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innovative partnership project led by Age Cymru, working with Woody’s Lodge, and Age Alliance Wales members to support older military veterans across Wales.
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Phillips, Age Cymru's Volunteer Officer and find out what her roles involved and how it makes a difference to older people in Wales.
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It's hard to believe, but people still die from influenza and its complications. Find out how you can protect yourself.
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Cold Weather Payment is an annual payment to help with heating costs. Find out if you can claim Cold Weather Payment.
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organisations and individuals seeking to improve on the Care Act’s recognition of the need for financial advice. The Centre represents a significant expansion in terms of scope and output to include policy briefings and ... questions about funding retirement more broadly. And critically it will focus on developing ideas and solutions to these questions. We think that the artificial separation of retirement funding from care funding
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older people covering personal care such as being able to bathe, dress, mobility and toileting. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) relate to domestic tasks such as shopping, cooking and housework ... 80 and above.1 Many different scales have been developed to measure ADLs and these have been used in surveys, reflecting different approaches to defining and measuring disability.2 They share a focus on
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will need to consider how to access their cash or to pay for goods and services whilst they’re isolating at home. Many people will be anxious about how to access funds to pay for shopping/goods. To help reduce ... the person you’re supporting to give their post office or bank a call to discuss which available methods of accessing cash best suit their needs. • Not take cash or cards to pay for goods or services. There
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Government priority order for the COVID-19 vaccination programme Priority groups 1 to 9 1. People living in a care home for older adults and their carers. 2. All those 80 years of age and older and frontline ... advising them to shield at the beginning of the pandemic, plus a couple of other communications from the CMO at other stages). 5. All those 65 years of age and over. 6. All individuals aged 16 years to 64 years
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If you’re concerned about someone Utilities Getting advice Keeping well at home Support groups and charities Supporting people to prepare If they develop coronavirus symptoms If you develop coronavirus symptoms ... can get further support by contacting Age Cymru Advice on 08000 223 444, available 9:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, or email advice@agecymru.org.ukIf the person you’re helping is aged under 50, you
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responses on how the public provision of free-to-client, impartial financial guidance should be structured to give consumers the information they need to make financial decisions. There is a specific focus ... financial guidance is vital to encourage people to engage with financial services – industry information is a complement, not a substitute. The Government should develop a strategy to build capacity for supporting
