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describing how they would just do what the doctor told them. These speak to big gaps in how we would want care professionals to communicate with older people about their care, impacting on how involved they
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receive training in ‘helping people to manage risks effectively so that they can still do things they want to do’ and learn to develop a ‘risk enablement’ mindset. 10 Short 8 5 Line 5 here should be changed
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org directory is an example of one such deliverable and has been designed to help individuals who want to shop around to connect with a professional financial intermediary who can help them. Page 4
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methods to normal. The Welsh Government have advised that “video appointments will be offered if doctors want more information than a telephone call can provide. In these cases, surgeries can provide simple instructions
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lonely; people may need to be supported and encouraged to participate and engage. Eight People still want to be involved in decisions about their lives, no matter how old they are. Nine Not enough is known ... the preconceptions we hold about this fourth age if we are to create the sort of world we would all want to live in as a 90-year-old. This book brings together a distinguished array of contributors to provide
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priorities • Progress has been made in tackling pensioner poverty, but more can be achieved. Age UK wants to see poverty halved by 2020. • The new single-tier State Pension starting in April 2016 will be ... immediate and significant boost in funding for care Care assessments to take account of the way people want to live Better skills and infrastructure across NHS to plan care for older people Stronger GP and
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making sure at least two trustees are named for any gifts left to beneficiaries under 18. You may want to wait at least six months after probate is granted before distributing the estate in case any claims ... and HMRC. www.gov.uk/tell-us-once Can you help Age UK? Personal details Gift Aid declaration Yes, I want Age UK and its partner organisations* to treat all donations I have made for the four years prior
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improving the design of retirement housing. However, the majority of older people do not necessarily want to live in specialised housing and for many it simply not available to them locally. In the 5 short ... Government has discussed the benefits of families supporting older parents or relatives at home. It wants to make it easier to build annexes to facilitate sons and daughters providing care for older parents
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suicide, assisting a suicide was. Because of her disease, Ms Pretty could not commit suicide alone and wanted her husband to help her. As the authorities refused her request, she complained that her husband ... due to his Muslim faith he would want to be revived if his condition deteriorated. Doctors say resuscitation would not be in the best interests of Patient L and do not want to revive him if his condition
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the time the GP phones, the person is unprepared for the conversation or has forgotten what they wanted to discuss. Length of appointment time is also an issue. Inability to access GPs can increase pressure
