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despite the introduction of the Equality Act 2010. We believe that everyone should be able to remain in work as long as they desire and are capable of doing so, and no-one should be disadvantaged because of ... believe that work is needed to increase knowledge and raise awareness of the rights of older people across Wales. The Welsh Government has stated that it is taking forward a programme of work that aims to
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into a care home 13 10 Other entitlements at retirement 13 10.1 Stopping work before reaching State Pension age 13 10.2 Working after State Pension age 13 Age UK factsheet 19 April 2024 State Pension Page ... Checking your NI record 21 12.2 NI contributions in work 21 12.3 NI credits 22 12.4 Voluntary NI contributions 24 Useful organisations 25 Age UK 27 Support our work 27 Glossary AA – Attendance Allowance ADP –
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client group. The reduction is from 44 to 41 services. There are 54 full time paid advocates working across Wales with 10 of those delivering advocacy specifically to older people. Both these figures ... of those delivering advocacy specifically to older people. There are 51 volunteer advocates working in a variety of advocacy services across Wales. There are 21 fewer paid advocates and 15 fewer
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3 As we all live longer, more of us will need to get out and about as consumers, to volunteer, to work and as care givers. We will need to ensure that those who are less mobile or not online are not left ... context for local government, service providers and the communities they serve, there is a real need to work together to remove the barriers older people face to participating in their communities. Our vision
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landlords and tenants varied. Those in regulated tenancies had good and bad experiences. However, clear working practices were generally being pursued with those in assured shorthold tenancies n insecurity of ... were widowed or divorced. Others lived with their spouse or with adult children. Some were still working and others were retired. Although some people were in good health, the majority had some sort of
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mainstream services more friendly to people living with dementia. It is based on our experience of working with more than 70 local Age UKs from 2012–2015 as part of the Dementia Friendly Programme, initially ... ‘The Place’ – how accessible is your environment? How accessible is the information you produce? Working with your local and regional partners Making use of internal resources Empowering your team to understand
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This edition you can find out how to get hold of a copy of our Winter Wrapped Up guide and about the work Nest are doing in Wales to help with energy issues which is particularly pertinent when energy prices ... please let us know, together our voices for change are stronger. There are some great stories on the work of all local Age Cymru partners and opportunities for you to get involved. Until next time. Victoria
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PHASE 3 IMPLEMENTATION – REGULATED ADVOCACY SERVICES AUGUST 2018 Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... individuals.” It is therefore inappropriate for Regulation 10 to state that advocacy service providers must work to Social Care Wales 2 guidance on the professional duty of candour, as this would create conflicts
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Age UK work with our national partners Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI to influence administrations across the UK where issues are devolved. Age UK also supports programme and policy work in lower- ... that different forms of abuse often occur simultaneously - also present a challenge to agencies to work in partnership to tackle abuse holistically. Social protection There are 1.7 million older people
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social services is to cases of abuse, as well as the extent to which different agencies are able to work together in response to cases.’ The Care Act (2014) sets out a new definition of those who may be ... to recover from financial abuse than younger people because they have less time and opportunity to work and produce investment growth;68 69 recovering from financial abuse may also mean that assets like
