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Budgets will in future take place in the Autumn). In a document that was light on surprises, most of the key points having been well-signalled beforehand, social care finally received some welcome attention. ... Pensions and benefits State Pension and benefit rates were also announced in November 2016. Some key points are: The full basic and full new State Pension will be increased by 2.5% to £122.30 and £159
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that the rights of older people are respected, promoted and protected. The Consultative Forum plays a key role in ensuring Age Cymru effectively navigates through these challenging times. Do you have the ... work of Age Cymru is informed and influenced by older people - Provides guidance in relation to the key activities of the Charity - Contributes to Charity events and activities, including conferences, policy
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the dignified, secure and fulfilling later life we all want for ourselves and those we love. Many key areas that we know impact on older people in Wales such as health services, transport and housing are ... State Pension for current and future pensioners by retaining the triple lock and universal access to key benefits that help maintain health and wellbeing, such as the TV licence and winter fuel payments
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consultation. This paper responds solely to the proposals in the ‘Domestic retail remedies’ section. 2. Key points We support the CMA investigation given the importance of energy prices to older people. There ... people’s health, with over 9,000 deaths directly attributed to cold homes in winter 2014/15. Our key argument is that some older people (and people of all ages) in vulnerable circumstances have a pressing
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section on the regulation of NHS trusts. Age UK has submitted a separate response to that consultation. Key proposals from CQC and NHS Improvement This consultation outlines joint proposals from CQC and NHS ... acute trusts initially): 3 Firstly, by adding a sixth question about use of resources to the five key questions that CQC currently considers to determine an overall trust-level rating (the other five are
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skin cream; or washing or drying their hair? Using the toilet Do they need help adjusting their clothes after using the toilet; using the toilet during the night; or changing clothes or bedding if they
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calling for blanket age limits in lending to be replaced with appropriate use of underwriting). Key points and recommendations We welcome the Government’s decision to ensure sustainability of the
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from a World Health Organisation survey of older people’s health and wellbeing in six countries. Key findings: There are large national variations in rates of fear of crime Older women and frail
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relevant questions, noting in brackets the corresponding paragraph numbers from the consultation paper. Key points and recommendations 1. We support improvements to PSR provision, especially given the likelihood ... handlers and other customer-facing staff are trained in the requisite skills to be able to identify key vulnerabilities, such as dementia, which customers are unlikely to spontaneously mention, and ask prompting
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experience of trainers. Working in partnership with several organisations within a community is seen as key for the cascading of information from the training packs – with volunteers based in the community being
