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Accessing health services and finding your way around the system can feel complicated. Read our information and advice to get the help you need. For more information call Age Cymru Advice on
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you can do before winter sets in to stay safe and ward off the winter chills. • Get your heating system serviced every year to ensure it’s running safely and efficiently. Gas heating must be serviced by ... Safe-registered engineer (see page 25). If you are a tenant, your landlord should check your gas heating system and appliances for safety at least once a year. Never block air vents and if you have wood-burning
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phone or doorbell rings Indicators which flash lights when the smoke alarm sounds I’m worried about falls and safety A personal alarm Pressure sensors Gas and carbon monoxide detectors Remote control plugs ... to switch plugs on and off I need help managing my medicines Medication dispensers which sound an alarm and dispense your medication when it’s due Dosette boxes which help you to arrange your medication
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detectors already – but if you have trouble hearing them, consider getting models that raise an audible alarm with a flashing light and alert staff at a monitoring centre. 12 Washing, bathing and using the toilet ... can help you. Many DIY shops and high street retailers stock wireless doorbells and video entry systems, which a family member or handyperson could fit for you. Next steps. See our guide Staying safe for
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winter Check your heating system is working safely and efficiently If your home has gas central heating, this needs to have an annual safety check. Getting your heating system safety checked by a Gas Safe ... the home • Smoke alarms You should fit a smoke alarm on every storey of your home. If you rent your home, the landlord is legally required to provide this. • Carbon monoxide alarms Heaters, boilers
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less for tips and Help with Heating costs in Wales for more in-depth information. Check your heating system • If your home has gas central heating, this needs to have an annual safety check. All gas appliances ... have a carbon monoxide alarm fitted in each room that has a gas appliance, as there is a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning if air vents become blocked. It’s possible to buy alarms that are audible, visible
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plans to reform the Further Education sector. This paper responds to the proposals to introduce a new system of loans for learners in the Further Education sector. The section of the consultation concerned ... proposed system of loans for Further Education, providing there are no restrictions placed on older learners. • We believe it has the potential to re-engage people in the skills and training system, and to
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my kitchen. A few weeks after they called, the alarm started bleeping. It beeped, and beeped and beeped and no matter what I did, I couldn’t get the alarm to stop beeping. I called Age Cymru to tell them ... told me to open my windows, to get out of the house and to contact my gas supplier. They told me the alarm was ringing because I probably had a carbon monoxide leak in my home. When the gas man called round
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health, you could try more vigorous exercises. Being physically active also helps to boost our immune system too, so it’s a win win situation for our winter health. There are many great opportunities to meet ... are lots of practical ways in which we can heat our home effectively. First, make sure your heating system is working safely and efficiently. It needs to be checked annually by a Gas Safe registered engineer
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Older people should be able to live well, not just survive, and future changes to the social care system can help enable them to live with dignity. The current situation There are a number of growing systematic ... providing 35 hours or more. Regional variation - Despite the 2014 Care Act introducing a national system of eligibility, the care sector is close to breaking point and there is local variation in supply
