that older people do not pay over the odds for essential services.1 While many older people are engaged in comparing and switching, the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) identifies people aged 65+ ... more clearly highlighted. We welcome work by the Financial Conduct Authority to increase customer engagement through ‘switching boxes’ that summarise key account information – particularly the rate of 4
governance 53 Age UK and its partners 55 Risk and internal control 55 How we raise our funds 41 Planning for 2012/13 and beyond 45 Public Benefit Reporting 45 Financial review 46 Welcome Money matters ... care. We fought to secure the long-term affordability and sustainability of the system in government plans for reform. We have also worked through the Dignity in Care Commission to ensure that our health
issues that matter most to families such as healthcare, employment and income security, retirement planning, affordable utilities and protection from financial abuse. The AARP Foundation is an affiliated ... management and banking, as these are central to the convenience of everyday living and financial planning for later life. Older people contact us regularly to describe the challenges they have faced with
.................................................................................... 16 Social Engagement & Quality of Life ............................................................................ ... from the delivery of the programme? ............................................................ 21 Engaging Older People ..................................................................................
1 Tell Me More Report December 2021 1. Introduction Tell Me More is an engagement project which aims to gather insights into the lived experience of care home residents during the Covid-19 pandemic ... Fishguard 2 2. Connecting with care homes Following the success of the initial Tell Me More engagement, some word-of-mouth recommendations and by using our care home data base, we were able to successfully
Wales where everyone enjoys good health, lives safely, is free from discrimination and is actively engaged within their community; our concern above all is for those who are furthest from experiencing or ... difficult for older people and we’re keen to ensure that the issues we’re experiencing are recognised in plans for Covid reconstruction. Poverty and voice • 120,000 pensioners in Wales live in poverty (i) • It’s
of the Listen and Connect Service. Main Responsibilities: 1. Implement the volunteer recruitment plan. 2. Process all volunteer applications in a timely and professional way, taking the prospective volunteers
and local government must take into account the needs and views of older people in all transport planning Free local bus travel is a lifeline for many older and disabled people, who use it to get to their ... comfortably and conveniently from door to door. There should be improvements in infrastructure planning so that bus stops and bus shelters are in the right locations with better access to public toilets
they are likely to wait and what options are available to them in the interim, they can to a degree plan better and so have more control of their lives. Prior to the pandemic older people approaching our ... with the right support, at the right time and in the right place. Feedback from older people we engage with through our work tells us, particularly regarding health and social care services, that they
Baring Foundation and Arts Council Wales, cARTrefu will be delivering care home workshops, activity plans, and artist workshops free of charge throughout Wales until August 2021. If you’re a care home manager ... a dancer, theatre maker, visual artist and musician and much of her work has been in community engagement, teaching and research. Health and wellbeing, environmental awareness and collaboration are repeated