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tackling loneliness and social isolation among older people Featured articles Page 2 Introduction – Victoria Lloyd Page 4 No one should have no one - older people’s experiences of loneliness – Christopher ... later life: what are the risk factors? – Dr Deborah Morgan Page 12 Combatting loneliness amongst older people – prioritise and mobilise! – Jill Mortimer Page 18 The Men’s Sheds movement in Wales – an insight
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Manifesto 2021 Age Cymru’s vision for the 2021 Senedd elections – a better later life for all older people Age Cymru’s vision is a Wales where everyone enjoys good health, lives safely, is free from discrimination ... furthest from experiencing or achieving a good later life. There are huge differences among the older population, with some in a much better position than others. At the moment life is even more restricted
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All Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People AGM Monday 31st October 2016 5pm-6pm Committee Room 21, HOC Minutes of the AGM held on 31st October 2016 in Committee Room 21, House of Commons ... coChairs of the Group and Rachael Maskell MP as Secretary of the Group. Discussion: The discussion during the second part of the meeting focused on the future work programme for the APPG. A draft work programme
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in the campaign in your local area Make an appointment directly with the participating solicitor during October It’s worth noting that the numbers of appointments are limited, so we recommend you book ... remembering us in this way. Gifts in wills are vital in helping us to be here, day after day, for older people in Wales who need our help and support.
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Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access ... services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond
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Survey – Summary Findings Older people sample = 41 Paper survey and phone interviews conducted with older people Younger people sample = 26 Online survey conducted with young people Where did you hear ... hear about the Technology Together opportunities? Older survey respondents Younger survey respondents 13 out of 41 respondents via word of mouth (friend or family member) 11 out of 41 respondents
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Creating an age friendly Wales Accessing cash safely – advice for older people during Covid 19 One of the many concerns currently facing older people is being able to access cash and pay for everyday goods and ... hundreds of older people every day through our check-in-andchat service for the isolated over 70s as well as our usual Advice services, has issued a brief statement to support older people. Age Cymru’s
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who use them for our daily commute to work or to get in the weekly shopping. But for many of the older people attending the Age Cymru Afan Nedd centre in Port Talbot, their memories of bus and train journeys ... But what was most surprising to us was that it never rained during a Welsh summer! Here's a selection of some of stories told to us during our visit to Age Cymru Afan Nedd "I used to take the train from
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Mission Our vision for a world in which older people flourish, is shared with our national partners across the UK. Our mission is to improve life for older people. HOPE Project (Helping others participate ... including; peer, volunteer, group and citizen for older people (50+) and carers across Wales. The HOPE project will: Establish, facilitate and support older people’s advocacy co-production forums in each region
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friendship calls to find out how volunteering with our vital service makes a difference to them and the people they call every week. Why did you decide to volunteer with Age Cymru? Catherine I was already volunteering ... think it’s to do with my character, I’m a really sociable person and I just love meeting people. I’ve reached a point in my life where I have the time to take on things that I like, this
