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someone’s pet If you need to walk the pet of the person you’re helping, please follow the guidance below: • You can exercise more than once a day, so can carry out the walk separately to your exercise, however ... distance from home. • You should wash your hands before and after handling the pet. • You should try to walk the pet on a lead at all times and avoid direct contact with other people and animals. • You should
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policy experts have been through the detailed papers, and the parts relevant to older people are summarised in this paper. You can see the full Budget documents here: https://www.gov.uk/government/topical ... on low pay, many of whom live alone in poor quality housing that is hard to heat. Unfortunately there was little in this Budget to cheer older people like these. “The extra funding for the NHS is welcome
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volunteers The completed document must be shared with all volunteers and associated staff. For it to be useful, it must be shared with those involved. Your care home will have their own relevant risk assessment ... Description of role assessed Care home volunteer supporting engagement activities. Volunteers are not asked to carry out personal care services or staff duties. Volunteers will stay in the communal areas of the
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Wales, including those living in care homes, have seen their human rights breached and their access to advocacy, health and social care suspended during the pandemic, finds a survey of 72 professional advocates
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establishment of settlement agreements, which will be used as a means of ending employment relationships. The agreements will allow employers and employees to negotitate the terms of exit, often by-passing other ... points and recommendations • We are concerned that some employers will use settlement agreements as a means of forcing older workers to leave their organisation because of their age alone. • This could legitimise
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Older people’s forums can influence a wide range of issues in their communities. We are encouraging older people to develop forums as a way to share views, develop local agendas and shape how communities ... developed the Forum Resource Manual to help forums and groups to develop and grow. The Manual looks at the background of the forum movement, provides information and advice on how to set up and run a successful
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Please return to: [insert email address] 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 ... that the reasons given in the guideline are sufficient to justify this? 2. Which areas will have the biggest impact on practice and be challenging to implement? Please say for whom and why. 3. What would
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demographic this guideline will act to support so their needs are highly relevant to this work. As part of the development process, stakeholders have been invited to comment on the drafts (available online ... recommendations Age UK’s detailed comments can be seen in the NICE proforma below. Key points from our response include: Reaffirming the importance of the right of older people to make and be included in decisions
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phase of the project ran between 2015 and 2017, ... Age Cymru recruited professional artists in Wales who were then supported by experienced mentors, delivering weekly participatory creative sessions with ... Age Cymru the purpose of the programme was to increase opportunities for residents and staff to participate in the arts and to develop and mentor artists to deliver sessions for older people in care settings
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specialised priority service to improve the mental health and wellbeing of veterans. Claire Morgan and Jane Healey of Carers Wales highlight how the health of unpaid carers can be negatively impacted by their ... their caring role. The article by Sara Walters features the Roots to Recovery project delivered in partnership between Mind Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
