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older people; the one in four working adults in poverty today are all too likely to become the poor pensioners of 2030 or 2040. Gavin Thomas provides an insight into the work of Age Cymru Advice and how ... Phillips describes the work of the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) with reference to improving financial wellbeing amongst older people. The article highlights that 57% of working age adults in Wales don’t
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as they could take several days to clear and thereby leave someone out of pocket. • Pre-paid cards work in a similar way to mobile telephone top-up cards whereby the card can be topped up at Post Offices ... donating blood. • to avoid injury or illness. • travelling to and from work, but only where it’s not reasonably practicable to work from home. • visit a cemetery, burial ground or garden of remembrance
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older people, it is vital that lessons are learned and planning is in place to prevent such damaging effects in the future. Prevention and earlier intervention work is compromised when older people are unable ... domiciliary care provider for a service user when their usual care company’s employee was away from work ill, leaving a highly vulnerable older person without vital support. The announcement of this Senedd
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Age Cymru runs a number of physical activity programmes including nordic walking, tai chi and low impact functional training.
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older people that need us, we’re encouraging people to support us by counting steps in October and working with us to raise the funds to deliver our vital services. Read on to find out how to get involved ... we’re so grateful for the difference they make. Covid-19 continues to be the backdrop for all of our work and we know that many people will be reassured by the recent news that Covid Boosters will be provided
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re-assigning annuity income in exchange for a cash lump sum can be created, including how the process should work and what consumer protections might be necessary. Key points and recommendations Polling undertaken ... back from the annuity provider for consumers with low value annuities. It is essential the reforms work for consumers with low value annuities. If the new market fails to deliver a fair, transparent and
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org/energy What to do if things go wrong 4 Ombudsman Services Ofgem requires all energy companies to work with the energy ombudsman to resolve complaints that have not been dealt with within eight weeks, ... online? If you don’t feel confident doing this, you could always ask a friend or relative to help. To learn more go to www.goenergyshopping.co.uk/winter Stay safe this winter – advice from Age UK 7 Winter protection
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Welsh Government should publish the results of the pilot study in mid and west Wales to test and learn how to offer easier access to welfare benefits advice for older people and their carers, with a view ... independent advocacy service should they wish to use it. Welsh Government and local authorities should work together with the voluntary sector to ensure the existence of sustainable advocacy services and enable
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million people in 2015–16, and our Advice Service team dealt with around 260,000 enquiries. Years of working with and listening to older people in different circumstances has given us a wealth of knowledge ... negative and false beliefs about ageing can actually harm people’s physical and mental health; people learn to expect poor health as they get older which can lead to bad health.5 So ‘older consumers’ are really
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provide simple instructions about how people can access the free and easy-touse technology that will work with their smartphone, tablet or PC”. If the person you’re supporting is unsure about accessing virtual
