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information about Universal Credit, a means-tested benefit for people under State Pension age (currently 66 years). This can also affect people aged over 66 if they have a partner under 66. It includes information ... Credit affects people claiming other benefits and how to claim it. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period April 2024 to March 2025. Benefit rates are reviewed annually and uprated in
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care home provision 11 4.1 Introduction 11 4.2 What is deprivation of assets? 11 4.3 Deprivation of income 12 5 The Code of Practice guidance and deprivation of assets 13 5.1 Examples ... 14 5.4 When is deprivation deliberate – the question of ‘intention’, ‘motive’, ‘timing’ and ‘foreseeability’ 15 6 Local authority investigations 16 7 Examples of where a local authority
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headline ........................................................................................... 7 Is the decline in hours good or bad? ................................................................ ... the 2008 recession, the flip side is that the number of hours worked on average has declined since then. However, the 2008 recession is not the cause of this – it is a longer-term trend. Our analysis
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lockdownCreating an age friendly Wales This survey is for people aged 50 or over across Wales, and is being undertaken by key organisations that represent older people.It is important that Welsh Government and others ... lockdown I was part of ashieldedgroupYes No A2. During the lockdown I lived with someone who waspart of a shieldedgroupYes No A3. During the lockdown I wasselfisolatingYes No A4. IlivealoneYes No A5. I
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org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 ... Select Committee is running this inquiry to ascertain the impact that the 2015 ‘freedom and choice’ reforms have had on individual consumers. Key points and recommendations It is of great concern
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Care home Volunteer: optional follow up phone call After an application is received, you may choose to arrange a follow up phone call • Ideally this should be made within one week of receiving the application ... phone call is not a formal interview, it’s a two-way conversation to confirm the suitability of the volunteering role for both Volunteer and Care Home. • The format used by Age Cymru is a basis for your
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Fuel poverty is a significant problem for many older people in Wales. In Wales, fuel poverty is defined as needing to spend 10 per cent or more of household income on fuel to maintain a heating regime ... estimated to be in fuel poverty in 2016, equivalent to 23% of households in Wales1. This represents a 7% decrease since 2012. Older people are the group most likely to suffer from fuel poverty. On average
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Who are we? Age Cymru is the national Charity for older people in Wales, we work with our 5 local Age Cymru partners to improve the lives of older people in Wales. We have a shared vision of an Age ... campaigning, through free, high quality information and advice and through a range of services available in our local communities. 2. What are we marketing? We are seeking to market our Dementia Advocacy project
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org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 ... (NEST) to expand its remit to offer products to consumers in the retirement income marketplace. At present NEST operates only as a pensions saving scheme, and its members have to move to other providers when
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oral evidence session – Care Home Commissioning. 1. Whether, overall, Age Cymru is confident that the Welsh Government is moving in the right direction, and quickly enough, with its policy reform to address ... highlighted. Age Cymru believes that Welsh Government is moving in the right direction to address care home commissioning issues. The direction of travel is what we would want to see, as reducing the complexity
