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Evidence – Live Music Now 12 Evidence – Community Opportunities 12 What Care Home Staff Need to Deliver Creative Opportunities 13 Resources Currently Available 13 Recommendations ... positive effects it can bring to care home residents in Wales. The population of Wales is ageing. Whilst people are living for longer, this does not necessarily equate to living healthier.i As such more
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The built environment in communities December 2019 Summary Being able to take part in community life, with good access to local services and facilities, is a lifeline for many older people. There are ... environment that deters people from being involved in community life can contribute to this. The features that make a place desirable to live in can change as people get older. It is essential that the built environment
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the period of transition we are in, from the completion of the large scale grant funding Projects, to the start of the newly commissioned Independent Professional Advocacy services implemented under the ... advocacy services (from 19 to 13) specifically for older people. There has been a small decrease in services providing advocacy to a wider client group. The reduction is from 44 to 41 services. There are
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Foundation (May 2017) Page 3 of 39 May 2017 Acknowledgements The author of this report would like to thank the British Gymnastics Foundation (in particular Patrick Bonner), the activity coach (Kim Hall) ... Down Care Centre) and older people and their friends, family and careers participating in the project who shared information for this evaluation. Author Vinal K Karania is Research Manager at Age UK with
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anti-discrimination laws into one single piece of legislation. It expanded the scope of discrimination law to cover: Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage and Civil Partnership, Pregnancy and Maternity ... the most important aspects of the Act is the Public Sector Equality Duty – a duty for public bodies to consider and apply fairness and equality, especially in making decisions or policies. The information
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Conclusion 7 2. Introduction 9 Methodology 9 3. GTAP progress to date 11 1. To develop a National Framework for Commissioning IPA 11 2. To support and build the capacity of the advocacy sector in Wales ... Voices Heard: Older People’s Access to Independent Advocacy in Wales (May 2018) 14 Making older people’s rights a reality will make Wales the best place in the world to grow old 15 Quality Performance Mark
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Cymru is grateful to all of the advocacy service providers who took time to complete the online survey and to those who agreed to be contacted in order to get some more detailed responses to some of the issues ... issues raised. We would also like to thank everyone who assisted in preparing the survey and in the production of the report. For further information, please contact: Louise Hughes Head of Safeguarding
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AgeUKIG48 From concerns and diagnosis to support and future care. Living with dementia. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by ... Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others. Email your story to stories@ageuk.org.uk. This information guide has been prepared
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Information about this factsheet 5 1.1 Local authority social services departments 5 2 Introduction to disability equipment and home adaptations 6 2.1 Disability equipment 6 2.2 Adaptations 7 2.3 Differences ... needs assessment 8 3.2 Legal duty to carry out an assessment 10 3.3 The provision of equipment and/or an adaptation if you are found to have eligible needs 10 4 Disability
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“anyone of any age, who provides unpaid care and support to a relative, friend or neighbour who is disabled, physically or mentally ill, or affected by substance misuse”1. According to the 2011 census, there ... systems4. It is these carers, rather than health and social care professionals, who provide the bulk of care to those who need it. The health and social care systems simply could not cope without them.
