priority order for the COVID-19 vaccination programme Priority groups 1 to 9 1. People living in a care home for older adults and their carers. 2. All those 80 years of age and older and frontline health and ... the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) advising them to shield at the beginning of the pandemic, plus a couple of other communications from the CMO at other stages). 5. All those 65 years of age and over. 6.
contacts. 2 Information written with you in mind. This information guide has been produced with the help of older people, carers and expert peer reviewers. Published: May 2024 We’d love to hear from you ... knowledge at all. Join our Readers’ Panel at www.ageuk.org.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
discrimination 51 The year ahead 53 • Looking forward to 53 • Challenges in the year ahead 55 • What might help 57 • Getting back out and about 59 Finance 62 What matters to you? Current experiences of people ... respondents told us that they were bilingual, with the most highly reported being Welsh and English at 2%, the other bilingual languages were Gujarati and English, Urdu and English, Arabic and English,
affect their life, and if necessary to represent people’s views at meetings. An advocate can help someone to: • Understand what’s happening at meetings or appointments. • Be represented in meetings so their ... understood and upheld. • Look at ways to make them feel safe if they have been or are at risk of being harmed. The person you’re helping might want or need an advocate. They can find help in their local area here:
distancing, self-isolating or shielding and don’t have this support may need other people they know to help them. What would be the alternative without a ‘Friend’? • People could become lonely and increasingly ... adverse effect on their mental health. • People could possibly be at greater risk of unscrupulous people they don’t know offering to ‘help’. • People may go against advice to socially distance, self-isolate
spiritual aspects of patient care Offer a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death Offer a support system to help the family cope during the patient’s illness and in their ... while some people experience excellent end of life care in hospitals, hospices, care homes and in their own homes, many others do not. Research shows that many people experience unnecessary pain and other
fantastic opportunity for us collectively to pay tribute to all carers and to highlight the issues they face. This edition includes feedback on our latest survey into older people’s experiences of Covid. We’d ... place across Wales and would encourage people to ‘popin’ and find out more about our work, how we can help and to share your thoughts and issues with us. I hope you enjoy these and the many other updates on
person-centred programme to improve the physical health and mental wellbeing of older people living with at least one long-term health condition. A trained staff member or volunteer met with an older person ... older people included sign-posting, referrals to other services, provision of activities, practical help and personal support and encouragement. Programme achievements 4799 older people participated. 44
pensions and other regular payments) may also affect what you get. Housing costs element. If you need help paying your rent and other costs. This isn’t automatically paid to your landlord in England and Wales ... Standard element. Based on whether you’re single or a couple. Carer element. If you care for someone for at least 35 hours per week and they receive a qualifying disability benefit, you won’t have to look for
Research@ageuk.org.uk © Age UK (May 2016) Page 3 of 8 Author Vinal K Karania is Research Manager at Age UK with responsibility for Evaluation & Impact. He designs, manages and carries out research evaluation ... delivery programmes, ensuring that appropriate methodologies are recognised and used. He can be contacted at Vinal.Karania@ageuk.org.uk or on 020-3033-1182. Page 4 of 8 1. Cold weather has shown to increase