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About this consultation This consultation seeks views on consumers’ and businesses’ expectations for what the Post Office network should look like and how it should be operated. The current funding agreement ... everyone can love later life. Age UK provides information and advice to over 5 million people each year, runs public and parliamentary campaigns, provides training, and funds research exclusively focused on later
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insufficiency of care funding and the need for awareness campaigns so people know what the new care cap will deliver and what it will not. 3. Benefits of the proposals A number of those who participated ... participants who took part in the consultations agreed the principle of the cap would be beneficial only if it were accompanied by changes to eligibility criteria so that the system provided more support to
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and sensitivity • Interested in engaging with projects and activities • Outgoing and confident What can you gain from this role? Meet and make friendships with new people in a supportive environment ... training and induction • Support from the care home • Great experience for your CV, and work references if required • Understanding of dementia, how it affects those diagnosed and their families • A chance
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funds 41 Planning for 2012/13 and beyond 45 Public Benefit Reporting 45 Financial review 46 Welcome Money matters 6 Health & wellbeing 10 Home & care 16 Travel & lifestyle 20 Work & learning 24 Closer to ... us. Over 3 million people accessed our website for information and advice or to learn more about what we do and the products and services we offer. Our flagship Information and Advice service reached
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Government expects that most people will choose to do so. If people are not on line there will be other ways of accessing the service through what is described as ‘assisted digital’ support. The same digital ... services. These are: researching and checking what users need, designing and testing a prototype system, starting to deliver the service publically, and then live running. The first 25 digital services for individuals
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have care needs. It explains what Attendance Allowance is, the eligibility criteria, and how to make a claim. It explains what to do if you have a change of circumstance. If you have not reached State Pension ... change during the year. The information in this factsheet is applicable in England, Scotland and Wales. If you are in Northern Ireland, please contact Age NI for information. Contact details can be found at
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........................................................................................... 3 1.1 What we did........................................................................................... ... for older and disabled people with improvements to services. 3 1. Introduction Being able to get out and about is critical to the wellbeing of older people. Whether it is being able to go shopping, visit
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We spoke to Catherine and Remo who volunteer to make friendship calls to find out how volunteering with our vital service makes a difference to them and the people they call every week. Why did you decide ... It’s through these volunteering experiences that I found out about Age Cymru. Pre pandemic I was a Nordic Walking group leader, helping people get out of the house as well as getting exercise. I’ve been
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advocacy as a principle to support effective care and support. • Share a common understanding of what advocacy is and the particular role of independent professional advocacy. • Make the advocacy offer ... It recognises that self-advocacy – whereby people, perhaps with encouragement and support, speak out and act on their own behalf. The spectrum of advocacy is illustrated within the Framework document
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be in debt? 13 Moving into problem debt 14 Factors associated with moving into problem debt 15 What is the impact of problem debt? 16 Conclusions 17 Recommendations 18 The research found that among ... were found to have problem debts more than once. • Problem debt can develop quickly – nearly three out of 10 (28 per cent) of those who started to have problem debts had no unsecured debt two years earlier
