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experiences of Covid19. We continue to support the focus, commitments and ambitions of the Welsh Government in respect of older unpaid carers, while recognising the need for more work to be undertaken to ... toilets across Wales. With reference to public transport, Age Cymru recently responded to Welsh Government’s consultation on the new Wales Transport Strategy, and our response highlighted that we would wish
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and not being able to relax • finding no pleasure in things you used to enjoy. 9 Changes within your body: • having aches and pains with no obvious physical cause • getting pins and needles a lot • moving
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goodbye from GTAP Since April 2016 the Golden Thread Advocacy Programme (GTAP), funded by Welsh Government, has been working with a wide range of stakeholders across Wales to support the commissioning of ... Connects and Age Cymru, to secure funding to deliver another three year project funded by Welsh Government. The HOPE Project Helping Others Participate and Engage will be starting in April 2020 and
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welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry into the way the Government has communicated the new State Pension changes and the issues people are facing in understanding ... concerns about groups who could receive less as a result of the reforms. We also believe that the Government should consider how to bring those who are already pensioners, or will reach State Pension age
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ovide fair and good value housing equity release products, with highest trust being placed on government related financial institutions (such as the Sparkasse in Germany) • Current housing equity r ... older age. As part of the Care Act 2014, and based on Dilnot Commission proposals, from April 2016 the Government will introduce a cap of £72,000 on the amount a person must pay for care. This will not inclu
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good housing situation. Having informal support from family and friends, as well as support from government in the form of welfare payments, free bus passes, free prescriptions and support from local authorities ... 1994/95 – 2015/16, DWP, 2017. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201516 iii https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563
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to address the potential for violent action from those holding extremist or fixated views. The Government announcement on 30 June 2016 that the Home Office would be publishing a new action plan on hate ... at present a widely recognised concept and is not part of the broader debate on the issue. The Government’s new action plan for tackling hate crime Action Against Hate make no reference at all to the experiences
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make progress against the Five Year Forward View. There are significant funding pressures across government that risk undermining the aims of the mandate, in particular the continued squeeze on social care ... are a number of factors that must be recognized and acknowledged by the Department of Health and government in setting out their objectives for NHS England. Older people are disproportionately facing
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org.uk/benefits Get Ready for Winter with Age Cymru and Nest Age Cymru is working with the Welsh Government Warm Homes Nest scheme to help older people in Wales prepare for the colder months ahead. The ... toolkit ‘Human Rights are Lifetime Rights’ that can be used by older people and anyone who The Welsh Government Warm Homes Nest scheme aims to make homes warmer and more energy-efficient places to live. Nest
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the lack of knowledge of many healthcare professionals. Whilst Welsh Government has encouraged GP surgeries to take up Welsh Government funded dementia training, there is clearly a need for improved training ... initiative, idea or process has changed general practice for the better for you? In 2015, the Welsh Government refreshed its position on primary care, envisaging a more ‘social’ model of health that promotes
