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unemployment record in 19 year Economically inactive young people who are not pursuing any studies or training are regarded as a socially excluded group 45% of young say they are happiest when online Intergenerational ... Number training older people Young people: Training, brokerage and induction of young people Young people: Recruitment of younger people Older people: Number completing courses and training Young people:
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cent of people described their health as good, very good or excellent. At age 80, 72 per cent of women and 80 per cent of men have no difficulty with walking at normal speed. Sixty per cent of people ... people’s thinking skills more than others. What factors contribute to people’s relative cognitive strengths in old age? There is one big factor and many little ones. First, people with better thinking skills
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problems, checking your home for potential hazards and/or attending an exercise class to improve your strength and balance. The health promotion section of our website has a more in-depth section on falls
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having to make compromises in their working lives – passing up opportunities for promotion and training; working additional hours; and using leave time to care. These strains can ultimately lead to withdrawal ... working carers going through times of transition. Improving work support for carers, through: • Training for all Jobcentre Plus staff relating to the barriers faced by carers aged 50+. • The development
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make informed choices and, at the end of the day, have their voices heard. We're recruiting and training community based volunteers all over Wales to provide independent advocacy support to local older
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transport among those 65 and over are that it’s not convenient and does not go where you want. • Women, those with lower incomes, and those without a car were less likely to state that public transport ... cycling or walking could have health benefits and reduce isolation. • Only 8% of men over 65 and 3% of women over 65 ever cycle3. This is low compared to rates of older people cycling in other European countries
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Befriending Links Project some 8 years ago, it was something I wanted to try. I then did the volunteer training day and it went from there. I then took the LIFT Course some 4 years ago and now take 3 classes
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manager of a large home from hospital scheme tells a group of volunteers who include Muslim men and women that volunteers cannot request to visit people of the same gender as themselves. Harassment Harassment ... of their protected characteristics. For example, a falls clinic finds that Urdu-speaking Muslim women make up a very high proportion of people coming to the clinic, in excess of what they would expect
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you’ve been and what a difference you’ve made.’ Peter, Age UK advice line caller Going from strength to strength This year, the Age UK network has reached 7.5 million people with our information and advice ... programme could really benefit her. Mary joined the programme’s classes and slowly she built up her strength and mobility, with no additional physiotherapy. In time she saw her balance improve too. Inspire
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continuity of care for vulnerable people; and it reduces the resource burden of recruitment and training, therefore freeing up resources that can contribute to service improvement. Several survey respondents ... connections for all social care settings and wider community hubs, as well as good quality signal strength for areas of community social work) varies across Wales so different areas will require different
