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vi winter months also bring anxiety about escalating energy bills and the struggle to keep their homes warm. Yet many older people are largely unaware of the link between poor heating conditions, exposure ... for Health and Care Excellenceix as part of their guidelines on reducing excess winter deaths, is that a one-stop referral service should be in place for people living in a cold home and that health
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emotional support that may be helpful for you if you’re looking after someone: • Advice for carers • Caring for someone with dementia. 3 Do any of these statements apply to you? “I’m just doing what anyone ... be eligible for Carer’s Allowance. Plenty of people find themselves in a situation where they’re caring for a loved one. “I claim a disability benefit so I can’t be eligible for a carer’s benefit too.”
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Cymru’s arts in care homes project, will continue until August 2021. Phase 3 is focusing on empowering care home staff to improve the range and quality of creative provision in their care home, raising public ... public awareness of the benefits of creativity in care homes, building capacity by sharing learning within the arts sector, and building sustainability. Thanks to the further funding from the Baring Foundation
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“Like many other organisations we have switched our operations so that our teams are working from home and we’ve had to postpone many of the activities and events we had planned. Our priority is to reach ... Atkinson, Wrexham – This service is a lifeline for us. Mr Foster, Denbighshire – Thank you much for caring; it means the world. Mrs Griffiths, Swansea – It’s nice to know there’s someone else alive!
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Chapter Three – What will the future look like? New models of care…..page 17 - Emerging models…..page 17 - One size fits all?.....page 18 - New care models….page 20 - How we will support local co-design and ... universal healthcare, irrespective of age, health, race, social status or ability to pay. To high quality care for all. Our values haven’t changed, but our world has. So the NHS needs to adapt to take advantage
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currently a post-doctoral research intern at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London. Jill Manthorpe is Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College London. She ... Acknowledgments This booklet is funded by the Department of Health as part of the Health and and disclaimer Care Voluntary Sector Strategic Partner Programme and was produced by Age UK in consultation with the
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it also struggle. Older people rely on many of these community and personal services. In health and care, there could be benefits in being able to communicate over platforms rather than needing to visit ... is Reconnections in Worcestershire. Its goal is to reduce the cost of loneliness on the health and care system by providing a sustainable spectrum of ‘reconnection’ for people back in to their local communities
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significant financial constraint for the NHS. The ongoing crisis in the under-funding of social care will significantly undermine the ability of the NHS to meet many of the objectives outlined in the ... Equality and Human Rights Acts. The indicator for NHS continuing care must not be included under “Sustainability” but rather “Better care”. 1. Introduction Age UK welcomes the opportunity to feed into
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audiences, such as civil servants, national and local politicians, doctors, nurses, carers and care workers, care home managers, charities… the list could go on. In addition to this book, we have dedicated part ... we lose social networks, friends, and mobility. Even those surrounded by others, such as in a care home, can feel lonely; people may need to be supported and encouraged to participate and engage. Eight
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Consultation Response Care Quality Commission: Our next phase of regulation (2) – a more targeted, responsive and collaborative approach to regulating in a changing landscape of health and social care Ref: ... families in the care market. About this consultation This consultation, issued by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), asks for views on changes to the regulation of registered health and care services, to
