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world Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this. We ... need it most. The Age UK network includes Age UK, Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland and around 165 local Age UK partners in England. About this report Age UK has long been committed to increasing digital
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complexity in the social care sector inhibits service improvement? We agree that complexity in the social care sector inhibits service improvement; we believe that much of the complexity relates to the challenge ... supply and against the backdrop of ever reducing funding levels. Funding levels impact greatly on commissioners’ ability to plan for and meet the needs of those that need services. Despite the will of staff
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2 Help in a crisis 6 3 Types of occupation contract 7 3.1 If you rent your home and moved in prior to 1 December 2022 – converted occupation contracts 7 3 ... 1 December 2022 onwards and have a community landlord – i.e. you landlord is the local authority (council) or a housing association 10 3.3 If you started renting
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Cymru’s age awareness training will enhance the understanding and skills of your customer service staff, improving the quality of customer service provided to older customers, ensuring they feel valued
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Purpose of the research 6 3. Method 9 4. Findings 10 • Issues with data collection 10 • Waiting for care 11 • Addressing the issues 14 • Support whilst waiting for care 18 • Support from the third sector ... a care assessment and the assessment being completed 19/20 and 20/21 11 Table 2: Percentage completed assessments from referrals 12 Table 3: Time from assessment to care being in place 2019/20 and 20/21
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One 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 ... Online • Each partner delivered specific projects, through the use ‘trusted intermediaries’ to promote and deliver basic digital skills to end beneficiaries • Programme based on assumption that empowering
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us to make informed decisions, plan ahead, access services and entitlements and contribute to society. Advocacy services are essential to ensure that every older person has a voice and receives the support ... support they need. The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 places statutory duties upon local authorities with regard to the provision of information, advice and assistance (Part 2) and advocacy
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Factsheet 22 Arranging for someone to make decisions on your behalf June 2024 About this factsheet This factsheet looks at how you can arrange for other people to make decisions about your finances and ... and health and care if you think you may lose the mental capacity to do this in the future. This is usually family members or friends, but it can be a professional such as a solicitor. It explains how
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