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Loneliness in later life: what are the risk factors? – Dr Deborah Morgan Page 12 Combatting loneliness amongst older people – prioritise and mobilise! – Jill Mortimer Page 18 The Men’s Sheds movement in Wales ... Wales – an insight from The Squirrel’s Nest – Robert Visintainer Page 20 OlympAge Games provides a festival of fun sporting activities for older people – Nicola Fedyszyn Page 22 Gwanwyn clubs: ‘...and
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Briefing September 2016 Age UK is concerned at the closure of nearly 10,000 bank branches in the last 25 years (over half of all branches across the UK), leaving hundreds of thousands of older people ... people without convenient access to basic banking services. This rate has accelerated in the past year, with more than 600 bank branches closing across Britain in this period. As such, Age UK have prepared
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The Human Rights Act and Older People An Evidence Paper Alison Fenney 9/28/2012 The paper provides evidence of case law and practice highlighting how and why the protection offered by human rights ... people in the UK 1 The Human Rights Act and Older People– An Evidence Paper Background to Human Rights Legislation in the UK The modern human rights legal framework stems from the response to the atrocities
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Care of the Dying Adult Consultation on draft guideline – deadline for comments 5pm on 09/09/2015 email: CareofDyingAdult@nice.org.uk Please return to: CareofDyingAdult@nice.org.uk Please ... Please read the checklist for submitting comments at the end of this form. We cannot accept forms that are not filled in correctly. We would like to hear your views on these questions: 1. Which areas will
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Understanding the oldest old. Project editors: Dr Susan Davidson, Professor James Goodwin, and Phil Rossall Age UK works to improve later life for the 14 million older people in the UK. We do this by ... forms. We also speak for the long-term interests of every one of us, so that experiences of ageing grow better for each passing generation. Improving later life. Understanding the oldest old. 4 Welcome
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• If the Government is serious about extending working lives, it must make sure that everyone who wants to and is capable of working can do so, regardless of age. This includes ensuring that the Work Programme ... older participants. • The Work Programme has been less effective at helping the over 55s than younger age groups. • However, the Work Programme is a labour market tool which can be used to correct inequalities
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gwmpas eich gwddf a cheg yn helpu i ddiogelu eich iechyd. Mae anadlu aer oer yn codi’r risg o haint ar y frest a chynyddu pwysedd gwaed. ‘Dim ond het sydd angen arnaf i gadw’n gynnes ar ddiwrnod o aeaf ... wely gynnes yn ddrwg i fy iechyd.’ Nac ydy. 65°F (18°C) yw’r tymheredd delfrydol ar gyfer eich ystafell wely er mwyn sicrhau eich bod yn gynnes ac yn iach yn ystod y gaeaf. Mae’n well i gadw eich tŷ ar dymheredd
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for us and can lift our spirits – let’s face it, it can often be a welcome change from the heavy downpours and high winds we experience in Wales. There's no clear distinction between the seasons ... we’re prepared – whatever the weather throws our way. Heatwaves can happen suddenly – taking us by surprise, so keep a check on the weather forecast. The Meteorological Office (Met Office)
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the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 5 3 What is community landlord housing? 7 3.1 Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) 8 4 How can you get community landlord housing ... on a waiting list 13 5.4 Can you apply to more than one local authority? 13 5.5 ‘Common housing registers’ 14 6 Local authority allocation schemes 14 6.1 Who gets priority on the list – ‘reasonable preference’
