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Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity 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 ... 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 to respond
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the service for the time being. Please check back soon. Our service is in huge demand and we need people to become a telephone befriender. We need your help more than ever before. Sign up today as ... We'll follow up your registration with a call up to a week after receiving your completed form. During this call we'll find out more about you, and information for the matching process. Matching you with
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140 local Age UKs reaching most of England. We provide information and advice to around 5.9 million people each year. We work closely with Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland. About this consultation In ... consumers, and will determine how to maximise the benefits DCTs offer. Age UK is concerned that some older people face barriers to comparing and switching in a range of essential service markets, and are disadvantaged
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factsheets on the topic of care and support at home, including: 41w – Social care assessments for older people with care needs in Wales; 6w – Finding help at home in Wales; 24w – Direct payments for social ... disability equipment and home adaptations in Wales; 67w – Home improvements and repairs for older people in Wales; and 59w – How to resolve problems and make a complaint about social care in Wales
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advocacy for children/young people who are on the CP register,LAC, CIN or Care Leavers 0800 4703930 cwmtafmorgannwg@ tgpcymru.org.uk Age Cymru HOPE project Support for older people (50+) and carers 029 2043 ... Connects Morgannwg Community advocacy support for older people 65+ 01443 490650 information@ acmorgannwg.org.uk Dewis CIL Physical and sensory support for people under 65. Learning difficulties of all ages 01443
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Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity 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 ... 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 to respond
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Creating an age friendly Wales The Code of Practice (Part 10, Advocacy) states that: Advocacy helps people to understand how they can be involved, how they can contribute and take part and whenever possible ... element of the Act to focus social care around people and their well-being.3 Advocacy Counts 5 Executive summary A review of advocacy services for older people in Wales Findings since Advocacy Counts 4 •
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Lack of public toilets, hazardous pavements and exclusion from decision making are key issues for older people. Basic local authority facilities such as public toilets, safe pavements, as well as a voice in ... decision making, are areas that need action, according to an Age Cymru survey of more than 1,000 older people in Wales between August 2018 and March 2019. Lack of public toilets Asked to score local facilities
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can we do to achieve this? Age Cymru welcomes the development of a framework to support bereaved people in Wales. This important development will assist in reducing inequalities across Wales in access ... coronavirus pandemic. Whilst we know that a lot of bereaved people do not usually require specialist support with their bereavement, during the pandemic people have not been able to access their usual support networks
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aged 75-84.3 Older people have told us of the extreme difficulties they and their loved ones are experiencing as a result of increasing waiting times. Our recent report on older people’s experiences of ... that older people and their carers are facing with delays in hospital treatment.4 The majority of conditions that were identifiable through responses were for musculoskeletal conditions. Older people have
