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prevention. This second point is particularly pertinent to Age Cymru, which counts ‘empowering’ among its key values and aims to give people (especially those who are disadvantaged) the tools to take control of ... and high-risk groups listed in this strategy. In particular, we support including disability as a key factor in increasing suicide risk, as well as the mention of both older people and veterans as being
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findings from other research, to paint a vivid picture of the importance of bus services to older being. Key findings Many older people rely completely on the bus for going about their daily lives. There is ... attend medical appointments, the ability to get there independently and without extortionate cost is key. Many older people rely on public transport, usually the bus, to get out and about. Some have never
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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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........................................................................................... 15 5. Key findings ......................................................................................... ... aware of whether their learners fully met all the different criteria. As interviewees mostly met the key criteria of achieving GO ON UK basic online skills competency and having no prior experience of using
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in commissioning, service development, fundraising and influencing. 1Healthy Ageing Evidence Review Key messages 3 1 Policy context 4 2 Definition of healthy ageing 6 3 The need for healthy ageing services ... provide stimulating ideas as to how we might extend our active ageing strategy with suitable partners. Key messages 4 Healthy Ageing Evidence Review The last ten years of government policy have included repeated
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their business plan priorities. The future Mission document explains the FCA’s approach and asks the key questions they need to answer as a conduct regulator. These include questions relating to consumer ... the tools the FCA uses to deliver their competition policy, firm supervision and enforcement work. Key points and recommendations We strongly agree that, in some circumstances, it is more efficient for
