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running order. Guest Speakers: Nusrat Ghani MP introduced the first speaker, Gregor Henderson, National Lead for Mental Health and Wellbeing for Public Health England. Gregor Henderson – Gregor introduced ... with you? He reiterated the importance of human interactions and the need for local authorities and partners to work together to share best practice, as well as Chairs of Health and Wellbeing Boards needing
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Research on older volunteers; Age Concern Research Services August 2006 7 Low N, Butt S, Ellis Paine A, Davis Smith J (2007) Helping Out - A national survey of volunteering and charitable giving; Cabinet ... Newcastle and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2006 11 Giving Time: Impact on Health. Community Service Volunteers, 2004 12 Gaining health while giving back to the community. Fried, L et al, for John Hopkins
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workplace pension scheme you work in the UK. You can opt out of the pension at any time, usually by completing a form and returning it to your employer or pension provider. If you opt out, your employer will ... affect your entitlement to the State Pension. How much State Pension you qualify for is based on your National Insurance contributions record. For more information call Age Cymru Advice on 0300 303 44 98
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local authority social services departments and care homes 5 2 Legislation covering the social care system in Wales 10 2.1 The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 ... system in Wales 10 3 Making a decision about going into a care home 11 3.1 Introduction 11 3.2 Social services assessments and possible financial assistance towards the care home costs 12 3.3 Local authority
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(see page 3). We’ve got a fantastic range of articles on the work of Age Cymru and Age Cymru local partners in this edition. I wanted to take this opportunity to say how proud I am of the whole team for their ... we’ve collected in these surveys over the last three years has been invaluable. It has informed our service development, our campaigns and our thinking. So please share your views (see page 12). Thousands
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many older people local public transport is a lifeline, allowing them to get out and about, reach services and meet friends and family. Public sector subsidy supports a modern local transport infrastructure ... be put in place to improve local transport: The funding and planning of local transport crosses national and local government, the private and community sector. To make the most of shrinking budgets all
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date and accurate. Please note that the inclusion of named agencies, websites, companies, products, services or publications in this information guide does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement by ... information given in this guide is applicable across the UK. When we refer to local council social services departments in England and Wales, we also mean local health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland
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more wellbeing and prevention services, which in the long run saved money. Cllr Eden explained that when a day centre closed in Reading, the next day a neighbourhood service was created, led by a former ... separate lounge available for service users. She emphasised that councils needed to consult service users when designing service changes, treating older people as partners. She explained that in Reading
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date and accurate. Please note that the inclusion of named agencies, websites, companies, products, services or publications in this information guide does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement by ... unwell or want to use the toilet. 11 Good to know Do you get uninvited post advertising products and services, for example, pizza delivery flyers or leaflets advertising local businesses? This is junk mail
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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 ... intersectionality of other protected characteristics impacts individuals further. It is vital that public service responses are tailored accordingly in order for older victim/survivors to feel safe, and that perpetrators
