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1 Visitor Support Volunteer This is an exciting new role that has been designed to help care homes welcome visitors in line with Covid-19 rules. After a year in which visiting care homes has been significantly ... with the needs of older people • Reliability, patience and sensitivity • Outgoing and confident What can you gain from this role? • Meet and make friendships with new people • The appropriate training
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NHS will be encouraging those who are aged 50 to 64 to also have the free flu vaccine, as the scheme is being extended to include this younger age group. Creating an age friendly Wales Winter wrapped up ... councils has now changed. The link to the equivalent information on the new Welsh Government website is: www.gov.wales/find-your-local-authority • Page 16: In 2020-21, most people born on or before 5 October
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1. Be able to describe what advocacy is and why it is important 2. Have identified the key principles of advocacy and understand why independence is important 3. Recognise what barriers there are to people ... Introduction • History of advocacy • Advocacy definition • Advocacy principles • The purpose of advocacy • What is advocacy • Types of advocacy • Independent Professional Advocacy • Advocacy, rights and barriers
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reference number: 2316 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained ... org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6
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Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company limited by guarantee and registered in Wales and England 6837284. Registered office address Ground Floor, Mariners House, Trident Court, East Moors Road ... loneliness. Health related organisations Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Connect, from Alzheimer’s Society, is a personalised support service for people with dementia, their carers, families and friends. The service
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debate on Housing benefit cuts and supported housing. LHA Cap on Social Housing Age UK has added its voice to concerns over the implications of the LHA cap on social housing. Sheltered and extra care ... new schemes. This could have a significant knock-on effective on the residential care sector, which is already under considerable strain. We are calling for all supported housing to be exempt from the
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headline ........................................................................................... 7 Is the decline in hours good or bad? ................................................................ ... workers, making it an insufficient – and even misleading – tool for public policy decision-making. While headline rates for older workers have increased since the 2008 recession, the flip side is that the
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Digital Learning from the Age UK Project Vinal K Karania (Research Manager), December 2016 BACKGROUND WHAT IS ONE DIGITAL? • Big Lottery-funded venture led by a partnership of Digital Unite, Affinity Sutton ... intermediaries to be Digital Champions is a highly effective and sustainable way of delivering digital skills. • More information about the overall programme is presented at www.digitalchampionsnetwork
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