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com/agecymru twitter.com/agecymru www.agecymru.org.uk Welcome to our Spring Edition of Age Matters. As I’m writing this, hints of Spring are starting to show themselves with blossom on trees and bulbs starting ... older person, raising funds, or in the many other ways people volunteer for Age Cymru. A huge thank you to all our volunteers. And finally, our latest survey has just gone live, we’re asking for your views
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Happy New Year to you all HOPE project news Staffing update The HOPE project has seen a couple of organisational changes recently. Deiniol Jones who started with the project as the Volunteer Co-ordinator ... of Advocacy Development Officer for Cardiff & Vale and Cwm Taf Morgannwg. Sara Timothy who joined as Advocacy Development Officer for Gwent has taken over the role of Volunteer Co-ordinator for Swansea
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than I thought. It’s so easy to feel really knowledgeable and appreciated just explaining things that you consider second-nature.” “Amazed at her skill and knowledge. Inspired me to buy a laptop” “I really ... time” “They know so much about computers, at first it was a bit daunting but turned out not to be as bad as I thought. Enjoyable!” 04 June 2013 Technology Together Pilot Evaluation 2 Aim of pilot: Test
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guideline on ‘dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care’ (CG42). As part of this, stakeholders have been invited to comment on the draft scope of the forthcoming guideline ... Stakeholder organisation (if you are responding as an individual rather than a registered stakeholder please state name here): Age UK Name of commentator (if you are responding as an individual rather than
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and paper correspondence from customisable templates or on an ad hoc basis. External documents, such as annual reports / financial information and contracts, can also be stored electronically and linked ... the system including some of the largest Trusts and Foundations / grant making organisations, such as BBC Children in Need, City Bridge Trust, John Lyons, Wellcome Foundation, Church Urban Fund and John
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and paper correspondence from customisable templates or on an ad hoc basis. External documents, such as annual reports / financial information and contracts, can also be stored electronically and linked ... the system including some of the largest Trusts and Foundations / grant making organisations, such as BBC Children in Need, City Bridge Trust, John Lyons, Wellcome Foundation, Church Urban Fund and John
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typically underscored by reduced or reducing physical capacity. Perhaps more significantly, we also use it as indicating proximity to risk, i.e. a set of circumstances both social and biological, that means a ... services are organised around frailty as a state, often perceived as inevitable and irreversible, rather than a collection of modifiable health and social needs. As long as this mistake is made, then outcomes
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intimidating sometimes. Playing Poetry Bingo encourages people to suggest their favourite poems, as well as creating something new from them. • Write down a well-known poem • Cut out each line • Put each ... Birds Birds can be a great theme for a creative session. Begin by asking your residents a question such as ‘What’s your favourite bird?’ Next, talk to your residents about their memories of birds, the sounds
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Age-friendly banking What it is and how you do it About Age UK Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can ... possibilities, strengthens communities and fights for the issues that matter most to families such as healthcare, employment and income security, retirement planning, affordable utilities and protection
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important. The Government is considering whether to introduce further increases to State Pension age and as part of Age UK’s contribution to the review we have been talking to people about their views on increasing ... State Pension age will start to rise beyond 65 for both women and men. These changes have come about as a result of the very positive news that, on average, we are living longer. But not all of us will have
