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‘I lost my job as a manager in a freight company because I was reprimanded for using the women’s toilets, despite my having lived as a woman for some time. My bosses brought me into the office and said ... needs. The obstacles to good practice 17 18 What you can do to make a difference The manager as the key to change The most significant influence in any service is the leadership of the manager and the ethos
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available, with good connections and ease of connection between the different forms of transport. Key issues relating to public transport raised in Age Cymru’s Community Calculator survey3 (pre-pandemic) ... pump grants worth £5,000 to replace gas boilers not enough, say critics - BBC News 3 Age Cymru (2020) Key findings of the Community Calculator Age Cymru ¦ Community Calculator (ageuk.org.uk) 4 Age Cymru
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The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 Introduction and key points The consultation seeks views on the draft Flood Risk Management Plans, which have been developed ... older people affected by recent floods. In an ageing society, we expect older people to become a key at-risk group, especially as the population of older and retired people in coastal and rural areas
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at birth and at age 65 in the United Kingdom, 2009 to 2011 Preventative health care services play a key role in promoting the health and wellbeing of older people. Access to services such as optometry, audiology ... and commissioning strategies to improve appropriate preventative service provision across Wales. Key calls • The Welsh Government must produce and consult on a revised version of the Healthy Ageing Action
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consultation document, highlighting where we have made responses to the specific questions posed. KEY POINTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS • The starting point for reform of the DoLS must be to protect and promote ... first. Decision making must always seek to maximise capacity and independence. • Just as it is a key principle of the MCA that capacity should be assumed, in our view there should be a similar presumption
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specifically at regulation of primary medical and adult social care services. Key points and recommendations Age UK welcomes a number of key aspects of the new approach to regulation set out in this consultation ... previously mentioned, it is what CQC does in response to the data that will be important. For example, a key aspect of this will be around ensuring CQC inspection teams are sufficiently trained and fully equipped
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say they need help, for example to use your phone, or because they feel unwell or want to use the toilet. 11 Good to know Do you get uninvited post advertising products and services, for example, pizza ... work together. • Chain: Put the door chain on (but remember to take it off again if people with a key, like a carer or cleaner, need to be able to get in). Look through the window or peep hole to see who’s
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inclusive to enable older people to access services. The provision of facilities such as accessible toilets, lifts, handrails and public seating in premises help to facilitate this, along with good public
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other than consumers’ section of the consultation document, discussing relevant considerations. Key points While we welcome the Government’s efforts to make switching easier, we question the implicit ... prompt customers to consider switching at optimal times.6 Difficulties making comparisons One of our key points is that the Government must tackle the barriers to switching. These include perceptions about
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outcomes from their medication-based treatments. Key points and recommendations Age UK’s detailed comments can be seen in the NICE proforma below. Key points from our response include: Reaffirming the ... Comments . 1 Short General General Age UK welcomes this guideline as an opportunity to clarify the key steps health and social care professionals can take to help older people with social care support in
