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Public Policy Statement Safeguarding older people June 2017 Summary All older people in Wales have the right to a life free from abuse. There are ‘few more basic human rights than that of being protected ... experienced abuse or neglect. Legislation is an essential component of safeguarding adults; it has the capacity to set statutory duties and powers so that adult protection is undertaken effectively by all key
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area The service is free, independent and confidential and we won’t pass your details to anyone else without your permission. How we provide support. Ø Telephone support. Our advice line is open Monday ... Website: There’s support available via the information and advice pages on our website: www.agecymru.org.uk/advice Ø Chatbot and Live Chat: Our automated Chatbot, Pam is available on our website to help with
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Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee Pension freedoms inquiry October 2017 Ref: 2217 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Christopher Brooks, Senior Policy Manager christopher
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Department for Transport Accessibility Action Plan Consultation: A Transport System that is open to everyone November 2017 joe.oldman@ageuk ... org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House, 1-6
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standard of living when they retire. However, currently 112,000 older people in Wales are estimated to live in poverty.1 The UK Government have been taking forward reforms to the State Pension for future ... and have the potential to improve pension coverage and incomes of older people in the future. The new State Pension was introduced in April 2016, however significant controversy remains over the communication
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Life 8 How is older people’s wellbeing across 9 the whole population? Who is struggling and who is doing well? 10 Some conclusions 12 Some questions 13 And some challenges for policymakers 13 Next steps 14 ... understand more about how well older people in the UK are doing. We need to know where and why people are not doing well to inform our work and gain an understanding of the policy and practical levers for improving
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Falls Prevention Exercise – following the evidence The evidence for falls prevention exercise and how it can be applied in practice. Expert series To explain the research base for falls prevention exercise ... exercise to give a better understanding of the programmes that have been shown to be effective in preventing falls. Clinical Commissioning Groups, Public Health professionals, commissioners of care services
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information about the eligibility criteria for Pension Credit, how to make a claim, and what to do if you have a change of circumstance. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period April 2024 ... rates are reviewed annually and uprated in April, but rules and figures can sometimes change during the year. In Wales, tenants are now ‘contract-holders’ and tenancy agreements are ‘occupation contracts’
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not alone and you are entitled to support. The Carers Project is a national collaboration between Age Cymru and Carers Trust Wales, which aims to support the early identification of older carers to provide ... to better meet the needs of older carers, carers of people moving into a care home environment, and carers of people living with dementia. This guide aims to help you answer some of the big questions about
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– discharging older people from hospitals June 2016 How and when someone is discharged from hospital, and the support they receive in the aftermath, are critical determinants of their long-term recovery ... read articles in the media about ‘bed blocking’ and hear talk of older people staying in hospital when they no longer need hospital care. Sometimes there seems to be a tendency to blame the patients, it being
