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an assessment had been completed. A year on we wanted to know if the changes local authorities told us about last year were making improvements to older people’s access to social care. Our research ... that now has a higher need for care and support. One person we spoke to as part of this research told us about the huge challenges they faced in trying to get social care: “I’ve been providing
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social care in Wales’ consultation 8th September 2022 Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... approaching social care during 2020/21. In meetings with social care leads as part of the research, they told us of the increased complexity of needs of people approaching them for help. We are therefore extremely
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Credit has been rolled out nationally and replaces new claims for a number of benefits for people of working age - i.e. people younger than State Pension age (as of April 2021, this is 66 for both men and women ... Support Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Working Tax Credit Child Tax Credit Housing Benefit If you’ve reached State Pension age, you may not
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has been‚ or is expected to be‚ 0°C or below for 7 days in a row . The Met Office use specific weather stations that forecast and record temperatures. You get £25 a week for each ... have been 0˚C or less for seven consecutive days. You can check your area’s temperature by using the DWP’s cold weather payment postcode checker . You also need to be receiving certain benefits
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Age at Work – case study guidance Older person Ideally this is 100 - 150 words summarising: • where the older person was before ( not employed/ employed /in need of support), • what they did with ... with the Age at Work programme • what happened as a result. o attitudinal change - feeling more confident, less lonely, more engaged at work etc o behavioural change - got a new job, got promoted , sorted
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need to upgrade some of your equipment. What’s changing and when? The technology we currently use to make calls on landlines, called ‘analogue’, is being replaced with an internet-based ... needs to happen by December 2025, as this is when the old technology will stop working. Phone providers have already started work on switching over the network, but you don’t need to do anything until
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Page 1 of 3 Job Description Job Title: Project Officer Location: Hybrid (Home) but working across Powys and Ceredigion Contractual Status of Role: Part time, 28 hours per week, fixed term until ... 2025 Salary: £26,101 (FTE) Job Title of Line Manager: Regional Advocacy Manager Job Purpose: Working with the rest of the regional team, to meet the HOPE project objectives by co-producing and implementing
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important for residents and visitors. The feeling of doing something useful in my community.” Care home Volunteer What will you do? • Work with the Age Cymru art practitioner and care home Activity Coordinator ... Coordinator to create a themed project • Help conversation come to life using the Age Cymru using the ‘Tell Me More’ cards • Help to lead a group activity What is not required: Volunteers are not required
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Page 1 of 3 Job Description Job Title: Project Officer Location: Hybrid (Home/Flint) but working across Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire. Contractual Status of Role: Part time, 28 hours per ... 2025 Salary: £26,101 (FTE) Job Title of Line Manager: Regional Advocacy Manager Job Purpose: Working with the rest of the regional team, to meet the HOPE project objectives by co-producing and implementing
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Page 1 of 3 Job Description Job Title: Project Officer Location: Hybrid (working from home) with travel across Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire and occasionally, nationally. Contractual Status of ... 2025 Salary: £27,667 (FTE) Job Title of Line Manager: Regional Advocacy Manager Job Purpose: Working with the rest of the regional team, to meet the HOPE project objectives by co-producing and implementing
