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0300 303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 38w June 2024 Treatment of property in the means test for permanent care home provision in Wales Factsheet 38w June 2024 ... Wales 7 3 The local authority financial means test for care home provision – introduction 8 3.1 The Welsh Government’s guidance for local authorities on the financial
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The first step in obtaining help from the local authority social services department is to ask for an assessment of your needs. The local authority will generally not be able to assist you until ... its area who may need community care services, once it becomes aware of this need. Our factsheet has detailed information on the assessment process: Factsheet 41w: Social care assessments for older people
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quality 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 ... essential goods and services from 58% in 2021-22 to 73% in 2022-23 due to higher costs of living. 5 For older people, essential spending covers rent or mortgage, Council Tax, utility bills, food and drinks
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..................................................................................... 8 Informal carers (family and friends) ........................................................................... ... Introduction We are all going to die someday, but many of us seem to have a lot of fear around the process. For example, in one recent survey the top four out of seven fears people admitted to were around death1:
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aims to set out the key figures on funding for social care. Since our last edition in 2012, the Care Bill has addressed some of our concerns about the framework for care and support of older people1. In addition ... addition, the Government has committed to transferring £3.8 billion from the NHS for joint NHS and local council decisions about the funding of heath and care services from 2015. However, as this briefing
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help you to carry on living independently at home for longer. 4. ‘I don’t want a carer coming in’ You don’t have to spend Attendance Allowance on a carer. Many older people spend it on other types of help ... help in the home, or equipment to help them stay independent. 5. ‘I don’t have a carer’ You don’t need to have a carer or someone looking after you. You qualify based on the help you need , not the help
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protection schemes 22 14 Financial help for people renting 23 15 Landlord registration / landlord and letting agent licensing 24 15.1 Rent Smart Wales Code of Practice for ... private landlords and agents 25 15.2 ‘Fit and proper person’ test for private landlords and agents 25 15.3 If your private landlord isn’t registered
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contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for any decision or action and cannot be used as a substitute for professional advice. Neither Age UK nor any of its subsidiary companies ... and responsibility, which may go on for months or even years. Think carefully about whether you are willing to act as executor, or indeed whether you are able to. For more detailed information on the topics
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and painful experience and people can feel completely hopeless. Luckily for many, life moves on and these feelings pass. But for some of us loneliness can become chronic, making us miserable and often ... carries a stigma can make it hard to admit to it and seek help. And often people don’t know where to go for support. Chronic loneliness is affecting a growing number of older people, in line with the increase
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Better Buddies Training for older men to become peer buddies and mentors, to motivate and encourage vulnerable older men to take part in new activities. Moving Movements Training for volunteers in the importance ... older people from ethnic minority communities, into opportunities for meaningful physical activity and wellbeing. Come to Tea Training for volunteers, supported by care home staff, in roles to support greater
