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such as high blood pressure or diabetes. The greatest benefits are gained when you start taking part in regular physical activity even if you’ve been inactive for a while. You will notice the difference ... friend • varying the activities you do will help maintain your interest and challenge your body • in warmer weather, you may want to get out and about more. When it’s colder you may want to join an indoor
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can be challenging or even traumatising for people of any age. But older people in particular circumstances can be in serious danger. Those who rely on an oxygen machine or stairlift, who can’t easily ... alone may be at risk. The nightmare scenario is an older person alone and cut-off in a crisis – this is what we must work to avoid. The Government recognises that our changing climate poses a growing threat
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people might start to see the advantages that they are not currently aware of and become more interested in going online. It will, however, be necessary to ensure that attempts to encourage online use go beyond ... § To ensure that offline options remain available for older people - this is especially important in relation to essential public services § There is also a need to let business and government know that
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use of public transport ....................................................... 9 3.1 Bus services in case study areas ............................................................................... 9 ... bus services in many communities and at certain times, which is likely to be exacerbated by cuts in support for subsidised services. There are significant variations in the challenges faced in different
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positive news that vaccines to immunise against Covid-19 had been developed and will be rolled out in the coming months, with initial priority given to frontline health and social care workers as well ... Wales have given in their local communities during what has been a difficult year. Thank you to everyone who has perhaps looked out for a friend, neighbour or loved one, helped with shopping and prescriptions
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the 14 million people in the UK and 846 million people internationally who have now reached later life, but also to speak for the long-term interests of every one of us, working to ensure that experiences ... training and research. Our partners Age UK works with partners in the UK and across the world. We work with Age Cymru, Age Scotland and Age NI and with local Age UKs in communities across England. Internationally
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our in-depth survey of older people’s experiences of the lock-down in Wales has highlighted some serious difficulties and hardships. The survey, funded by the Welsh Government, was carried out in partnership ... the survey providing an invaluable insight into older people’s experiences in terms of what were the biggest worries, what worked well, and how we need to proceed as we look towards the challenges that winter
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and donors we would be unable to carry out the vital work we do for older people in Wales. We respect the fact there are many older, vulnerable people in the communities where we operate, so we abide by a ... charter to give our supporters peace of mind. You can be sure we would never knock on people's doors in order to ask for donations and we'll never sell your personal information to other organisations. Our
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experiencing or achieving a good later life. There are huge differences among the older population, with some in a much better position than others. At the moment life is even more restricted and miserable for those ... experiencing are recognised in plans for Covid reconstruction. Poverty and voice • 120,000 pensioners in Wales live in poverty (i) • It’s estimated that 80,000 households in Wales that are eligible for
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Age Cymru and we’re delighted to be able to share with you the findings of the survey we conducted in partnership with National Pensioners’ Convention Wales, Pensioners Forum Wales, Cymru Older Peoples’ ... experienced, both good and bad, to plan for the future and make sure the services and support people need are in place. We’re also pleased to share with you the findings of our survey Older Carers, For the Moment
