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Advice and information on pensions
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Infrastructure and Skills Committee May 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the 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 ... adequate income, access to high quality 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
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Advocacy and the Information, Advice & Assistance Service Information, Advice and Assistance (IAA) and Independent Professional Advocacy (IPA) both have key roles in the new approach to care and support ... service. What process should be followed to decide when a referral should be made? The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act (“the Act”) requires local authorities to consider whether an individual may
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Muscular Strength and endurance 1. Check sitting position – participants should be sitting in the front third of the chair, with feet hip width apart and toes forward of the knees 2. Sit up straight, ... shoulders back and head up, looking forward 3. Encourage participants to breathe naturally whilst performing each exercise. 4. Move slowly and smoothly through each repetition of the exercise. Avoid
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Regardless of age, very few people feel well all the time. Fortunately, there are a number of ways you can get help when you’re ill, or if you just need advice about your health.
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Helping others participate and engage (HOPE) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) This document is intended to provide answers to questions from the stakeholders we’re working with. The answers are not necessarily ... necessarily exhaustive and if you have further queries or questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Contact details can be found at the end of this document. 1.How is HOPE funded? HOPE is funded
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A donation made in memory of your loved one will support our vital work in creating an age friendly Wales.
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1 Preventing Abuse of Older People Consultation response October 2022 1. Do you agree that the three overall objectives are appropriate? If not, what should they be? We tend to agree. Age Cymru ... Cymru welcomes the positive development of an action plan to tackle some of the root causes and effects of harm and neglect in relation to older people. We feel that the plan would benefit from some restructuring:
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vulnerability, and to support those who have experienced abuse or neglect. Legislation is an essential component of safeguarding adults; it has the capacity to set statutory duties and powers so that ... awareness, training, and access to advocacy services. The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 came into force in April 2016. The Act puts adult safeguarding on a statutory footing and forms a legal
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social care in Wales for people aged 55 and over. Last year our dementia advocacy project, HOPE (Helping others to participate and engage) advocacy project and Age Cymru Advice were all reporting worrying ... as can be seen in the large increase in the number of older people approaching social care for help and the urgency of their needs. 2. Efforts on social care recovery have continued this year, but their
