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response Impact of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 in relation to carers Welsh Assembly August 2018 Introduction 1. Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older ... older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for
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Do you know how to avoid the latest scams targeting your money and personal data? With the help of our varied guides, we'll help you spot and avoid scams.
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Cymru’s age awareness training will enhance the understanding and skills of your customer service staff, improving the quality of customer service provided to older customers, ensuring they feel valued
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About the research This is Age Cymru’s second annual report on delays in access to social care in Wales for people aged 55 and over. Last year our dementia advocacy project, HOPE (Helping others to participate ... A year on we wanted to know if the changes local authorities told us about last year were making improvements to older people’s access to social care. Conclusions 1. A picture is emerging of a less healthy
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the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 5 3 What is community landlord housing? 7 3.1 Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) 8 4 How can you get community landlord housing? 8 4.1 Being eligible to apply ... waiting list 13 5.4 Can you apply to more than one local authority? 13 5.5 ‘Common housing registers’ 14 6 Local authority allocation schemes 14 6.1 Who gets priority on the list – ‘reasonable preference’
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Gifts in wills are vital to Age Cymru, and mean that years from now, people in later life will have someone to turn to if they’re feeling vulnerable, lonely and forgotten.
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Getting your affairs in order and thinking about your care needs Thinking about end of life 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by ... Panel at www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. We want to include real voices of real people in our guides. We’d love to hear about your experiences. Email us at stories@ageuk.org.uk. This
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Briefing: The free bus pass This briefing note provides information about the free bus pass in England and explains Age UK’s views. (Policy on the bus pass is devolved to local administrations in Scotland ... Ireland and Wales - where there are differences in the application of travel concessions). February 2016 Contact: joe.oldman@ageuk.org.uk 2 Who qualifies for a bus pass? A minimum standard for
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Consultation Response Ref 1916 Department for Business Innovation & Skills call for evidence on improving the consumer landscape and quicker switching June 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only ... only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Phil
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United Nations Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom (3rd Cycle) Ref: 3316 September 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Katherine Hill, Policy Manager, Equality and Human Rights
