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Foreword ......................................................................................... 2 What does the July Budget mean for older people? ........................ 3 Overview ...................... ... Summer 2015 Page | 1 Key insights in this issue Inequality The Budget did little to help to close the gap between the richest and the poorest pensioners The Budget allows more affluent older people
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Ageing Evidence Review This evidence review is part of a series produced by Age UK, in order to provide evidence to underpin decision-making for people involved in commissioning, service development, fundraising ... healthy ageing 6 3 The need for healthy ageing services 8 4 What kind of factors and approaches address these issues? 14 5 Services delivered and their effectiveness 20 6 Services in other countries 26
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related TV licence policy BBC February 2019 Introduction 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 healthy and ... 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 awareness of the issues of importance to them. We
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Younger people sample = 26 Online survey conducted with young people Where did you hear about the Technology Together opportunities? Older survey respondents Younger survey respondents 13 out ... 2 out of 26 from word of mouth Of the 26 young people who responded, no one heard about the project via social media channels (e.g. Facebook, twitter) Of the 41 older people who responded, only single-digit
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AGE UK: Supporting Older Carers of Those Nearing the End of Life LANCASTER UNIVERSITY EVALUATION OF SIX PILOT PROJECTS Final Report Commissioned by Age UK 1st September 2011 to 31st September 2013 Dr ... of Life Care Faculty of Health and Medicine Lancaster University i Executive Summary: This report presents findings from an independent evaluation commissioned by National Age UK through the Department
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friendly Wales The Role of an Appropriate Individual Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy) March 2020 2 3 Introduction The importance of the role of the appropriate individual is established in paragraph 47 ... of the revised Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy)1 (“the Code”) under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (“the Act”). The role is then set out in Chapter 13 of the Code, “When is an individual
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1 Public Policy Statement Safeguarding older people May 2021 Summary We all have the right to live free from abuse of any kind. Our age or circumstances should have no bearing or effect on this basic ... welcome proposals in Welsh Government’s Strategy for an Ageing Society Strategy to implement a national plan to prevent abuse of older people.3 Legislation is an essential component of safeguarding adults;
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The primary role of a Listen and Connect Volunteer is to: Empathetically listen to callers and where necessary, signpost them at their request Talk to callers being non-judgemental, confidential and compassionate; ... compassionate; and explore the issues that are important to them Provide our clients with time and space to listen to their stories and concerns, and offer reflection and support to help them find their
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support the application of the Framework for Commissioning Independent Professional Advocacy for Adults under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 Contents Introduction and aims of the toolkit ... toolkit 2 How to use the toolkit 3 1 More about advocacy 4 2 The legislative requirements and procedures 8 3 The circumstances when it is appropriate to use independent professional advocacy 11 4 How
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Setting the mandate to NHS England for 2016 to 2017 Ref: 3515 Date: November 2015 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or ... or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Name: Tom Gentry Email: tom.gentry@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House
