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Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review June 2014 Outcomes against which the success of prevention should be monitored Summary findings • The outcomes of prevention often form a two stage ... determinants of health’, for example better social networks, greater take‐up of physical activity or improved diet, leading to second stage, longer term, health related outcomes, for example improved mortality
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East Moors Road, Cardiff CF24 5TD Question 1: The Strategy sets out the areas we will prioritise in planning for our ageing society and why. Have we prioritised the right areas? Comments: We welcome ... believe that the promotion and protection of the rights of older people should be a priority in the Strategy. A key priority is to determine how to embed awareness of a rights based approach. Older people
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September 2024) Page 1 of 18 Factsheet 49 Social Fund, Advances of Benefit and Local Welfare Provision June 2024 (Amended September 2024) About this factsheet The Social Fund is a scheme to help people with expenses ... income and includes: ⚫ Winter Fuel Payments ⚫ Cold Weather Payments ⚫ Funeral Expenses Payments Advances of Benefit are payments that partially replaced the discretionary Social Fund and include: ⚫ Short-term
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Experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales during the Covid-19 lockdown This survey is for people aged 50 or over across Wales, and is being undertaken by key organisations that represent older ... people about their experiences of the lockdown and the impact that this has made on them. This survey will take 15 minutes to complete. Your response is anonymous. Thank you for your support in completing
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Helping others participate and engage (HOPE) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) This document is intended to provide answers to questions from the stakeholders we’re working with. The answers are not necessarily ... hesitate to get in touch. Contact details can be found at the end of this document. 1.How is HOPE funded? HOPE is funded by Welsh Government under the Sustainable Social Services Grant until the end of March
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page 3 Chapter One – Why will the NHS need to change?.....page 7 Chapter Two – What will the future look like? A new relationship with patients and communities…..page 10 - Getting serious about prevention… ... Chapter Three – What will the future look like? New models of care…..page 17 - Emerging models…..page 17 - One size fits all?.....page 18 - New care models….page 20 - How we will support local co-design
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Loneliness Results and Learnings of Age UK’s Loneliness Pilot. 2 Foreword Many people experience loneliness at some point in their lives. For some it may be short-lived whilst for others it can become long term ... term. It can have a devastating impact on people’s health and quality of life. Loneliness still carries a stigma and people may not want to admit to feeling lonely, so our latest work has been focussed
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Ageing Evidence Review This evidence review is part of a series produced by Age UK, in order to provide evidence to underpin decision-making for people involved in commissioning, service development ... Evidence Review Key messages 3 1 Policy context 4 2 Definition of healthy ageing 6 3 The need for healthy ageing services 8 4 What kind of factors and approaches address these issues? 14 5 Services delivered
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The HOPE Project (Helping others participate and engage) is a partnership project between Age Cymru, Age Cymru local partners and Age Connects Wales partners throughout Wales. HOPE is funded by Welsh Government ... Government under the Sustainable Social Services Grant until the end of March 2025. This exciting project helps by supporting people to engage, participate, gain information, have their voices heard, understand
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Campaigning for greater support for older carers 1 Introduction 2 Summary 4 ‘We never retire’ 6 Support for older carers 8 Financial support – Carer’s Allowance 8 Support to have a life and identity of their ... 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, direct payment and service provision
