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approaching the three quarter point of the project and want to take this opportunity to remind everyone what HOPE is all about and the service and opportunity we provide. Age Cymru’s HOPE project provides ... lives and thereby avoid getting into a crisis situation. HOPE is a Welsh Government funded project running until the end of March 2025 and is in partnership with Age Connects Wales and local Age Cymru partners
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licences. Many older people with accounts find them difficult to use and have trouble accessing their money. Almost one-fifth of people aged 65+ use others to draw cash for them as a result of a variety of ... increasing.6 After significant campaigning, the Payments Council withdrew its intention to phase out the cheque clearing system by 2018 and banks are now looking to extend their life through introducing
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remain independent and active . A warm home, nutritious food, occasional treats and being able to get out and about are all good for health and wellbeing, helping older people to make the most of later life ... living abroad receive a ‘frozen’ pension, meaning its level never increases. Managing money If older people are to live confidently, they must be able to manage their finances easily, whether
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using: holiday, money for self, keep up with bills, house, contents insurance, savings, furniture, and electrical goods. We also created a POVERTY indicator using: One filling meal a day, Go out socially, See ... because per se it would not give us much insight. If any difference had to do with, say, public transport or local services, we had these covered already. If it was a question of social networks, income, neighbourhoods
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essentials on a daily basis in order to make ends meet. Yet throughout this report are real examples of what life is like for older people living on low incomes. It is a story of having to make stark compromises ... household income after housing costs are calculated) for the figures used elsewhere in this report. What is poverty? Unclaimed Pension Credit is worth £168 million each year in Wales 1Households Below Average
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2 of 82 Contents 1 Information about this factsheet 5 2 Introduction – what is NHS continuing healthcare (NHS CHC)? 6 2.1 Does a care need fall within the remit of the health ... health service (NHS) or the local authority social services department? 6 2.2 What is the difference between a healthcare need and a social care need? 8 3
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the specific service. It is difficult to comment on CQC’s proposed methodology without knowing what the minimum frequency of inspections will be. Such minimum frequencies are referred to in the consultation ... may be more vulnerable to fluctuations in quality, so in Age UK’s view the minimum frequencies set out for NHS trusts would not be appropriate for smaller services such as care homes. Assessment of aspects
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underwriting, rather than comparing their quote with what is available across the whole of the market. Consumers would be signposted to the Money Advice Service if they want to shop around further. Key points ... obtain ‘like-for-like’ quotes from providers using the same level of underwriting information, even if that results in comparison with only a portion of the market. We are concerned that some consumers
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and the support they may need. Yet most of the public sector is still failing to get to grips with what this means for services across the board, not just those in health and social care. There are key ... coordination A lack of senior leadership and coordination on ageing issues often results in individually run programmes that chip away at the edges of problems without dealing with them in the round. For example
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understand the people we support People’s past, where they worked, where they grew up, their families and what activities they enjoy are all central to the advocacy process. People’s passions and history must ... living with dementia who need to prepare advance statements, think about their future care needs, work out how their health or finances will be managed and ultimately raise the voices of people living with
