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are fully aware of their rights and entitlements relating to additional costs of residential care. If top-up payments are required, local authorities must carry out appropriate checks to ensure that family ... about direct payments, their benefits and the responsibilities they entail to enable them, and their carer of family where relevant, to make an informed decision about whether a direct payment is appropriate
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Your response is anonymous but if you want us to contact you about the survey you can include your contact details at the end of the survey. You can also let us know if you want to get involved in our ... ____________________________________________________________________ A2.a. Do you use the internet? e Yes e No A2.b. If yes, how do you access the internet? (Select any that apply) e Own smartphone e Own tablet/iPad e Own
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the care home resident continuing to live there: what will happen if the partner wishes / needs to move elsewhere? 19 5.2 What will happen upon the death of the person ... Deferred payment agreements and ‘First party additional cost payments’ 46 13.8 If the care home resident dies whilst the deferred payment agreement is in operation
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Bereavement and grief 33 • Scams 35 Unpaid carers 37 • Unpaid carers accessing health and social care 38 Living with disabilities 39 Armed Forces Veterans 41 Employment 44 • Ageism in the workplace 47 Communication ... “Had to go private for hip operation as was told would not be seen by consultant for 6 months and even if I was seen would not be operated on until at least 4 years.” For those that got the care they needed
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Your response is anonymous but if you want us to contact you about the survey you can include your contact details at the end of the survey. You can also let us know if you want to get involved in our ... ____________________________________________________________________ A2.a. Do you use the internet? e Yes e No A2.b. If yes, how do you access the internet? (Select any that apply) e Own smartphone e Own tablet/iPad e Own
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Bereavement and grief 33 • Scams 35 Unpaid carers 37 • Unpaid carers accessing health and social care 38 Living with disabilities 39 Armed Forces Veterans 41 Employment 44 • Ageism in the workplace 47 Communication ... “Had to go private for hip operation as was told would not be seen by consultant for 6 months and even if I was seen would not be operated on until at least 4 years.” For those that got the care they needed
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2010 provides a set of legislative tools for tackling age discrimination both within the area of employment and in the provision of goods and services. The main areas in which the ban on harmful age discrimination ... Act 2010, and a significant policy framework in the devolved context, there is still much to be done if we are to achieve meaningful equality for older people. Under the Equality Act 2010, there is an outright
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correct for the period August 2024 to July 2025 although rules and guidance can change during the year. If you need more detailed advice or representation, you can contact a local service. Age UK Advice, Age ... Equality Duty 5 1.3 In what situations does the Equality Act apply? 7 1.3.1 Exemptions 7 1.4 What do I do if I have been discriminated against? 8 2 Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) 9 2.1 Why is it important
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DA develops in the interests of pension savers. Current governance issues, especially within contract based schemes need to be resolved before DA can develop further 1. Introduction Age UK are pleased ... innovation is desirable in principle, in practice – particularly for workplace pensions where the employer is the purchaser and the end user of the pension has no control over choice - it is possible for
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is so it is clearly indicated in the text. Being able to know that we will receive health and care if and when we should need it matters to all of us, at any age, but it is all the more salient as we get ... per cent in 2013/14 (page 23). Carers and the care market In 2011 there were 8.2 million carers but by 2015 these numbers had risen to over nine million; these carers are helping loved ones who have increasingly
