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Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Older refugees and asylum seekers Refugees and Asylum seekers A refugee is a person who, ‘owing to a well-founded fear of being ... mainly in countries near to Syria itself. Of these, 3.2% or approximately 154,000 were older people aged 60 and above.4 The United Kingdom has very few refugees and asylum seekers, particularly in proportion
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Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Older Offenders Demographic overview In June 2016 there were 12,700 older people (aged 50 and over) in prison in England and ... (65%) were aged 50-59, one quarter (24%) aged 60-69 and just over one in ten (11%) aged 70 and over.1 Older prisoners made up 15% of the total prison population of England and Wales.1 The over 60 age group
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Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2016 1 Diversity in older age – Older Lesbian, Gay and Bi-sexual people and Older Transgender people Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* (LGBT) older people Background ... Background Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* individuals, both throughout life and in older age, are often grouped together (LGBT) but actually form a diverse and heterogeneous group with varied and disparate
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What matters to you? Current experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales August 2024 Contents About this research 3 Current experiences of people aged 50 or over 4 Access to healthcare 4 • Getting to ... Finance 62 What matters to you? Current experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales2 About this research During March and April 2024, Age Cymru worked in partnership with the four national older people’s
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Age Cymru consultation response - Rebalancing Care and Support 1. Do you agree that complexity in the social care sector inhibits service improvement? We agree that complexity in the social care sector ... levels of additional funding to support levels of need. Though the population continues to grow and age, the provision of adult communitybased services, care home provision and respite care has been falling
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sy’n 50 oed ac hŷn yng Nghymru2 Gwybodaeth am y gwaith ymchwil Yn ystod mis Mawrth ac Ebrill 2024 bu Age Cymru’n gweithio mewn partneriaeth â’r pedwar sefydliad cenedlaethol sy’n cefnogi pobl hŷn i ddeall ... eu bod wedi defnyddio gwasanaethau meddygon teulu. Mae hyn wedi cynyddu i 91% eleni. Yn yr un modd ag arolygon blaenorol, nodwyd llawer o brofiadau negyddol o systemau apwyntiadau ‘y cyntaf i’r felin’
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Consultation response Mandatory Licensing of Special Procedures in Wales Welsh Government April 2023 Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe ... strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. Age Cymru welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation on mandatory licensing and special procedures
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(General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023 Consultation response April 2023 Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe ... before they become a 1 2020 - https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-cymru/documents/covid-19-survey/experiencesof-people-aged-50-or-over-in-wales-during-the-first-covid-19-lockdown-and-the-road-t
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Consultation response Senedd Cymru: Local Government and Housing Committee Priorities for the sixth Senedd Age Cymru is pleased to respond to the Local Government and Housing Committee’s consultation regarding ... facilitate the creation of an age friendly Wales in line with the proposed Strategy for an Ageing Society. Built environment in communities During March and April 2021, Age Cymru, Cymru Older People’s Alliance
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you about your general health and wellbeing. This will help you think about simple activities and interventions which can help you maintain your independence and reduce your risk of falling. Age Cymru would ... would like to thank the Cardiff Age Cymru Committee for their generous support in helping us to fund the production of this booklet and our other work on ‘Falls Awareness’. Falling How to reduce the risk
