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leading 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 to high quality services ... 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 welcome the opportunity to respond to the consultation
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Road, London N1 9UZ. Consultation response 2 The OFT is conducting a study into the issues relating to the supply of goods and services for people living in remote communities. The call for evidence does ... does not define ‘remote communities’, but captures a broad understanding based on how long it takes to access goods and services and population scarcity. This includes UK islands communities, the Scottish
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the cold –1 older person every 7 minutes and at the root of this problem are cold, poorly insulated homes. The issue Facts and figures Winter deaths 2.5 million avoidable deaths over the last 60 years ... numbers dying have more than doubled since 2013/14 when there were 15,900 excess winter deaths Cold homes cost the NHS £1.36 billion per year Fuel poor 2.35 million fuel poor households in England, including
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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 ... the same 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:
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Human rights belong to all of us simply because we are human. They embody key values in our society such as fairness, dignity, equality and respect.
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older people’s rights are not being upheld and promoted. Which is why we have redoubled our efforts to understand older people’s hopes, fears and aspirations during these difficult times. We’ve also made ... Similarly, our manifesto launched for the forthcoming Welsh Government elections urges our politicians to promote and protect the rights of older people. This edition also has a timely reminder about the importance
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Information about this factsheet 4 2 What is Council Tax? 4 3 Who has to pay the Council Tax? 5 3.1 Challenging liability 6 4 Are you eligible to pay less Council Tax? 7 5 Are you in the right Council Tax band ... 10 Council Tax Premiums on ‘long-term’ empty properties, or second homes 19 10.1 Background – discounts may previously have been likely in these instances
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beyond 'a cap' set at a generous level to benefit future recipients, to include properly funded, practical measures for improving the quality of and access to care for older people in need of it today ... We would be pleased to discuss these matters further with your officials. Providing adequate funding for the NHS: the Government should provide adequate funding for the NHS to both meet the needs of
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1 Option 2 Advocacy Services in Neath Port Talbot In addition to the services above, the MCA, MHA and SSWB Acts set out statutory rights to advocacy. If they apply, you may also choose from the services ... act, under guardianship or subject to a community treatment order or in hospital informally receiving treatment for their mental health? If so, they have a legal right to an IMHA (Independent Mental Health
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Option 1 Option 2 Advocacy Services in Swansea In addition to the services above, the MCA, MHA and SSWB Acts set out statutory rights to advocacy. If they apply, you may also choose from the services below ... act, under guardianship or subject to a community treatment order or in hospital informally receiving treatment for their mental health? If so, they have a legal right to an IMHA (Independent Mental Health
