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Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe that older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access ... services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. Introduction We are pleased
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3 of 76 9.2 Disability-related benefits 34 10 A ‘Minimum Income Amount’ for people in care homes who are receiving local authority assistance towards the ... financial affairs and/or welfare decisions 55 18 Acting on behalf of an older person who lives in a care home 56 18.1 As an attorney appointed
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towards older people and ageing are pervasive in our society. In common with most other forms of discrimination, ageism is based on inaccurate stereotypes, and often in the case of older people, assumptions ... effect of ageism is that older people frequently experience discriminatory treatment. As a result society is failing to benefit fully from the valuable resources that older people offer – as potential employees
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driven by the needs and aspirations of people in late life. Our vision is a world in which older people flourish. Our mission is to improve the lives of older people, wherever they live. We are a registered ... together talents, services and solutions to enrich the lives of people in later life. Age UK provides information and advice to over 5 million people each year, runs public and parliamentary campaigns, provides
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in areas of brain health related to human cognition. The GCBH focuses on brain health relating to peoples’ ability to think and reason as they age, including aspects of memory, perception and judgment. The ... possible advice about what older adults can do to maintain and improve their brain health. GCBH members come together to discuss specific lifestyle issue areas that may impact peoples’ brain health as they
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Mental Health Advocacy Service 01745 813999 admin@cadmhas.co.uk Older People and carers Age Cymru HOPE project Support for older people (50+) and carers 029 2043 1555 advocacy@agecymru.org.uk DEWIS CIL ... 588366 advocacy@dewiscil.org.uk TGP Cymru - Independent professional advocacy for children/young people who are on the CP register,LAC, CIN or Care Leavers 0800 111 6880 northwalesadvocacy@tgpcymru.org
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• You may already be a ‘Friend’ Why is a ‘Friend’ necessary? • Many people in Wales have family nearby who are their support during this time, but others, individuals or couples, who are social distancing ... or shielding and don’t have this support may need other people they know to help them. What would be the alternative without a ‘Friend’? • People could become lonely and increasingly fearful, which could
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charities form the Age UK Group, dedicated to helping more people love later life. ID000000 03/17 Creating a ‘Career MOT at 50’ Helping people keep working and save for later life An Age UK discussion ... longer essential, and there is a clear need to help people plan their future careers as they approach the latter part of their working life. Many people are likely to struggle to stay in work, and we believe
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support for older people 2 ...a narrative for co-ordinated support for older people We all like categories. They help us make sense of the world and feel more comfortable. And so we have ‘young people’; ‘middle ... ‘middle aged people’ and ‘older people’. These familiar categories automatically entreat us to consider differences. Yet an extra moment’s thought might redirect us to a view that any differences are actually
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statutory rights to advocacy. If they apply, you may also choose from the services below. Children Young People Carers Are they sectioned under the mental health act, under guardianship or subject to a community ... Advocacy@ ASNEW.org.uk IMHA IMCA IPA RPR TGP Cymru Independent professional advocacy for children/young people who are on the CP register,LAC, CIN or Care Leavers 0800 111 6880 northwalesadvocacy@tgpcymru.org
