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issues around funding and sustainability, quality of service, training of advocates, advocacy and its role in safeguarding, accessibility in terms of language, and knowledge and understanding of legislative ... advocates working in a variety of advocacy services across Wales. There are 21 fewer paid advocates and 15 fewer volunteer advocates specifically supporting older people than reported in Advocacy Counts
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families, unpaid carers and care staff supporting a person moving to live in a care home. 2 Age Cymru: Making relationships count Introduction This guide focuses on the practical and emotional issues people ... needs of older carers and the value of engaging them as experts in the care of the person they care for. It also provides insights from care home staff. This guide will: • Share some supportive strategies
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1 Diversity in older people and access to services – an evidence review By: Jo Moriarty and Jill Manthorpe A report of research carried out by the Social Care Workforce Research Unit ... obtained. Date: 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9568731-5-6 This report has been produced for Age UK by Jo Moriarty and Jill Manthorpe of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College London. Any views expressed
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Consultation Response A Healthier Wales: A Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales September 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading ... healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise
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people (50+) and carers all over Wales. The HOPE project (Helping others to participate and engage) was officially launched on 6 October 2020 with the support of Deputy Minister Julie Morgan and Welsh celebrity ... celebrity Roy Noble. HOPE is a partnership project between Age Cymru, Age Cymru local partners and Age Connects Wales partners throughout Wales. The project is funded by Welsh Government under the Sustainable
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Summary Public and community transport are vitally important in helping older people to maintain independence and well-being. Such transport networks can ensure communities are wellconnected and that services ... services, facilities and amenities are accessible to older people. Without these, there is an increased risk that isolation and loneliness will impact upon people’s wellbeing. It is essential that older people
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We do this by addressing health inequality, reducing loneliness and isolation, improving retirement incomes and tackling poverty and discrimination against those in later life in all its forms. We also ... Research, and Professor Alan Walker from the New Dynamics of Ageing, for help identifying authors and research for this book. We also thank Age UK’s Research Department for assistance with editing. And not least
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aims to gather insights into the lived experience of care home residents during the Covid-19 pandemic and is funded by Welsh Government. This report details key themes that featured in the conversations ... recommendations and by using our care home data base, we were able to successfully in work with care homes to support them in using Zoom to connect with us. We needed to be sensitive and patient in our
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appropriate and proportionate evaluation Evaluations help identify what works and why, provide learning to improve effectiveness (of services), highlight good practice and unintended consequences and develop ... develop and test new ideas Evaluations help demonstrate potential cost savings, cost effectiveness and value for money of services being delivered The risk of not evaluating, or of poor evaluation,
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have a shared vision of an Age Friendly Wales and together we work to make life better for older people in Wales through our influencing and campaigning, through free, high quality information and advice ... advice and through a range of services available in our local communities. 2. What Age Cymru project is this for? We are seeking to develop a range of communication tools to support the work of our Dementia
