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support for older carers. We found that many carers were just about coping but worried about how they will manage in the future. We’re working with Carers Trust Wales to make sure older carers know what help ... regular food deliveries and prescription deliveries. I am concerned that when lockdown is over we will struggle as service providers return to neglecting the needs of those of us who have always lived
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Obtaining help from your local authority towards care home costs 14 4.1 Assessment of needs and eligibility for services 14 4.2 Paying for care home placements to ... 46 15 NHS and other social care services in care homes 47 16 Non means-tested help with care home costs 48 16.1 Fully funded NHS continuing healthcare 48 16.2 Care provided by registered nurses in nursing
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executors for your own will, it can seem complicated and confusing. An executor is a person named in a will who sorts out the deceased person’s estate . When you make a will, you need to choose your ... responsibility, so think carefully about who you choose. Explain what’s involved and check that they’re willing to act on your behalf. Who should I choose to be an executor? It could be a friend or family member
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Climate Change consulted on a number 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 ... However, as we look forward to the scheme being further reformed for the following years to 2021, it will be important to return to this key issue. 3. Responses to consultation questions Q1. Do you agree
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Council Tax 15 Help with housing costs 18 Help with heating costs: a warmer home for winter 20 Your wellbeing Help with urgent or one-off expenses 22 Help with health costs 24 Attendance Allowance (AA): money ... leaflet has been prepared by Age Cymru and Age UK and contains general advice only, which we hope will be of use to you. Nothing in this leaflet should be construed as the giving of specific advice and
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people The Care Act: consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the cap on care costs and policy proposals for a new appeals system for care and support Ref: 0815 Date: March 2015 ... between January and February 2015 to discuss the Government’s proposals for a cap on an individual’s costs for social care. Nine consultation events in total were held from different parts of the country.
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our strongly-held view that enabling people to remain independent as they age is an investment that will be amply repaid in terms of savings to healthcare and income support services, and we pick up this ... population. Local Government must be supported to provide the local infrastructure network that will enable an ageing population to remain independent. We believe that now is not the time for further
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of the framework to all settings where an older person may receive care or treatment, which we hope will provide better access to safeguards for those receiving care or treatment outside of a care home or ... backlog in DoLS applications will still be there once LPS are introduced, unless steps are taken in advance to address this issue. Unless the backlog is addressed, the new system will be behind from the moment
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connect with a financial intermediary who can help them. Failure to create this process as the default will leave many people with reduced income and lost benefits. Page 2 of 5 Retirees need to be better ... Pensions Advisory Service. Increase access to financial intermediaries Though individuals’ circumstances will vary, the best possible way to guarantee peoples’ resilience in retirement is by ensuring customers
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exercise but feel nervous going out by themselves. Our trained volunteers will walk with you in your local area. We hope older people will enjoy going outdoors with us, especially if they have a long term health ... from getting regular exercise. We'll match you with one of our supportive volunteers for 12 weeks who will regularly accompany you on a walk from your home, at a pace which suits you and your abilities. Get
