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Chief Executive, December 2020 Welcome to our special Winter Warmth edition of Age Matters which is packed full of information to help keep you safe, warm and connected this winter. We‘re especially delighted ... Cymru be there for older people. Here’s hoping that 2021 will be a brighter year for all of us, as we work together to help bring about the changes that will deliver an age friendly Wales. Keeping warm when
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Age Cymru has a long-standing history of working with partners across all sectors and nations to address the health issue of falling over in later life or ‘falls’ as it’s often called ... huge for the individual, family, friends, neighbours, and the health service. Together we’re working to change the way we think about later life and ‘falls’ or falling over, and challenge
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If you’re working as well as caring for someone, it can be a lot to handle at once. It may help to know about your rights at work and think about what could help you with managing your work and your caring ... you’re juggling work and caring, you have the right to request flexible working arrangements to help you fulfil your responsibilities. Flexible working could also help you to find a working pattern that suits
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risk. The nightmare scenario is an older person alone and cut-off in a crisis – this is what we must work to avoid. The Government recognises that our changing climate poses a growing threat to particular ... Executive summary 5 Recommendations 1. Join up essential services better • The energy industry should work towards a ‘tell us once’ system in which suppliers and network operators share customer vulnerability
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Lloyd says: “Like many other organisations we have switched our operations so that our teams are working from home and we’ve had to postpone many of the activities and events we had planned. Our priority ... Margaret Gardener In the Gwent area I live in, the FASO voluntary organisation has done no support work recently. However UK wide we support, as advocates, families going through the child protection
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Age Cymru and Carers Trust Wales are working in partnership to develop person-centred service models to identify, and better meet the needs of older carers and carers of people living with dementia, funded
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If you’re out of work or on a low income, you may be able to claim Universal Credit to boost the money you have coming in. Universal Credit (UC) is a means-tested benefit that has been rolled out nationally ... Jobseeker’s Allowance Income-related Employment and Support Allowance Housing Benefit Income Support Working Tax Credit Child Tax Credit. If you currently receive these benefits, you will continue to receive
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There is scope for significant regulatory intervention to resolve these issues. The FCA should work with HM Treasury and other stakeholders to develop suitable product default pathways. These will help ... in depth research to build a proper picture. The FCA, HM Treasury and Department for Work and Pensions should work together to develop a method for improving the data available for analysis. 1. Introduction
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risk. The nightmare scenario is an older person alone and cut-off in a crisis – this is what we must work to avoid. The Government recognises that our changing climate poses a growing threat to particular ... Executive summary 5 Recommendations 1. Join up essential services better • The energy industry should work towards a ‘tell us once’ system in which suppliers and network operators share customer vulnerability
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find out more about below. If you'd like more information about Age Cymru’s arts in care homes work, please email kelly.barr@agecymru.org.uk or call 029 2043 1576. Embedding arts and cultural ... Embedding arts and cultural activities in every care home in Wales - August 2023 Age Cymru has been working with Cultural Cwtsh and the Baring Foundation developing ideas to help deliver artistic and creative
