to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice, choice and control over achieving their well-being ... includes key elements relating to advocacy. This report looks at all types of advocacy provision which supports adults in Wales in order to provide a broad snapshot of the advocacy landscape. Advocacy Counts
recommendations Age UK supports the Government’s aim of a simpler system with better work incentives for people of working age. Particular issues for those in their 50s and early 60s are: support for disability ... demands on independent information and advice services. The Government should consider how it could support the advice sector. Couples where one has reached Pension Credit age and the other is younger (‘mixed
assistance (by way of representation or otherwise) to persons for purposes relating to their care and support.” Advocacy definitions 8 • “Advocacy is taking action to help people say what they want, secure ... services they need. • “Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership with the people they support and take their side. • “Advocacy promotes social inclusion, equality and social justice.” Advocacy
a particular emphasis on older people. It appears that the overall number of advocates, people supported, and the number of services funded to deliver advocacy across Wales have all increased since the ... provider since 2018 means there’s a further reduction in the specialist focus and expertise for supporting older people through advocacy services focusing on early intervention, prevention and community
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overall, the group discussions reflected that although legislationprovided a statutory duty to offer support, it had only partly mitigated the right to advocacy if professionals were not enabling this to happen ... requiring it, barriers to virtual support were highlighted as being a lack of understanding or access to digital technology, no access to the financial resources, or no support to develop the appropriate skills
old age depends, not on how old we are, but on three key determinants: the availability of family support; our personal socio-economic background; and our individual attitude towards technology. These highly ... delivering services we know that we must not underestimate the central role which informal family support currently plays in our national “coping strategy” for financial resilience in later old age. For
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the organisations to co-design and co-produce an innovative combination of medical and non-medical support that draws out the goals the older person identifies as most important to them. Age UK is running ... integrated care pilots across the country, with a greater focus on how to support people living with dementia and their carers. Age UK supports people with dementia through the provision of specialised services
and three Panel members - Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, Ivor Frank and Drusilla Sharpling CBE ● Supported by a Victims and Survivors’ Consultative Panel ● Independent of government ● Does not have the power ... the Chair and Panel ● Consists of members who bring together a wealth of experience in providing support and advocacy for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse ● Details of our Victims and Survivors’