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London WC1H 9NA. 2 Key points and recommendations It is our strongly-held view that enabling people to remain independent as they age is an investment that will be amply repaid in terms of savings ... proper, coordinated approach to health and care policy, including recognition of the contribution of people who are paying for their own care, building in flexibility across the system so that savings in one
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Performance Mark (QPM) Page 4 Older people’s access to and experiences of independent advocacy Information and Guidance on Domestic Abuse: Safeguarding Older People in Wales Welsh Government White Paper
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vaccination programme Priority groups 1 to 9 1. People living in a care home for older adults and their carers. 2. All those 80 years of age and older and frontline health and social care workers. 3. ... and over. 4. All those 70 years of age and over and people who are extremely clinically vulnerable (also known as the “shielding” group – i.e. people in this group will previously have received a letter
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Creating an age friendly Wales Improving domiciliary care for older people in Wales. The view of Age Cymru Creating an age friendly Wales Social care
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our human rights. It can be read alongside the Making Rights Work For Older People https://gov.wales/yourrights-care-and-support-older-person booklets produced by Social Care Wales in partnership with the ... For Older People. The first is designed to help public bodies comply with the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Human Rights Act 1988, as well as the UN Principles For Older Persons
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promoting good health could support other efforts to help people work for longer, for example the Health and Work Advisory Service. • Older workers’ health status is often the result of a complex web ... responsibilities, may also be barriers. • Flexible working is particularly important for helping people to work longer and allowing them to manage caring responsibilities and health conditions. The guidance
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February 2019 Summary- Older people are the main adult users of most health and care services. The population in Wales has the highest proportion of older people in the UK and more people are living longer ... transformation to meet the needs of an ageing population living with non-communicable, chronic conditions. Older people, wherever they live, should have free and fair access to health and care services that maintain
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stereotypes; and by improving access to redress where people are treated illegally. • Flexible working is important for many older workers and helps people balance personal responsibilities with work, as well ... productivity. • Many people have a positive experience of flexible working, and have successfully agreed with their employer to alter their working pattern. However, many people have also encountered
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voice, choice and control when growing older No. 13 2019 Featured articles Page 2 Introduction – Victoria Lloyd Page 5 Dignity and choice: the voice of older people – Professor John Williams Page 8 The recognition ... recognition of advocacy as a means of securing and exercising older people’s rights – a personal perspective – Andrew Dunning Page 12 Jill’s story – Advocate at Age Cymru Powys – Gail Hamer and Jill
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behind the duty of quality; we welcome them. As the most frequent users of the NHS and social care, older people have a strong interest in ensuring that the duty of quality is met by NHS bodies and Welsh Ministers ... care and treatment quickly when it is needed and doing so in a way which retains the dignity of older people and allows them to feel respected. Question 2 Is the Guidance on to whom the Duty of Quality
