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friendly Wales Unpaid carers The person you’re supporting may be a unpaid carer for the other person/s they live with. It’s useful for you to be aware of this when you’re providing help. • A carer is anyone ... toileting needs; administering medication; and providing emotional support. It might help the person you’re supporting to connect with other carers – Carers Wales are running a Care for a Cuppa every Wednesday
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older people and families staying in hospital longer than is clinically necessary is anything like as simple as it is sometimes painted, or that older people and families are usually at fault when their discharges ... demonstrate just how hard it can be to organise a safe and appropriate place for older patients to go to after they have been in hospital, where families can be sure that their loved one’s health and care
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to older people in the community and we ensure the highest standards so you can be assured of consistency and quality wherever you see the Age Cymru name and logo. Our family includes local Age Cymru partners ... publication: February 2020 © Age Cymru 2020 3 Later Life Planning Service Later Life Planning Providing you with the peace of mind that comes with later life planning. Our Later Life Planning Service can help
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Creating an age friendly Wales If they develop coronavirus symptoms If the person you’re supporting develops coronavirus symptoms you can let them know about the information aon the NHS Wales 111 website (formerly ... symptoms are either or both of the following: • a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature). • a new, continuous cough – this means
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lively discussions covered a number of key issues affecting older people such as digital exclusion, accessing general practice, paying for care, supporting older carers, and helping older workers to return to
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Healthy living. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ Panel. You don’t need any specialist knowledge at all ... uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that
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activities, which can help you improve your strength, form some of the key messages in our Falls Awareness Campaign that you can read more on p9. You can also find out how you can get involved with the ... vital services. Read on to find out how to get involved. To continue the activity theme, in this issue you can find out about some wonderful volunteering opportunities. We’re recruiting volunteer advocates
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Switching to a direct payment if you already receive local authority services 21 9.1 Services during an ‘interim’ period when you ... are considering a direct payment 21 10 Your care plan when you are receiving direct payments 22 11 The level of your direct payment 22 11.1 Your contribution towards the cost of your care 24 12
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Pensions (DWP) scheme to help you with expenses that are difficult to meet from a low income. It includes: ⚫ Winter Fuel Payments ⚫ Cold Weather Payments ⚫ Funeral Expenses Payments. You qualify by meeting the ... the conditions of entitlement laid down in law for each type of payment. If you are refused a payment, you have a right of appeal against the decision. 1.1 Winter Fuel Payments From the winter of 2024/25
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factsheet If you are a British national over State Pension age who moved abroad but are now considering moving back to live permanently in the UK, this factsheet explains more about some of things you need to ... 2022, tenants are now known as ‘contract-holders’ and tenancy agreements become ‘occupation contracts’. References to tenants and tenancies in this factsheet should be read as contract holders and occupation
