Benefits and financial help 9 Benefits calculators 10 Financial support 11 Help with Council Tax 13 Working carers 16 Complaints 17 NHS Service 20 Organisations to support you 22 • National organisations ... neighbours. Supporting Carers Caring can have an impact on many aspects of your life – from money and work to health and wellbeing. For many carers, they see themselves less as a ‘carer’ and more as a partner
some form of work in the early years of retirement creates an opportunity to defer accessing retirement savings and grow savings further. This clearly requires the ability to continue to work, although research ... such as setting up your own business, would also assist for those fit enough to continue working. Reengaging with work some years after retirement is a possibility (nessessity) for some. Career advisors could
social care in Wales Plaid Cymru Care Commission February 2019 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 ... organisations which receive referrals from contracted IAA services must be properly funded for the work they do. Without this funding, these services are not sustainable. Theme 3: Role of the non-statutory
experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales2 About this research During March and April 2024, Age Cymru worked in partnership with the four national older people’s organisations to understand what really matters ... struggle now as I have to depend on my family or relatives to get me to appointments. My children work and are busy with their own lives. I struggle as I have to use public transportation to get to my
Particular areas of focus in financial services in the recent past have been payment systems (including work on the future of cheques); access to banking more generally (for example accessibility of telephone ... almost 30% in the next 20 yearsii. Yet Age UK research in 2011 found that payment systems were not working well for many older peopleiii. New developments that make it harder to obtain wages and benefits
collaborative working with local and regional partners. • Resources – effectively using internal resources and gaining ‘buy-in’ from all. What were the successes of the programme? New approaches to working with ... gardening activities, organising a summer day out, walks, and looking to develop ‘men in sheds’, working with a local dementia association.’ ‘Staff are braver about delivering sessions to people with dementia
guidance for social care managers and social workers November 2018 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 ... Halifax and British Gas. The group’s aim is to make Wales a safer place for vulnerable people by working as a partnership of organisations that can influence change in areas where scammers currently operate
year, providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. We are local We work as part of a network of independent charities which includes Age UK; our national partners Age Cymru ... and hundreds of smaller organisations called Age UK Friends and Forums. We are international We work with our international subsidiary charity, Age International, to fund programmes in over 30 developing
loneliness in older age. We are a network of national, regional and local organisations and people working together through community action, good practice, research and policy to create the right conditions ... Manchester City Council, Royal Voluntary Service and Sense, and work alongside more than 2,000 supporters, all tackling loneliness in older age. Our work is funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Tudor
Senedd Health and Social Care Committee September 2022 Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... their NHS dentist (if they have been able to register with an NHS dentist at all), as they need dental work immediately • Poor or no communication from dental practices on treatment availability and how moves