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and half of all people aged 75+ live alone.3 2.5 times health impact People defrauded in their own homes are 2.5 times more likely to either die or go into residential care within a year.4 3.4 million frauds ... use-(7mar-2017).aspx 12 http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/For-professionals/Policy/safe-at-home/CR_response_to_pension_scams.pdf?dtrk=true Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and
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helpful guide for families, unpaid carers and care staff supporting a person moving to live in a care home. 2 Age Cymru: Making relationships count Introduction This guide focuses on the practical and ... a care home. It aims to raise awareness of the needs of older carers and the value of engaging them as experts in the care of the person they care for. It also provides insights from care home staff. This
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ddiolch i’r gofalwyr hŷn sydd wedi rhannu eu profiad o garu rhywun sy’n byw mewn cartref gofal. My Home Life http://myhomelife.org.uk/ Dolenni: Age Cymru www.agecymru.org.uk Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru
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minority ethnic older residents 37 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and transgender older residents 40 Home for life 43 Security of tenure 43 Pets 43 Accessible structure 44 Space 44 Care and support 46 Safety ... ability of older people to ‘downsize’ into more manageable forms of housing, to free up larger family homes. Sheltered and retirement housing could certainly play a greater role in helping to address this issue
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physical impairments. 4. For these reasons, many older people are unable to adequately heat their home. Therefore, we strongly support Ofgem’s proposal for a ‘vulnerable customer safeguard tariff’, and ... on the most disengaged customers. 7. We support the proposal to apply the safeguard tariff to Warm Home Discount recipients. However, we recognise this will not successfully target all the customers who
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relevant customer characteristics, beyond the December 2015 list. These might include living in a park home and frailty. Frailty is especially relevant, described by the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) as ... identify vulnerability. This might include energy usage patterns/changes via smart meters, or Warm Home Discount, Energy Company Obligation and Winter Fuel Payments data. (See p.110 in the FCA vulnerability
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payment protection insurance. These special terms are not necessarily made apparent at the outset.3 Park home residents often find it difficult to switch energy supplier. Fear of disruption – Some consumers ... they had ‘a difficult meter which some suppliers can’t work with’. People who qualify for the Warm Home Discount may also lose this if they switch to (smaller) providers who are not obliged to offer it
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November 2023 Community landlord housing in Wales – local authority or housing association homes Factsheet 8w November 2023 2 of 40 ... legislation in Wales – the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 5 3 What is community landlord housing? 7 3.1 Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS)
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Action group, whose motto is ‘Turn Concern into Action’ did just that and organised visits to care homes where they entertained residents with music and set up pen pal partnerships with lots of older people ... more alternatives to online application processes such as face-to-face, postal, telephone, and even home visits in some cases, but some authorities seem reluctant to promote their alternatives. We also heard
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Consultation Response Ref 1316 Department of Energy & Climate Change consultation on the Warm Home Discount Scheme 2016/17 May 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper ... of proposed changes to the Warm Home Discount Scheme including who will receive it. 2. Key points Age UK is delighted to contribute to this consultation on the Warm Home Discount Scheme. The charity was
