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right scheme for you 5 4.1 Facilities for residents’ use 5 4.2 Layout and design 5 4.3 Size 5 4.4 Social life 5 4.5 Scheme manager or warden service 6 4.6 Disability-related adaptations 6 4.7 Noise 7 4 ... allow pets. Other residents may be at different stages of their lives and may be more, or less, active than you. Charges for support and other services can be costly and vary over time, although financial
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government that risk undermining the aims of the mandate, in particular the continued squeeze on social care budgets and the cuts to public health funding for local authorities. We believe that any settlement ... light of a human rights framework to ensure all decision-making supports people’s ability to remain active and independent, regardless of where they live. 1. Introduction Age UK welcomes the opportunity
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Government for 3 years to run alongside and support the implementation of Part 10 (Advocacy) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. The programme's key aims are: To support the commissioning ... advocacy and to give them a stronger voice This national programme will: Support strategic health and social care management/commissioning teams and front line professionals in understanding their responsibilities
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to have a life and identity of their own – the importance of respite 10 Stress and ill health 11 Social isolation 13 The benefits of respite 13 Day centres and older carers’ support groups 14 Care reform ... carers are forced to work harder, often sacrificing their own health and well-being and their own activity and identity as an independent person. Older carers, especially, need more support, not less, as
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Age UK’s mainstream services like Information and Advice, practical support services, and social activities. These may be people whose dementia is either undiagnosed, or is in the earlier stages, so that ... generations – not only are people getting their diagnosis at a younger age when they are fitter and more active, they are increasingly from the so-called ‘baby-boomer’ generation, who have very different expectations
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and it is vital that the built environment enables, rather than prevents, older people taking an active part in their communities. However, many older people come up against barriers that prevent their ... together with poorly maintained or obstructed pavements. There are already high levels of loneliness and social isolation amongst older people in Wales and an inaccessible built environment that deters people
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Summary of findings from older carers Background In 2014, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act provided a new framework for social care provision, repealing and consolidating existing carers legislation ... integrated approach to the delivery of health and 5For the Moment Summary of findings from older carers social care services. Among their duties, the seven RPBs must produce population needs assessments – including
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Summary of findings from older carers Background In 2014, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act provided a new framework for social care provision, repealing and consolidating existing carers legislation ... integrated approach to the delivery of health and 5For the Moment Summary of findings from older carers social care services. Among their duties, the seven RPBs must produce population needs assessments – including
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adversely affected but so have some older age groups, particularly due to the underfunding of the social care system. Introduction 1. Age UK welcomes the opportunity to respond to this inquiry. The ... Factors linked to age and life stage rather than cohort, bearing in mind the impact of demographic and social changes. For example, increasing longevity, and more years spent in education, will affect the ages
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include renewed policy, increased public awareness, training, and access to advocacy services. The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 puts adult safeguarding on a statutory footing and forms ... Practice and Regulations shape the implementation of the Act by completing the framework within which social services operate. These include Statutory Guidance in relation to Safeguarding and a Code of Practice
