the health and care needs of older people, as well as a way of responding to the extremely challenging financial context for the NHS and
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is to provide a code of conduct for care home volunteers of Age Cymru. It does not replace any information provided at the Safeguarding or Volunteer Training sessions. Scope This policy applies to all ... should be passed to your Supervisor Signed: ………………………………………………. (volunteer) Date………………………. 2 Professional and personal behaviour of volunteers. Our behaviour and actions can easily be misinterpreted
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1 Option 2 Advocacy Services in Vale of Glamorgan In addition to the services above, the MCA, MHA and SSWB Acts set out statutory rights to advocacy. If they apply, you may also choose from the services ... act, under guardianship or subject to a community treatment order or in hospital informally receiving treatment for their mental health? If so, they have a legal right to an IMHA (Independent Mental Health
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careers. However, although in some circumstances this may seem intuitive, there is actually no evidence to reinforce this view. The idea that older workers are crowding younger workers out of the labour market ... work in the economy to be shared out. This briefing examines the evidence on this topic, demonstrates that the ‘job blocking’ notion is incorrect and therefore that policy efforts to extend working lives
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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 to the Commission’s consultation ... consultation. We have some supplementary comments to make in response to the questions below. 4. Which of our litigation powers do you think might be most effective if used in partnership with you? Please give reasons
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in reality sexuality can be much more fluid in individual lives.1 Trans* (T*), which does not indicate sexual orientation, is an umbrella term which is increasingly employed to cover the gender identity ... identity spectrum including (but not limited to) transgender, transsexual, transvestite, genderqueer, gender-fluid, non-binary, genderless, agender, nongendered, third gender, two-spirit and bigender.1 Quite
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Budget cuts and under-funding are leaving thousands of older people across Wales struggling to live at home independently. And many are being hospitalised with preventable conditions because ... close to breaking point. That’s according to our new report called ‘Improving domiciliary care in Wales’. ‘Improving domiciliary care in Wales’ identifies four key areas where action is needed to create
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return to: CareofDyingAdult@nice.org.uk Please read the checklist for submitting comments at the end of this form. We cannot accept forms that are not filled in correctly. We would like to hear your ... views on these questions: 1. Which areas will have the biggest impact on practice and be challenging to implement? Please say for whom and why. 2. What would help users overcome any challenges? (For example
