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quality 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. We are pleased ... respond to the Health, Social Care and Sports Inquiry into Loneliness and Isolation. The evidence for the scale and causes of the problems of isolation and loneliness including such factors as housing
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Insights Report Age & Dementia Friendly Gymnastics Programme Evaluation Findings For more detail please see the Age & Dementia Friendly Gymnastics Programme Evaluation Report, or contact ... November 2015 and ran for eight months until the end of June 2016. The Programme was based on an exercise programme developed by the Korean and Japanese Gymnastics Federations for people living with dementia
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1 Consultation Response The Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee National Assembly for Wales Rail Franchise & The Metro consultation February 2017 Age Cymru is the leading national charity ... quality 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. We are pleased
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year, with higher rates among those over 75. • Falls represent over half of hospital admissions for accidental injury, particularly hip fracture. • Half of those with hip fracture never regain their ... their former level of function and one in five die within three months. • Of those older people who enter falls prevention programmes, most do so only after they have fallen, by which time they may have
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practice highlighting how and why the protection offered by human rights legislation is so important for older people in the UK 1 The Human Rights Act and Older People– An Evidence Paper Background to Human ... Universal Declaration are the UN human rights treaties which are at the core of the international system for the promotion and protection of human rights. Every UN member state is a party to one or more of the
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Care Home Team! Who we are Key staff: Arrival and parking: Induction: we will guide you through the building to show the general layout, indoor and outdoor facilities, and the areas for visitors / volunteers ... regulations will be explained during the induction We are here to help you with any queries, thank you for being a valued volunteer! Our care home manager Your main point of contact is
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Other Surname ____________________ First name ___________________Day time tel. n o:Address for contact: Contact email address: Name of your older people’s groupLocal authority a rea where your ... would like to know more about the older people who will benefit from the Celebration? For example, are you targeting people with particular needs or who will be particularly vulnerable in winter? 4 .How
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quality 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. We are pleased ... static since 2005 and living on a low income remains a serious issue for many older people. Removing the entitlement to a free TV licence for people over 75 would therefore have a disproportionate effect on
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Information Pack February 2023 Welcome Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of Age Cymru’s Consultative Forum. We are looking for new members who are willing to share their experiences and to ... particularly interested to hear from people living in North Wales. Covid-19 led to an increase in demand for services and support from older people. Besides the risk of Covid-19, the restrictions imposed in response
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Age Cymru manifesto 2019: references This document includes references for statistics cited in Age Cymru’s manifesto for the 2019 General Election. 120,000 pensioners in Wales live in poverty. JRF ... an older person that experienced fuel poverty in 2017-18. Cited in the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ ‘State of the Nation’ report (2019) which references the following data sources: ‘This estimate
