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extra help at home? If so, you might be able to get a benefit called Attendance Allowance. Attendance Allowance is a benefit for older people who may need extra help to stay independent at home, due to ... could get: £72.65 a week if you need help either in the day or at night £108.55 a week if you need help both in the day and at night. These rates apply from April 2024 to March
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calls for action 3 Promoting independence with accessible and adaptable homes 7 Tackling poor conditions and delivering decent homes 13 Integrating housing with health and social care 19 Building for the ... Scotland, Age NI, Age Cymru and the many local Age UKs and older people’s groups. We provide services at a local and national level including information and advice that reaches some 5.4 million people each
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information guide is to help ‘Friends’ supporting people they know in their local community - who may be self-isolating, social distancing or shielding. Further support If the person you’re helping is aged 50 or ... available 9:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, or email advice@agecymru.org.uk If the person you’re helping is aged under 50, you can get further support by contacting Citizens Advice on 03444 77 20 20, available
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AgeUKIG47 Practical help and emotional support. Caring for someone with dementia. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining ... knowledge at all. Join our Readers’ Panel at www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so
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A national arts in care homes participatory and mentoring programme Evaluation Report 2015-2017 Creating artists in residents A DSDC Wales Evaluation on behalf of Age Cymru I haven’t had such a delightful ... to download at www.agecymru.org.uk/cARTrefu/ To reference this report: Algar-Skaife, K., Caulfield, M. & Woods, B. (2017) cARTrefu: Creating artists in residents. A national arts in care homes participatory
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Helping others participate and engage (HOPE) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) This document is intended to provide answers to questions from the stakeholders we’re working with. The answers are not necessarily ... have further queries or questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Contact details can be found at the end of this document. 1.How is HOPE funded? HOPE is funded by Welsh Government under the Sustainable
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believes that wherever they live older people should be able to reach key services, friends and family at reasonable cost, in reasonable time and with reasonable ease and that transport is vital to leading ... public transport, making any journey difficult. 5.3 40% of people aged 60 or over use local bus services at least once a week.. 5.4 Around 25% of bus journeys taken by people aged 65+ are for medical appointments
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rely on an oxygen machine or stairlift, who can’t easily get out of the house or who live alone may be at risk. The nightmare scenario is an older person alone and cut-off in a crisis – this is what we must ... especially at risk. During the 2014 floods, some of the 165 local Age UKs responded in nimble ways, such as bringing food to older people in their homes. Since last summer we have been helping people sign
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this basic right. Abuse can occur in a person’s own home or whilst they are receiving a service – for example in a hospital or care home. The abuse may be perpetrated by a friend, family member ... person. We produce a detailed factsheet which is designed to help you if: You are an older person who is being abused or neglected, or may be at risk of this. You are concerned on an older person’s behalf
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residents to find how they are doing at the moment via zoom. Having a chat can really help wellbeing in general but we’d also like to record resident’s thoughts and feelings at this time. This will go towards ... towards a Welsh Government report which may help to shape future care policy. For more info email suzy.webster@agecymru.org.uk. This is the link to our pilot film taken from the voices of the residents: https://youtu
