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Spending Review reveals the extent of the cuts to local government spending. Many councils are already working hard, in anticipation of a severely reduced settlement, to make efficiency savings and re-align and ... and leadership from the top, and older people at the heart of decision-making. Local authorities, working with other local public sector bodies, companies, charities and community organisations, will need
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active women 18 Cluster 3 comprises men who live in the largest households 19 Cluster 4 comprises working women with modest means 20 Cluster 5, all retired, forms the largest cluster 21 Cluster 6 faces ... Age UK conducted statistical analysis on a sample of 4,547 people born between 1946 and 1960. Using a range of indicators across economic, health, social and demographic domains, the analysis resulted
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AgeUKIG10 Information and advice directory. Useful contacts. 2 Information written with you in mind. This information guide has been produced with the help of older people, carers and expert peer reviewers ... any specialist knowledge at all. Join our Readers’ Panel at www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and
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action and cannot be used as a substitute for professional medical advice. Neither Age UK nor any of its subsidiary companies or charities accepts any liability arising from its use and it is the reader’s ... Safety when cooking 18 Safety outside 20 Home security 22 In case of an emergency 23 Your notes 24 Useful organisations 25 2 Home safety checker What this guide is about It’s important that we feel safe
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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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Age Cymru Summer edition 2024 No quiet summer for us with a general election announced Victoria Lloyd, Chief Executive Rishi Sunak surprised all of us, Age Cymru included, when he announced his intention ... the Welsh Government’s advice on how to make better use of your local nurse practitioners. And as usual we’re also asking you to do some work and tell us how the Welsh Government proposals to raise the social
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We appreciate the efforts that have been put into developing timelines within the plan, but further work is needed. We have some concerns that the target times for reducing waiting times simply refer to ... in previous surveys. They told us of long delays with treatment, surgery and ongoing care than in any previous surveys. One respondent to our most recent survey told us of their reduced physical health
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The Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has brought these inequalities into stark relief and those of us who are most negatively affected by inequality have also been those most negatively affected by the ... overlooked. This report brings together findings from a survey, carried out in June 2020, of 72 advocates working across Wales. Advocates shared urgent concerns which reflect not only the restrictions that the pandemic
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resources 16 Regulation of Social Care Act (2016) 16 National Outcomes Framework for Advocacy 18 Useful reports and documents 19 7. Analysis 21 Advocacy services funded specifically for older people in ... individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice, choice and control over achieving
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we protect volunteers by making sure that volunteers are well looked after and that they’re fit to work. It’s important that volunteers are treated with respect and dignity. As a volunteer, your gift of ... 5TD. © Age Cymru 2023 ● Ensure that volunteers operate in a safe working environment. ● Ensure that volunteers understand and work within [name of Care Home] ’s professional boundaries, and policies
