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of thousands of unpaid carers in Wales, providing care for family, friends, and neighbours. It’s estimated that unpaid carers provide 96% of all care provided in our communities in Wales, and that collectively ... collectively they save public services a massive £8 billion each year. Providing care for someone can sometimes be difficult. It can affect your employment, your finances and both your physical and mental
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and enjoy later life Health and Care: access to high quality, empowering, health and care services as we age Home: able to feel comfortable, safe and secure at home, living independently for longer ... wellbeing throughout the life-course will reduce and delay the intensity of demand for health and social care services in later life. This benefits individuals, families, carers and communities and reduces the
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the issues of importance to them. 2. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s consultation on the impact of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act ... numbers of those providing care are themselves older people. The peak age for caring in the UK is estimated to be between 50 and 59 and the number of those aged 65 or over providing care is increasing more rapidly
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Strategic Programme for Primary Care: National Community Nursing Specification for Wales Consultation response July 2022 Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives ... excellent care they had from community nurses for ongoing treatment and for palliative care. One told us, “The district nurse is a god send.” Another told us of how easily they were able to get the care they
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of thousands of unpaid carers in Wales, providing care for family, friends, and neighbours. It’s estimated that unpaid carers provide 96% of all care provided in our communities in Wales, and that collectively ... collectively they save public services a massive £8 billion each year. Providing care for someone can sometimes be difficult. It can affect your employment, your finances and both your physical and mental
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Seeking legal and financial advice. 10. Different types of equity release. Lifetime mortgages. 11. Home reversion plans. 14. The risks of equity release. Using a trusted provider. 16. How it could affect ... advice. What is equity release? Equity release is a way of accessing some of the money tied up in your home without having to move. But it’s not as straightforward as it might first seem. Before you take out
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brought about to deliver an age friendly Wales. These include work, social inclusion, health and social care, financial inclusion, housing, communities and transport – all of which currently present a range ... Our next edition of EnvisAGE will continue the age friendly theme with a focus on health and social care in the context of an age friendly Wales. For more information on our vision for an age friendly Wales
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cases, dementia.1 People with long-term physical health conditions – the most frequent users of health care services – commonly experience mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, or dementia ... both deteriorate markedly. In addition, the costs of providing care to this group of people are increased as a result of less effective self-care and other complicating factors related to poor mental health
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health and social care. 1 Introduction Older people wish to be informed and engaged on all local matters, not just on those that are assumed to be of interest, such as health and social care. 4 Are You Listening ... decisions in many practical ways. Membership of key boards, such as the Joint Commissioning Boards on Care and Health, Older People Services, Adult Abuse Board and the key Scrutiny Board, has brought about
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Assistance (IAA) and Independent Professional Advocacy (IPA) both have key roles in the new approach to care and support. Staff working in IAA services may need to refer some people to an IPA service. What process ... advocate when a person can only overcome the barrier(s) to participating fully in the assessment, care and support planning, review and safeguarding processes with assistance from an appropriate individual
