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Not everyone needs help after being in hospital, but many do. For those that need help it’s important that you know what help you may need and where to get it. Knowing yours and your loved one’s rights
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for carers 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ Panel. You don’t need any specialist knowledge at all. ... www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide
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1 Improving later life. Vulnerability and resilience in older people. 2 Age UK works to improve later life for the 14 million older people in the UK. We do this by addressing health inequality, reducing ... isolation, improving retirement incomes and tackling poverty and discrimination against those in later life in all its forms. We also speak for the long-term interests of every one of us, so that experiences
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Communities ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This guide to working with older people as co-researchers has been produced in partnership with the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), Age UK, Age-Friendly ... organisations who have been involved in the planning, design, development, and implementation phases of a research project focusing on developing age-friendly neighbourhoods in Manchester. The guide aims to provide
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... closely with Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland. Local Age UKs are active in supporting and advising older people and their families in the care market. About this consultation This consultation, issued jointly
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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 to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their ... 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 to the Welsh Government’s consultation
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financial abuse of older people. It does not cover commercial abuse (scams) in any detail, nor the abuse of younger people. In particular, it aims to provide the best available answers to the following ... exploitation or use of funds or other resources of the older person.’1 Similar wording was used in most reports read in this review; for example: ‘Financial abuse was defined as "the unauthorised and improper
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ways to help you feel safe. We welcome all feedback about our service. If you have any comments, compliments, or complaints about the service you have received please email dementiaadvocacy@agecymru.org ... care systems to understand and new challenges to face in all walks of life. Living with dementia doesn’t mean that you lose the right to have a say in your life though. You are still an individual and you
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of advocacy services for adults in Wales with a particular focus on older people Contents 2. 1. Executive Summary Advocacy Counts 7 provides an updated snapshot of advocacy provision in Wales for adults ... advocates, people supported, and the number of services funded to deliver advocacy across Wales have all increased since the last survey was reported in 2018. Analysis of the survey responses was enhanced
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older people continue to play an active part in their community, problems with mobility, vision and memory can make neighbourhoods difficult to navigate. In simple terms, the concept of age friendly neighbourhoods ... all ages to lead independent lives. All neighbourhoods are different and the older people who live in them have diverse priorities and needs. But there are common issues that many older people report need
