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Advocacy Counts 6 A review of advocacy services for adults in Wales with a particular focus on older people Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 Findings since Advocacy Counts 5 4 Number of respondents and services ... of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 13 Making Voices Heard: Older People’s Access to Independent Advocacy in Wales (May 2018) 14 Making older people’s rights a reality will make Wales the best place in the
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Age Cymru is the leading national 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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home residents during the Covid-19 pandemic and is funded by Welsh Government. This report details key themes that featured in the conversations we had with people living in care homes during 2021, one of ... opportunity for residents to engage with new people: “The highlight was seeing the residents gain confidence on the zoom calls and for them to have felt not forgotten during the covid times” – Care Home Manager
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CIL Supporting people already known to mental helath services 01633 288440 advocacy@ dewiscil.org.uk Age Cymru Gwent Adults 18+ with a physical disability or sensory impairment, older people 50+ and carers ... uk Deaf People British Deaf Association Support for Cultural Deaf whose their first language is BSL (British Sign Language) cao.wales@ bda.org.uk Mental Health IMHA IMCA IPA RPR Cwm Taf People First Supporting
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mark for organisations like Age Cymru offering independent advocacy; an essential service for people who need support to express their needs and have increased choice and control in their lives. To ... review followed by a structured site visit by NDTi assessors who met some of our advocates and the people they support. Louise Hughes who heads up the charity’s advocacy work said: “I am absolutely
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the leading charity for all older people in Wales. We campaign, we research and we fundraise to make sure we build a better life for all older people. We ensure older people’s voices are heard, we challenge ... and advice service for matters affecting people over 50 in Wales Age Cymru Advice is committed to being the foremost information and advice service to older people in Wales. We aim to provide effective,
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Professor James Goodwin, and Phil Rossall Age UK works to improve later life for the 14 million older people in the UK. We do this by addressing health inequality, reducing loneliness and isolation, improving ... the oldest old. 4 Welcome. Welcome to Understanding the oldest old. In the course of our work with people in later life, we at Age UK have become increasingly aware of the importance of the group often called
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Cymru to undertake research into the mental health of older adults in care homes in Wales. Our report produced in March 2023 showed that many people living in care homes in Wales regularly experience poor ... finding that the ways you think, feel or react on a daily basis become difficult to cope with. Most people experience poor mental health from time to time. However, as with physical ill-health, continuously
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Page | 2 Executive Summary People who face discrimination are at the sharp end of inequality and poverty. The Covid-19 (coronavirus) ... most negatively affected by the pandemic. A core tenet of advocacy is to redress inequality so that people’s rights are upheld and that they are respected as individuals who are listened to and understood
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(Polypharmacy and medicines optimisation: Making it safe and sound, King’s Fund, 2013) considers people on 10 or more as an “at risk” group as well as those on four to nine in combination with other factors ... as being at end of life. The BGS/RCGP/Age UK consensus guideline Fit for Frailty (2014) suggests people on 5 or more medications as being a potential indicator of frailty, a group shown to benefit from
