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November 2018 Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access ... services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. The Golden Thread Advocacy
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period of time that Pension Credit and Housing Benefit can be paid during a temporary absence abroad. This will affect older people, including those from black and minority ethnic groups, with families ... expensive. The change would also limit the ability of people to spend some time in a warmer climate to improve their health and well-being. If people go abroad for longer than the period allowed, as well
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Agenda for Later Life 2015: A great place to grow older Contents Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We provide services and support at a ... a national and local level to inspire, enable and support older people. We stand up and speak for all those who have reached later life, and also protect the long-term interests of future generations. About
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for services in many sheltered schemes have increased or have been withdrawn. This has meant more older residents opting out of preventative support services - which were previously a core part of their ... For others, extra care housing provides a positive alternative to residential care and offers older people greater control over the delivery of care and support services. A review of the costs specialist
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sum up what is known about the financial abuse of older people. It does not cover commercial abuse (scams) in any detail, nor the abuse of younger people. In particular, it aims to provide the best available ... abuse of older people? 5 3 Who is at most risk of financial abuse? 7 4 What are the impacts of financial abuse on older people? 7 5 Who is responsible for the financial abuse of older people? 8 6 What
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1 Improving later life. Vulnerability and resilience in older people. 2 Age UK works to improve later life for the 14 million older people in the UK. We do this by addressing health inequality, reducing ... better for each passing generation. We are Age UK Acknowledgements: We wish to thank the following people for help with identifying and inviting authors: Professor Alan Walker, Professor Christine Milligan
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September 2019 Summary Older people make a significant contribution to Welsh life and the Welsh economy. After taking account of the costs of an ageing population, older people make a net contribution ... contribution of almost £6 million per day to the Welsh economy.1 Age Cymru believes that all people have an innate value in themselves, regardless of their age or other personal characteristics. Nevertheless, it
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home 37 9.1 Pension Credit 37 9.2 Disability-related benefits 39 10 A ‘Minimum Income Amount’ for people in care homes who are receiving local authority assistance towards the fees ... someone to deal with your financial affairs and/or welfare decisions 60 18 Acting on behalf of an older person who lives in a care home 61 18.1 As an attorney appointed via a Lasting Power of Attorney 61
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Improving later life. Services for older people – what works. Age UK works to improve later life for the 14 million older people in the UK. We do this by addressing health inequality, reducing loneliness ... Professor James Goodwin Improving later life. Services for older people – what works. 4 Welcome As a major provider of services to older people, Age UK is deeply interested in what research tells us is
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Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access ... services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond
