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eligible for? 16 Heating your home efficiently 17 Winter myths 20 Useful organisations 23 Helpful telephone numbers 27 Supporting the work of Age Cymru 28 With a little preparation, and by following some ... offer further information and advice about your options. Their contact details can be found in the ‘Useful organisations’ section (see pages 23-26). Contact details for organisations near you can usually
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rights, represent their interests and obtain the services they need. • “Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership with the people they support and take their side. • “Advocacy promotes social inclusion ... injustice and discrimination • Independent Professional Advocacy is free from conflict of interest and works with individuals less-able who would otherwise be unable to participate in decisions being made about
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covers a wide range of services that are provided in a number of different locations. The term can be used to designate any service that is designed to help people who have support needs to live well1 and ... Screening Tool’ (MUST), should be used as an integral part of care plan reviews. Different models of funding for lunch clubs should be explored by local authorities working with the third sector to allow
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Falls awareness education resource pack Key stage 2 2 Falls awareness education resource pack How to use this resource Falling over is a leading cause of injuries, especially among older adults, however, ... upper age ranges. This resource is a useful tool to support working towards the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes (WNHSS) National Quality Award. It can be used to promote, protect and embed the physical
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PHASE 3 IMPLEMENTATION – REGULATED ADVOCACY SERVICES AUGUST 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 ... individuals.” It is therefore inappropriate for Regulation 10 to state that advocacy service providers must work to Social Care Wales 2 guidance on the professional duty of candour, as this would create conflicts
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to all of us simply because we’re human. They embody the key values which underpin our society such as fairness, dignity, equality and respect. They are an important means of protection for us all, especially ... especially those who may face abuse, neglect and isolation. Most importantly, these rights give us power and enable us to speak up and to challenge poor treatment from a public authority. As we age, we're still
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achieve the aspirations of the Act.Key points that we would like to underline: This tool is for you to use in an iterative way. It can be adapted and revisited as time passes We suggest you complete it in ... advocacy under the Act. Support the development of sustainable models for advocacy service delivery. Work with new and existing service providers to ensure they are tender ready for statutory advocacy commissioning
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each day will shine a light on an element of the Human Rights Act and what this means for each of us in our lives. The week-long campaign is coordinated by the National Development Team for Inclusion ... A range of regional advocacy provider networks have been developed across Wales to complement the work of the National Network for Adults Advocacy in Wales. The networks are an opportunity
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MAS’ development of the financial capability strategy, particularly the inclusion of workstreams on working age and older people. Older people should be a core target market fully integrated into MAS’ priorities ... harder to reach. Over 29 per cent of people aged 65-74 and almost 63 per cent of over 75s have never used the internet1. Given the diversity of issues and radical changes to the retirement landscape, older
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service users, information and advice services and also to social workers and health professionals who work directly with the potential beneficiaries of advocacy services. Increased training and information ... language, and knowledge and understanding of legislative changes in advocacy. Our evidence has been used to influence grant funders, commissioners, and Ministers in Welsh Government. We have called for an
