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Introduction With more and more people providing care for friends and family, the role played by government and employers in supporting longer working lives is becoming more crucial than ever. This report ... can lead to significant financial and social disadvantage. We make a series of recommendations to government and employers which we believe will go some way to redressing the difficulties raised, and help
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the provider’s complaints procedure. If you’re not happy with the outcome, you can ask the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (page 41) to investigate. The Ombudsman deals with complaints made about ... Textphone: 0800 731 0317 www.gov.uk/attendance-allowance Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) National regulatory body of social care services in Wales. Can provide lists of homecare providers for a specific area. Tel:
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have undertaken through the Dignity Commission, jointly with the NHS Confederation and the Local Government Association. We support the implementation of the Freedom to Speak Up Review recommendations ... (see also response to Q9). Q8: Do you agree that the Care Quality Commission is the right national body to host the new role of Independent National Officer, whose functions are set out in principle 15
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exists across Wales amongst advocacy providers, local authority commissioners and also by Welsh Government. An important future step remains to extend this greater understanding to potential service users ... advocacy. Our evidence has been used to influence grant funders, commissioners, and Ministers in Welsh Government. We have called for an end to the post code lottery of availability, for a more consistent funding
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exists across Wales amongst advocacy providers, local authority commissioners and also by Welsh Government. An important future step remains to extend this greater understanding to potential service users ... advocacy. Our evidence has been used to influence grant funders, commissioners, and Ministers in Welsh Government. We have called for an end to the post code lottery of availability, for a more consistent funding
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4 of 56 1 Information about this factsheet Council Tax is the system of paying towards local government services. This factsheet gives an outline of the most important aspects of the Council Tax system ... properties in Wales took place. The review was carried out by the Valuation Office Agency, a government body which is part of HM Revenue and Customs and responsible for allocating the correct Council Tax
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can learn together what to expect at death, for example about physical changes that happens to our body and why. Having this kind of conversation early on will ensure that everyone feels they have been ... to have a decrease in appetite and thirst, wanting little or no food or fluid. This is because the body will begin to conserve energy. When a person wants little or no fluid or food, good mouth care and
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changes in physical or mental health and offer appropriate advice, support and treatment. • The Welsh Government should raise awareness of the importance of carers looking after their own health, with flexible ... volumes of commissioning and procurement than before. Previously different departments within local government undertook their own commissioning functions, but these have become more centralised in efforts
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and remain in control of their own lives, which all contribute to good mental health.1 The Welsh Government’s Strategy for an Ageing Society aims to enhance people’s wellbeing with a priority to improve access ... the importance of access to mental health services for older people in our response to the Welsh Government’s consultation survey towards the development of a new national mental health strategy, which aims
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strategy with suitable partners. Key messages 4 Healthy Ageing Evidence Review The last ten years of government policy have included repeated commitments to achieving the goal of healthy ageing. The gap between ... The strongest message was that, with the exception of children and young people, the role of government was to enable healthy lifestyles, rather than to intervene. In 2006, Our Health, Our Care, Our
