Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 • Wellbeing and Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 • Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 2 Developments across England and Wales • Change ... Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to Liberty Protection Safeguards • Update of the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark and the Advocacy Charter • The end of Advocacy Action Alliance and the rise of Leaders in Advocacy
working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity ... 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. Age Cymru welcomes the opportunity to respond
local Age UKs to become dementia friendly The Dementia Friendly Programme supported local Age UKs to become more dementia friendly; expert support was provided to help local Ages UKs to review the accessibility ... 2013, 46 local Age UKs in England have been supported to help shape their services to be more inclusive for older people living with dementia. The support provided focused on the following five domains:
1 Behind the Headlines Are older people and their families really to blame when their hospital discharges are delayed? Age UK, March 2016 Contact: Ruthe Isden, Ruthe.Isden@ageuk.org ... Mortimer, Jill.Mortimer@ageuk.org.uk and Stephen Lowe, Stephen.Lowe@ageuk.org.uk 2 Behind the headlines: are older people and families really to blame when their hospital discharges
love to connect with some of your residents to find how they are doing at the moment via zoom. Having a chat can really help wellbeing in general but we’d also like to record resident’s thoughts and feelings ... go towards a Welsh Government report which may help to shape future care policy. For more info email suzy.webster@agecymru.org.uk. This is the link to our pilot film taken from the voices of the residents:
Age Cymru Spring 2024 Tell us what matters to you in our 2024 survey Be wary of offers to insulate your loft with spray foam Hear how one of our walk leaders gets a buzz from volunteering facebook.com/agecymru ... sometimes at the same time, spring has finally arrived. And even if the weather isn’t improving much at least the days are getting longer and the daffodils have finally made an appearance. Spring is traditionally
Ways forward and recommendations 28 Agenda for action 29 References Dedicated to the memory of Alan Suttie, a former Trustee of RNIB who passed away in 2014. Alan dedicated his life to improving the ... the lives of blind and partially sighted people, championing the cause of older people. 4 On 22 June 2015, Age UK and RNIB held a joint seminar ‘Improving later life for people with sight loss’. The seminar
A few simple changes to your home or a bit of extra help could ease the problem if you find you worry more about money at this time of year.
social care in Wales July 2023 Contents Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction 5 2. Purpose of the research 8 3. Method 10 4. Findings 12 Issues continue with data collection 12 Nature of calls to Age Cymru ... into a care plan 18 Waits for care to be in place 19 Communications 21 5. Addressing the issues 22 How local authorities are reducing waiting lists 22 Support for unpaid carers 23 Domiciliary care 25 Day
figure is from the 2011 Census and is likely to have increased when factoring in the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Older Carers in Wales Survey 2022 was created to focus on the general experiences ... them to state the number of hours per week they’re caring, their opinions on support for older unpaid carers, and what three things would make their life easier. The survey received 537 responses and respondents