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provides insights from care home staff and offers care homes a free training resource to support relationships with older carers and families. This guide will: Share some supportive strategies to ensure ... following Welsh Government guidelines, our office is closed. Therefore, there will be a delay in sending you the guide, but this will be sent as soon as possible. Age Cymru and Carers Trust Wales are working
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door and check we’re OK Ask if we need anything from the local shop Holding my arm when I'm unsteady Offer to take me shopping Take me to have my nails done Make conversation I phone my 93 year old Mother-in-law ... okay and when we visit I take some groceries and flowers Hold open a door for me and smiling at me Offer to take my recycling up to my front drive to the road Help me across the road Try a little kindness
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other, different methods to normal. The Welsh Government have advised that “video appointments will be offered if doctors want more information than a telephone call can provide. In these cases, surgeries ... can provide simple instructions about how people can access the free and easy-touse technology that will work with their smartphone, tablet or PC”. If the person you’re supporting is unsure about accessing
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for their TV licence and are unable to access broadcast media reporting on Welsh public affairs, it will be extremely difficult or even impossible for them to inform themselves about major public issues ... There is therefore a very real danger that removing free TV licences for people aged over 75 in Wales will lead to a democratic deficit amongst its older population. Third, BBC Wales is by far the biggest
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make an appointment for your free flu vaccination. However, this year healthy 50 – 64 year olds will not be included in the NHS free vaccination programme, but you can still ask your local chemist for ... ranges above who are home schooled should be offered vaccination through their GP practice Children between 6 months and two years of age should be offered vaccination in line with the clinical risk eligibility
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but some extra money from a pension scheme can make retirement more enjoyable. Most employers must offer workplace pensions and should automatically enrol you if you’re eligible. Workplace pension schemes ... every year when you retire. Your pension pot doesn’t depend on investments. The number of employers offering these schemes has been in decline in recent years, although they are still common across much of
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We offer support with a range of issues, including; Welfare Benefits, Social Care, Pensions, Dementia, Bereavement, Staying Safe, Disability, Care Homes, Rights, Local Services, Help at Home, Wills and ... increased capacity on our line but it make take longer than usual to get through. Please bear with us, we will get to you as quickly as we can. Key topics A small favour All the information and advice we provide
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changing. You’ll still be able to have a landline in your home, but the technology that powers it will be a bit different and you may need to upgrade some of your equipment. What’s changing and when ... called an ‘IP network’. Landlines will still exist, and you can still have a phone line in your home - but the system that underpins it will be different. The changeover needs to happen by
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you’ll find answers to the questions we get asked frequently about leaving a gift to Age Cymru that you will hopefully find useful. Our legacy team is also available to answer any other questions you may have ... touch if you would like to find out more about how you can help Age Cymru by leaving a gift in your will: Call us: 029 2043 1555 Email: legacy@agecymru.org.uk Write to: Age
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was established in 2011, after extensive consultation across Wales. Our vision is a society which offers all people in Wales the best experience of later life. Older people are valued, included and able ... to Age Cymru events and activities including conferences, policy development, publications, etc.; offers feedback about the overall strategic direction and operational activities of Age Cymru. Membership
