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for advocacy The decision making process for professionals exercising functions under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.All references are to the Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy). 1 ... their full participation in determining and securingtheir well-being outcomes. Barriers include understanding, retaining, using or weighing relevant information, and difficulties in communicating their views
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Creating an age friendly Wales Advocacy Counts 5 A review of advocacy services for older people in Wales November 2016 1 1. Contents 1. Contents 2 2. Acknowledgements 3 3. Executive Summary 4 4. Introduction ... 12 Age Friendly Wales 13 Golden Thread Advocacy Programme 13 6. National developments in advocacy 15 Social Services and Well-being Wales Act (2014) 15 Advocacy learning resources 16 Regulation of Social
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people in the UK. We do this by addressing health inequality, reducing loneliness and isolation, improving retirement incomes and tackling poverty and discrimination against those in later life in all its ... the oldest old. In the course of our work with people in later life, we at Age UK have become increasingly aware of the importance of the group often called the ‘oldest old’, those in their mid-80s upwards
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Experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales who look after, or give any unpaid help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill-health or ... contacts at the end of the survey.Have you used any of the support or services listed below, to help you in your role looking after the person in the last 12months?They may be provided by different organisations
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www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 37w December 2023 Hospital discharge arrangements for older people in Wales Factsheet 37w December 2023 2 of ... Contents 1 Information about this factsheet 5 1.1 Local Health Boards and local authority social services departments 6 2 Welsh Government / NHS Wales guidance on –
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project provides two services: • Assist and Connect - a community based, face to face support service • Listen and Connect - a remote telephone listening service Both services provide friendship, conversation ... to local people in need of a little extra help. Our volunteer roles are a great way to give back to your local community and get involved. From visiting people who are isolated and in need of a little
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don’t hesitate to get in touch. Contact details can be found at the end of this document. 1.How is HOPE funded? HOPE is funded by Welsh Government under the Sustainable Social Services Grant until the end ... volunteers. We don't deliver paid advocacy or any form of statutory advocacy. • HOPE promotes advocacy in all its forms to show how important it is and what a difference it can make. • HOPE has established
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In the UK it’s estimated that millions of pounds lie unclaimed in around half a million inactive accounts. It’s free and easy to check whether you have any dormant bank accounts, insurance ... years, the money in it is still yours and you are entitled to claim it at any time. Complete an application online using the free My Lost Account service Use the GOV.UK Pension Tracing Service online tool
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through prosecution and disruption those most vulnerable to Cyber Crime individuals from getting involved in Cyber Crime, moving deeper into Cyber Crime and/or re-offending by training and building strong relationships ... Phishing • Distributed Denials of Service Attacks (DDoS) • Website defacement • Darkweb A Typical Days work… Reduce Vulnerability Reduce Threat “Microsoft” Customer Service Centres “There’s a problem with
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systematic issues in adult social care which need to be addressed at a national level. These are: Underfunding - There has now been a £160 million cut in total public spending in real terms in older people’s ... people’s social care in five years, during a period of rapidly rising demand because of our ageing population. Unmet needs – Our analysis shows there are now nearly 1.2 million people aged 65+ who don’t receive
