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1 Older workers and ‘job blocking’ 1. The ‘lump of labour fallacy’ There is an ongoing assumption that older workers prevent younger people from entering the labour force and progressing their careers. However, although in some circumstances this may seem intuitive, there is actually no evidence to reinforce this view. The idea that older workers are crowding younger workers out of the
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1 Summary In this short paper, Age UK sets out ten questions to prompt and encourage discussion with the local public sector on the key issues affecting services for people in later life within the current climate of spending cuts and public services reform. In summary the areas covered include: • Investing in engagement and transparency • Protecting the vulnerable and ensuring fair
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Making Intergenerational Connections – an Evidence Review What are they, why do they matter and how to make more of them Lisbeth Drury Dominic Abrams Hannah J. Swift Centre for the Study of Group Processes University of Kent This report was written by Lisbeth Drury, Prof Dominic Abrams and Dr Hannah J. Swift from Centre for the Study of Group Processes at the University of Kent. It
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Painful Journeys Why getting to hospital appointments is a major issue for older people IN-DEPTH POLICY REPORT 2 Introduction For most of us just having a hospital appointment is enough to worry about but imagine having to make the journey alone, in chronic pain and having to take three different buses to get there. This is the reality for many of the older people we have heard from. That’s why
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Consultation response Draft Suicide and Self-harm Prevention Strategy 2024-2034 (Welsh Government) Question 1) To what extent do you agree with this vision? “People in Wales will live in communities which are free from the fear and stigma associated with suicide and self-harm and are empowered and supported to both seek and offer help when it is needed.” We agree that this vision
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Advocacy Newsletter July 2018 Issue no. 10 The Golden Thread Advocacy Programme—Two years on—Where are we now? GTAP was funded in 2016 by Welsh Government to support the implementation of the advocacy element of the Social Services and Well-being Wales Act (2014). To achieve this we have 3 overarching objectives: 1. To develop a National Framework for Commissioning
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Helo!...... Gan fod Ffion wedi hwylio i ffwrdd i’r machlud hoffwn ddweud helo cynnes iawn i holl ddarllenwyr y cylchlythyr hwn. Fy enw yw Sue Vaarkamp ac rwy’n falch iawn o fod yn Gynorthwyydd Cefnogi newydd ar gyfer y Rhaglen Eiriolaeth Edau Euraidd yn gweithio o swyddfa Age Cymru yn y Wyddgrug, Gogledd Cymru. Rwy’n mwynhau’r swydd yn fawr iawn ac yn gallu cyfrannu at brosiect gwych. Wrth i
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Independent advocacy is a vital service for individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice, choice and control over achieving their well-being outcomes. There have been significant developments in the field of independent advocacy in the period between Advocacy Counts 4 and
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Pwysigrwydd Eiriolaeth 5 Crynodeb Gweithredol Adolygiad o wasanaethau eiriolaeth i bobl hŷn yng Nghymru Mae eiriolaeth annibynnol yn wasanaeth hanfodol i unigolion sy’n sicrhau bod yr unigolyn (a’u canlyniadau llesiant) yn ganolog i waith gwasanaethau cymorth. Mae eiriolaeth annibynnol yn rhoi llais, dewis a rheolaeth i ddinasyddion gyflawni eu canlyniadau llesiant. Rhwng y cyfnod rhwng
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Free and really useful information and advice We are Age Cymru. Our network includes Age UK, Age NI, Age Scotland, Age International and more than 160 local partners. Age Cymru is part of the Age UK network, which also includes Age NI and Age Scotland. There are also local Age Cymru partners across Wales. This information leaflet has been prepared by Age Cymru and Age UK and contains general
