-
aged 55+ for care needs for ten local authorities Comparison of ten local authority’s volume of completed assessments over a three year period 17 Comparison six individual local authority’s conversion ... social care for their needs, as well as delays in sourcing care packages once an assessment had been completed. A year on we wanted to know if the changes local authorities told us about last year were making
-
care services in Wales Factsheet 24w September 2024 2 of 47 Contents 1 Information about this factsheet 5 1.1 Local authority social services departments ... Legislation covering the social care system in Wales – the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and accompanying Code of Practice guidance
-
Find out on this page how these changes might affect you. Universal Credit has been rolled out nationally and replaces new claims for a number of benefits for people of working age - i.e. people younger ... them has changed. As mentioned above, mixed age couples (where one partner is over the State Pension age (SPA) and the other partner has not yet reached SPA) are no longer able to choose whether they claim
-
life for everyone through our information and advice, services, campaigns, products, training and research. In the UK we work closely with our partners Age Scotland, Age NI, Age Cymru and the many local Age ... Age UKs and older people’s groups. We provide services at a local and national level including information and advice that reaches some 6 million people each year. Internationally, we support programme
-
Dementia Care Resource for Care Professionals Dewis Centre for Independent Living and National Youth Advocacy Service have produced these Advocacy Awareness Media Clips. Voiceability has produced this ... Advocacy with this Flowchart. Spectrum of Advocacy which shows the advocacy services as Described in the Social Services and WellBeing Act (Wales) 2014aal S Age Cymru Resources Full report and Executive
-
Social care is a term that covers a wide range of services that are provided in a number of different locations. The term can be used to designate any service that is designed to help people who have support ... current system of social services under pressure, even without the funding pressures which local authorities are currently confronting. Social services, as statutory services, have a degree of legal protection
-
twitter.com/agecymru 2 The quarterly newsletter from Age Cymru Autumn Edition 2021 Funding our services to meet an increasing demand will be one of our key challenges By Victoria Lloyd, Chief Executive ... demand than ever. Call numbers to Age Cymru Advice have been at record levels and our friendship services grow month on month. To help make sure we continue to be here for the older people that need us
-
Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee National Assembly for Wales February 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve ... should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people
-
issues 18 Increasing community resilience – micro enterprises, low level care and edge of care services 18 How local authorities are reducing waiting lists 19 Support for unpaid carers 20 Direct ... Direct payments 21 Day centre changes 22 Hospital discharge 24 Charging arrangements for social care services 26 Communication on charging 27 6. Asks from social care leads 29 7. Conclusions 30 8. Recommendations
-
of the older people who seek help from Age Cymru organisations around Wales every day. The local services Age Cymru provides, such as information and advice, income maximisation and advocacy play a vital ... means, or improve it. The examples throughout this report illustrate how the work of valued local services, staff and volunteers has made a real difference to people’s lives. The names and pictures have
