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England, 165 local Age UK partners* and over 400 smaller organisations called Friends and Forums. We work with our subsidiary charity, Age International, to fund programmes in over 40 developing countries ... life in their own communities. We call this partnership the Age UK network. We’re international We work through our international arm, Age International, to ensure older people in developing countries
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role, both economically and socially. There are twice as many informal, unpaid carers as paid staff working in the combined health and social care systems4. It is these carers, rather than health and social ... the carer. This impact takes multiple forms: health, both physical and mental; finances (including working life), especially future financial security; emotional strain; and inadequate support. Reaching crisis
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social care in Wales Plaid Cymru Care Commission February 2019 Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... organisations which receive referrals from contracted IAA services must be properly funded for the work they do. Without this funding, these services are not sustainable. Theme 3: Role of the non-statutory
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some form of work in the early years of retirement creates an opportunity to defer accessing retirement savings and grow savings further. This clearly requires the ability to continue to work, although research ... such as setting up your own business, would also assist for those fit enough to continue working. Reengaging with work some years after retirement is a possibility (nessessity) for some. Career advisors could
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Benefits and financial help 9 Benefits calculators 10 Financial support 11 Help with Council Tax 13 Working carers 16 Complaints 17 NHS Service 20 Organisations to support you 22 • National organisations ... neighbours. Supporting Carers Caring can have an impact on many aspects of your life – from money and work to health and wellbeing. For many carers, they see themselves less as a ‘carer’ and more as a partner
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shared their ideas to combat loneliness. We continue to work with a range of stakeholders to share what works and to develop new ways of working with older people to combat loneliness. In this edition ... different categories of loneliness and social isolation. Jill Mortimer draws on Age UK’s experiences of working to reduce loneliness. The article highlights that public awareness and concern about loneliness has
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priority. These are Age UK’s headline public policy proposals: Every local authority should be working towards achieving age friendly status – communities that offer a good quality of life to all generations ... should consider how best to take action to improve neighbourhoods for all ages. Local activists should work with the voluntary sector and community groups to challenge national and local government to listen
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over 55 lack confidence in public services to meet their needs, suggesting that there is considerable work to do to challenge the heteronormative assumptions within health and social care services.1 The older ... require higher levels of formal support than women. Men and women may find different forms of support work best for them, and as such this needs considering when designing and developing support services.
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13.2 Budgeting Loans from the Social Fund scheme (operated by the Department for Work & Pensions – DWP) 47 13.3 The Welsh Government’s Discretionary Assistance ... the property that an adaptation may entail, you will need to consult with your landlord before any work is undertaken, though this may not be necessary in the case of disability equipment, if it is ‘standalone’
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Senedd Health and Social Care Committee September 2022 Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... their NHS dentist (if they have been able to register with an NHS dentist at all), as they need dental work immediately • Poor or no communication from dental practices on treatment availability and how moves
