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6. Many people in their sixties and seventies enjoy good health and do not need any additional support with daily living, but as we move into our ninth decade and beyond this becomes less common and more ... increasing more rapidly than the increase among the general population. 7. Good quality, properly funded support for carers enables older people to live independently for longer in their own homes and communities
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there’s been poor progress or where existing regulations have not been implemented. We therefore fully support the stated objectives of the AAP to help deliver improved standards, greater consistency, better ... to hospital. (Please note we have only responded to questions where we have evidence or where we support a suggested action.) KEY POINTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS - The Government should review transport services
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service to provide some reassurances, answer basic queries and link people to local services and support. While some people just wanted to have a chat about the everyday things such as what they saw on ... and staff at the Older People’s Commissioners Office, Metro Bank, Thomas Carroll and Hugh James supported us so we could reach out to even more people. With many over 75s in Wales having no access to the
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good idea to find out the number for your local council. They'll be able to provide a lot of the support and information mentioned in this guide. My local council phone number is: As far as possible, the ... related to your condition to see if they can help you with travel costs. For example, Macmillan Cancer Support (page 42) may be able to help with travel costs for frequent cancer treatment. • Check with your
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Advocacy services are essential to ensure that every older person has a voice and receives the support they need. The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 places statutory duties upon local ... that information and advice services should deliver a person-centred approach to ensure that the support on offer is bespoke to that individual’s needs and situation. Having voice and control over decisions
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Guidance’ 13 2.6 Welsh Government’s assessment guidance for people with care and support needs under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 13 2.7 Welsh Government ... assessment process 30 7.5 Making decisions and giving your consent 31 8 Advocacy services – for support during the care needs assessment and care planning processes 33 8.1 What is advocacy? 33 8.2 Advocacy
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worries about whether to turn on the heating or skip a meal to save money. As well as providing many support services such as Information and Advice, Age Cymru will continue to be the strong voice for all older ... made 9021 friendship calls We supported 18,490 older people 470 people with 705 issues through our HOPE programme Our volunteers donated 26,655 hours of their time to support older people 1347 people through
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dementia • We are only able to support the person and not the carer although by supporting the person with dementia it is likely to make the carer’s life better anyway. • We can support anyone over 18 as we’ve ... we’ve been asked to support people with early onset. We don’t take anything that should be picked up by a statutory advocate but our remit is still very wide ranging and not time limited as long as we still
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. 16 Appendix A: Social support ................................................................................................................... 17 Sources of social support ....................... ... different generations find it hard to communicate outside of families.80 In theory, interventions that support intergenerational interaction could improve community engagement and reduce loneliness. 4 The impact
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continuing healthcare 16 7 Support services for people who are eligible for direct payments (and have mental capacity) 17 7.1 Support services provided by local ... local authorities 18 7.2 Support from a person the service user wishes to help them 18 8 ‘Suitable person’ rules where a service user lacks
