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  1. Paying for a care home

    residential care in a care home is expensive. There is some help available to meet the cost, but the care system can - unfortunately - be complicated and difficult to find your way through. Some older people may

  2. Age Cymru response to Liberty Protection Safeguards consultation July 2022.pdf

    delays in DoLS processes need to be considered In particular, current delays in the DoLS system may prevent the new system from achieving improvements in the short term. The CIW and HIW report on Deprivation ... unless steps are taken in advance to address this issue. Unless the backlog is addressed, the new system will be behind from the moment it is implemented. It’s vital that the new framework will bring about

  3. FS67.pdf

    homeowner 17 6.1 Gas safety checks 17 6.2 Electrical safety 18 6.3 Fire safety 18 6.4 Carbon Monoxide alarms 19 7 Rights to repairs and/or improvements if you are a contract-holder ... safety records 38 9.2 Possible role of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 38 10 Carbon monoxide alarms if you rent your home (applies for both private and community landlords)

  4. Advocacy Newsletter June 2017 Cymraeg.pdf

    trydydd sector yng Nghymru i ddiwallu angenion mudiadau cymunedol bach a lleol     Cyflwyniad i System Sicrhau Ansawdd Ymarferol i Fudiadau Bach (PQASSO) –gweithdy am ddim   Tud 7 Tud

  5. 15 Care home volunteer induction checklist.pdf

    Agreed dates / times • Line management and reporting • Expenses (where applicable) The support system • Key contact names and email / phone number • Supervisors • Resources • Reporting concerns Establish

  6. IG01.pdf

    when they tend to move that bit quicker! Consider using a personal alarm If you don’t feel entirely confident at home, a personal alarm could be reassuring. If you fall, a button lets you contact a 24-hour ... include GPS tracking for extra peace of mind. Many councils run personal alarm schemes. Visit www.gov.uk/apply-for-community-alarm or contact your local council to find out what’s available in your area

  7. Improving domiciliary care for older people in Wales

    independently.   And many are being hospitalised with preventable conditions because the system that should help them with basic tasks such as eating and washing, is close to breaking point. That’s ... to providing quality person-centred care derive from the separation of the health and social care systems. Joint working between health and social care is regularly proposed as transfers of care between

  8. FS64.pdf

    5 Scheme manager or warden service 6 4.6 Disability-related adaptations 6 4.7 Noise 7 4.8 The alarm system 7 4.9 Location 7 4.10 Local communal facilities 7 4.11 Transport 7 4.12 Pets 7 5 Sheltered housing ... access to support from an on site or visiting manager (or ‘warden’) services such as an emergency call system, but staff do not provide care ⚫ ‘housing-with-care,’ where staff can provide care services such

  9. CRS_Aug17_Age UK's_response_to_DWP_social_fund_funeral_payments_consultation.pdf

    consultation which proposes a number of changes to the Funeral Expenses Payments which will improve the system for applicants. Question 1 – contributions from charities, friends and relatives We welcome ... authority system of Council Tax Support which is not a qualifying benefit (even though for pensioners it is based on the same criteria and provides the same level of support as the previous system). As a

  10. Complaining about NHS services

    you receive, or feel you have been treated unfairly, you can make a complaint. There is a two-stage system for resolving complaints about the NHS in Wales: Stage one This stage will involve a local investigation

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