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technology 25 Caring from a distance 26 Protecting yourself 28 Looking after yourself Caring and work 31 Caring and your health 32 Making time for yourself 33 Taking a break from caring 35 When caring ... at both the practical and emotional sides of caring. It covers things like benefits and flexible working hours, as well as how your caring role could affect your wellbeing and social life. It also points
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people who are living with long-term conditions and are at risk of recurring hospital admissions. We work with the organisations to co-design and co-produce an innovative combination of medical and non-medical ... services and via mainstream, community-based services. This has involved, in some local areas, joint working with the Alzheimer’s Society and/or the Dementia Action Alliance, notably through the dementia advisers’
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individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice, choice and control over achieving ... wider client group. The rise is from 26 to 44 services. • There are 107 full time paid advocates working across Wales with 20 of those delivering advocacy specifically to older people. • There are 66 part
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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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quality health and care 44 6 Safe at home 56 7 Active communities 66 Notes 76 2 3 Our partners Age UK works with partners in the UK and across the world. Our network includes the three national charities Age ... recognised as valued members of society. There is also an important global context, as Age UK is working with its partner, Age International, to press for a UN convention on the human rights of older people
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with you 32 15.3 Step 3: Calculate your capital 35 15.4 Step 4: Calculate your income 37 15.5 Step 5: Work out your applicable amount 40 15.6 Step 6: Calculate your benefit 44 16 Other issues in regard to ... Council Tax). The rules for this are explained below: 9.1 How many people count for Council Tax? To work out if you qualify for a discount, the first thing to do is to count up the number of people resident
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form the Age UK Group, dedicated to improving later life. Authors Lisbeth Drury conducted this work as an ESRC-Age UK CASE award holder while completing her PhD in Psychology at the University of Kent ... ................................................... 6 1.1 How Positive Intergenerational Contact Works ............................................ 6 1.2 Recommendations for Intergenerational Contact Programmes
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their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need. Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership with people they support and take their side. Advocacy promotes social inclusion, equality ... for the delivery of the new preventative model of social services. It is anticipated that they will work on a multidisciplinary basis and, at a minimum, signpost to information and advice on other issues
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Age UK is working to challenge ongoing perceptions that older age automatically means poor health and higher needs, and welcomes this consultation as an opportunity to share evidence of what works in affecting ... messages on physical activity in later life are as targeted as possible, e.g. with an emphasis on working towards 150 minutes in more manageable steps rather than just promoting 150 minutes as the recommended
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individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice, choice and control over achieving ... wider client group. The rise is from 26 to 44 services. There are 107 full time paid advocates working across Wales with 20 of those delivering advocacy specifically to older people. There are 66 part
