prescriptions • You can pick up a prescription on behalf of someone else. The prescription can be either electronic or a paper prescription. • Plan ahead where possible to find out when the next prescription ... due. If it can be ordered at least seven days beforehand this will help the pharmacist deal with urgent requests and queries. • You may need to take ID with you and you will need to know the name and address
About the service The work we do with you is confidential. That means we’ll always talk to you before discussing your information with anyone else. We’ll keep your information safe and you have the right ... harm, abuse or neglect, we can look at ways to help you feel safe. We welcome all feedback about our service. If you have any comments, compliments, or complaints about the service you have received please
A summary of the evaluation Age UK’s fit for the future Programme Supporting older people to achieve a healthier lifestyle fit for the future was a person-centred programme to improve the physical health ... person and developed with them a personal, tailored plan to suit their health and wellbeing needs. The support provided to older people included sign-posting, referrals to other services, provision of activities
Volunteers Week 2020 we're celebrating our wonderful volunteers and how they make a difference to the lives of older people in Wales.
advice, services, campaigns, products, training and research. In the UK we work closely with our partners Age Scotland, Age NI, Age Cymru and the many local Age UKs and older people’s groups. We provide services ... debates around ageing and older people’s issues, drawing on the views, experience and expertise of older people and paying particular attention to the voices of disadvantaged and vulnerable older people. Contents
guidelines Read these notes carefully before you complete the online ‘GIFTS Request Form’. Should you have any queries about any aspects of the delivery, please contact Heather Ferguson on heather.ferguson@agecymru ... more technical guidelines on using the GIFTS system can be found on the Age Cymru website. If you require assistance with the GIFTS system, please email grants@ageuk.org.uk The deadline for submitting your
Cardiff CF24 5TD. ©2021 Age Cymru. Creating an age friendly Wales Paying for goods and services The person you’re supporting will need to consider how to access their cash or to pay for goods and services ... you should; • Provide the person you’re supporting with a receipt for any purchases made for them, and leave it in the bottom of the shopping bag. They can then check this against the amount requested in
Social Policy Loughborough University October 2011 Copyright © Age UK 2011 ISBN 978-0-9568731-2-5 The views expressed in this report are not necessarily those of Age UK Age UK Tavis House 1–6 Tavistock ... others 20 2 The practicalities of living on a low income 22 Hard work and discipline 22 Restrictions, compromise and going without 28 What can threaten the balance? 32 Conclusion 35 3 The emotional experience
Life on a low income The reality of poverty for older people in Wales May 2014 2 All older people should have an adequate standard of living in later life. No-one should need to endure a calamitous reduction ... reduction in their standard of living when they retire, or be resigned to a life where they are forced to choose between basic essentials on a daily basis in order to make ends meet. Yet throughout this
We'd like to introduce you to some of our amazing volunteers who help make a difference to the lives of older people in Wales.