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also includes Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI. Internationally, we support programme and policy work in lower- and middle-income countries through our partner and subsidiary charity Age International ... legislation, such as a Convention for the Rights of Older Persons, would help make existing agreements work better for older people, raise awareness of the rights of older people, and fill gaps in legislation
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individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice, choice and control over achieving ... recommendations to address the barriers. In response, the Welsh Government announced a programme of work that includes key elements relating to advocacy. This report looks at all types of advocacy provision
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individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice, choice and control over achieving ... recommendations to address the barriers. In response, the Welsh Government announced a programme of work that includes key elements relating to advocacy. This report looks at all types of advocacy provision
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make assumptions about sexual orientation or gender identity. Nonjudgemental, relationship-based working is key.30 End-of-life care End-of-life can be particularly difficult time for older LGB individuals ... As people grow older however, the conflicts experienced by religious and/or spiritual LGB persons ‘work towards resolution’ and there is European evidence that older people may show higher levels of spiritual
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Sport Committee National Assembly for Wales July 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 ... 2019. System-wide working and person-centred care According to the Explanatory Memorandum, one purpose of the Bill is to ensure that improving quality becomes a system-wide way of working, with the focus
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Objectives 2020 – 2024 Welsh Government November 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 ... to the new Strategy for an Ageing Society which ‘adopts a rights based approach’ as we believe that work is needed to increase knowledge and raise awareness of the rights of older people across Wales. For
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and Think Local Act Personal, in May 2013. Together they will help commissioners and providers to work together with older people, to design care and support that will be successful in achieving the outcomes ... significant to them, but do not always apply to other groups. National Voices, UCLPartners and Age UK, working with other partners and with older people themselves, set out to examine whether this was true. We
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thanks to those of you who took part, and you’ll see the results of that survey filter into much of the work featured in this edition. We’ll also update you on several of our campaigns such as maintaining face-to-face ... similar interests. Please reach out and contact us if you need further information about any of the work inside this edition and let us know about your experiences as an older person in Wales. Enjoy! Make
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determinations by the Rent Officer 26 7 DWP Guidance 26 Useful organisations 28 Age UK 29 Support our work 29 Glossary AA – Attendance Allowance ADP – Adult Disability Payment (Scotland) AFIP – Armed Forces ... Credit DHP – Discretionary Housing Payment DLA – Disability Living Allowance DWP – Department for Work & Pensions EEA – European Economic Area ESA – Employment and Support Allowance HB – Housing Benefit
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in particular includes many wider social and economic rights, such as the rights to fair and just working conditions, to healthcare and to have personal data protected. Strengthening the rights of older ... view to further shrinking the protection gap. The international dimension In this context, Age UK’s work with Age International to promote a UN Convention on the Rights of Older People becomes ever more
