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being able to shop and bank from home, especially useful for people in rural areas with sparse services or whose health or mobility makes it hard for them to leave the home. Others may value the internet ... do it again.’5 7. Reliable internet is especially important for people who are unable to leave the home because of health conditions. Increasingly, telecare and telehealth options are being offered to help
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recommendations made on pages 5-6 of our report, many of which relate to how energy companies can improve their support for, and reach to, older people who need extra help in a crisis. Key points Broadly ... specific disability but who live with frailty; live in isolated locations on their own; live in park homes. We support moves towards better data-sharing between energy companies, to ensure vulnerable older
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significant impact on many older people’s health; over 9,000 deaths were directly attributed to cold homes in winter 2014/15.2 Below we raise a number of concerns, chiefly that many older people – including ... need to explore other tactics to provide information effectively and change the behaviour. 4. Improving switching We know many people do not switch. A CMA survey on energy found that ‘34 per cent of respondents
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303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 58w May 2024 Paying for temporary care in a care home in Wales Factsheet 58w May 2024 2 ... help from your local authority and the financial means test for care home provision 6 3.1 Assessment of needs and eligibility for services 6 3.2 The Welsh Government’s guidance
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is the feeling and satisfaction of watching others gaining confidence with what they are doing to improve their own lives through Tai Chi. What would you say to someone who was thinking of becoming involved
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vi winter months also bring anxiety about escalating energy bills and the struggle to keep their homes warm. Yet many older people are largely unaware of the link between poor heating conditions, exposure ... in a cold home and that health and social care professionals need to play a key role in identifying older people at risk. The effect of cold weather on the health of older people Cold homes cost the
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effects of demographic change into budgets • Developing a more strategic approach to ageing and improved cross-sector and crossdepartment coordination • Protecting the most vulnerable • Delivery in full ... fundamentally rethink the way services are designed and delivered. In most cases, small scale improvements will not deliver the change needed. Councils will also need to ensure that they are fully meeting
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AgeUKIG23 What to do if you need care and support at home. Getting help at home. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining ... care and support at home. Help around the house. 14. Help taking care of yourself. 16. Help getting out and about. 17. Making your home more suitable for you. Useful equipment. 18. Home adaptations. 20.
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access to high quality, empowering, health and care services as we age Home: able to feel comfortable, safe and secure at home, living independently for longer Community and Society: where everyone ... and social care to be filled as part of a new funding settlement. However local government can improve the way social care, health and community services are brought together around the needs of older
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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
