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putting our older citizens at the heart of #FallsAwareness2021 week. Our campaign is called Steady on Stay Safe. This is a systematic, public health approach based on similar, very successful, attempts ... intervention. Does it cost anything? No, all we require is your time. #FallsAwareness2021 week is taking place from July 12th to 18th and our only ask is that you take 2 minutes to talk to older people that
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Living (LADL), affects 40% of older people aged 60, and 75% of those aged 80 and above. The disability is severe for 20% of older people aged 60 and 50% of those aged 80 and above.1 Many different scales have ... out normal day-to-day activities. ‘Long-term’ means that the effect of the impairment has lasted or is expected to last for 12 months or more.
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feltoe@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee ... registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 This Department of Health consultation is about the draft regulations and statutory guidance
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This is my legacy to Wales… …what’s yours going to be? Making a Will is so important. It gives you the peace of mind that your loved ones are cared for and your wishes are met. It also means ... and freephone advice line. We make sure that the voice of the older person is heard by ensuring that advocacy for older people is part of the Welsh Government’s Health and Social Services Bill; whatever
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suffered serious consequences. Q Many older people are resistant to advice about preventing falls. Why is this? A Advice may be disregarded for a number of reasons. • Some consider it relevant only to people ... Other people accept that they are at risk of falling but feel nothing can be done about it and that it is an inevitable part of ageing. • Others accept that they are at risk and that falls prevention measures
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home if you have symptoms of Covid or if you’ve met someone who has received a positive test. 3. What training will I receive? You’ll be trained in essential subjects like Safeguarding and Dementia awareness ... to care home visits and what is expected of you within the home to keep everyone safe. 6. How often do I need to commit to this role at the care home? Any time you can give is gratefully received. It would
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---------Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company limited by guarantee and registered in Wales and England 6837284. Registered office address Ground Floor, Mariners House, Trident Court, East ... you known the applicant? 2. In what capacity do you know the applicant? 3. What experience do you think the applicant could bring to their role as a volunteer This is a list of skills and qualities
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mawhinney@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee ... (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation In January 2016, the Environment
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between the groups. An older person is not an alien species – simply our (former) selves grown older. Older people value today what they valued yesterday – that is: independence; life roles; connections ... friends and communities; fun; challenges; etc., etc. What needs to be recognised is not the ‘oldness’ of a person, but their individuality. It is this individuality that can so easily become submerged
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to have the same opportunity to do so. What difference to your life has volunteering made to you? It fills your life. I made so many friends though walking. What do you enjoy most about your volunteering ... others, feeling for and full of energy. Facilitating others to achieve what I’ve experienced. What would you say to someone who is thinking of becoming involved with volunteering? Just bite the bullet and
