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Helping older people understand what support is available to carers
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Find out more about our Wales Against Scams Partnership (WASP)
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worry about the most. At this General Election we want to see every political party bring forward policies to help our older population, those in the greatest need above all, with the aim of enabling more ... to create a UN Convention on the rights of older people, which would provide a framework to guide policy responses to ageing based on rights, equity and social justice in the UK and globally • ensure every
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financial advice. The Centre represents a significant expansion in terms of scope and output to include policy briefings and research papers, which consider not just questions about care funding but questions ... carers 2015, report for CarersUK: http://www.carersuk.org/for-professionals/policy/policy-library?task=download&file=policy_file&id=5479. This estimate assumed a unit cost of replacement care of £17.20 per
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influencing or developing policy and practice. Joe Oldman (joe.oldman@ageuk.org.uk) Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk ... Currently, there is some uncertainty about the future of sheltered housing as the result of Government policy on rents, Housing Benefit and cuts to support services. Both local authorities and central Government
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with the World Health Organisation, working in Ghana to support an innovative approach to health policy and practice. We look forward to being able to report in future years on the impact this work is ... public engagement with the issue. We received significant national media coverage as a result of our policy and campaigning work on pensioner poverty. We continued to highlight that one in three pensioners
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region’s advocacy organisations ensuring they are up to date with legislative and policy changes. Bring together advocacy organisations to have a strong, collective, regional voice. ... statutory and other sectors about advocacy in the region. Influence health and social care policy to bring about change and improve advocacy. In addition to bringing together a wide range of providers
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stakeholder organisation below. Stakeholder organisation: Age UK Commenter name: Tom Gentry Job title: Policy manager Address and postcode: Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9NA Email address: ... specialist services. Extensive evidence has demonstrated that access for older people is poor (Centre for Policy on Ageing, 2009; RCPsych, 2009, NDTi, 2011; Mind, 2013; Age UK, 2015). Furthermore, the NHS programme
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The Care Act: consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the cap on care costs and policy proposals for a new appeals system for care and support Ref: 0815 Date: March 2015 All rights ... or developing policy and practice. Name: Ceri Smith Email: Ceri.smith@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk
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health patients, people with learning difficulties, and children • 1980s – to date – legislative and policy changes based on the rights of individuals to have a voice, choice and representation Advocacy definitions ... care Professional judgement Act in person’s best interests Act according to policy and procedure of employer Working to policy and financial constraints 68 Working with an advocate • Does involving an advocate
