Page 2 Introduction – Ceri Cryer, Age Cymru Page 5 Unequal access to and provision of mental health services – Dr Lis Boulton, Age UK Page 9 The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on older people’s mental health ... Wales Page 21 Roots to Recovery Project Mind Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen & Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority – Sara Walters, Mind Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen Page 24 The Mamwlad project –
amount is more than the full amount 7 4.3 No NI contributions/credits prior to 6 April 2016 7 5 National Insurance (NI) 7 6 How to claim State Pension 7 6.1 Advance claims and backdating 8 6.2 Putting ... disagree with a decision 9 7.2 Payment 10 8 Increasing or inheriting Pension from spouse or civil partner 10 8.1 Additional State Pension and Graduated Retirement Benefit 10 8.2 Inheriting a protected payment
The Consultative Forum has a wide and diverse membership to ensure that a range of stakeholder and service user views and experience is available to the charity. The membership ensures involvement of organisations ... includes people who can make contributions from national, regional, local and individual perspectives. In addition to spaces allocated for specific national or regional groups, a number of individual members
Creating an age friendly Wales Advocacy Counts 5 A review of advocacy services for older people in Wales November 2016 1 1. Contents 1. Contents 2 2. Acknowledgements 3 3. Executive Summary 4 4. Introduction ... Programme 13 6. National developments in advocacy 15 Social Services and Well-being Wales Act (2014) 15 Advocacy learning resources 16 Regulation of Social Care Act (2016) 16 National Outcomes Framework
and you are entitled to claim it at any time. Complete an application online using the free My Lost Account service Use the GOV.UK Pension Tracing Service online tool For more information call Age Cymru
outbreak, we have liaised with colleagues in Welsh Government, the Older People’s Commissioner, social services, older people’s groups and other charities to make sure we have a firm understanding of the situation ... people. On 23 March 2020 we launched our Check in and Chat service to provide some reassurances, answer basic queries and link people to local services and support. While some people just wanted to have a chat
1 Time from a request for a care assessment and the assessment being completed 19/20 and 20/21 11 Table 2: Percentage completed assessments from referrals 12 Table 3: Time from assessment to care being ... social care for their needs, as well as delays in sourcing care packages once an assessment had been completed. These delays have a significant detrimental impact on those individuals waiting, their carers,
support 11 Help with Council Tax 13 Working carers 16 Complaints 17 NHS Service 20 Organisations to support you 22 • National organisations 22 • North Wales 25 • Mid Wales 28 • West Wales 31 • ... provide 96% of all care provided in our communities in Wales, and that collectively they save public services a massive £8 billion each year. Providing care for someone can sometimes be difficult. It can affect
would like to thank: Vinal K Karania, David Terrace, Rebecca Barnham and Suzanne Huggett of Age UK National who liaised with the research team throughout the project, and provided appropriate data and information ... Training programme who generously gave their time to participate in the research, including the National Partners, Delivery Organisations, Activity Coordinator staff, and volunteers. 4 Executive Summary
1 Diversity in older people and access to services – an evidence review By: Jo Moriarty and Jill Manthorpe A report of research carried out by the Social Care Workforce Research Unit ... the lives of people in later life. The three national Age Concerns in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have also merged with Help the Aged in these nations to form three registered charities: Age Scotland