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carers is that where DoLS are effectively used, they can be very positive. At its best the process allows for proper consideration by families, social workers and care providers of an individual’s right ... Consideration should be given to developing less formal, more accessible complaints mechanisms that would allows individuals to challenge MCA decisions at a lower level before taking their case to the CoP. 6
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we believe it must be accompanied by regulatory intervention. We agree with the FCA that it would allow people to access their tax-free lump sum without moving to a drawdown account, which could result ... charges. We explained in our answer to Question 2 why we disagreed with the DWP’s rationale for not allowing NEST to enter the drawdown market, and the same principles apply here. The most realistic ways
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was clear: chronological age should not be used instead of clinical factors to decide whether to allow a patient a particular form of treatment or procedure. As this follow-up report shows, the problems ... the extent of variation among CCGs and highlights outliers. The health service data we used have allowed us to map CCGs and the levels of variance; however, the data were not adjusted for population factors
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resources. Three quarters of family doctors (76 per cent) report that between one and five patients a day attend their surgery primarily because they are lonely (Campaign to End Loneliness/ComRes, November 2013)
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000 per annum o a universal deferred payments scheme where non housing assets held are less than £23,250, allowing the deferral of the payment of residential care fees, up to 70‐80% of the value of the main residence ... The Care Act 2014 also requires councils to provide Universal Deferred Payment Schemes. UDPS will allow people in residential care who are at risk of having to sell their home to pay for care, to defe
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which are caused by falls) is approaching £2 billion a year.6 The average cost of home adaptation allowing an older person to remain at home is £6,000, compared with the yearly cost of £26,000 for residential ... hospital to ensure support services are in place to help them remain as independent as possible. Allowing an older person to return home as part of a local reablement programme helps to release scarce health
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symptom awareness being higher among other age groups. Older women are also more likely to delay attending the GP with breast cancer symptoms . 16 Despite this, women aged over 70 years are not automatically
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Adam, how did you first hear about walking football? I had seen it in the local paper and when I attended a memory clinic at my local hospital (my tumour has left me with dementia), I told them I wanted
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as identified through the mapping of advocacy services undertaken with the support of services attending the advocacy network meetings across Wales. Advocacy services for a wider client group but older
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effective it is important to maintain independence from the local authority and health board this allows for autonomy and freedom of conflict and set agendas.” “To ensure sustainability it is important ... not disadvantage wider advocacy services.” “Tendering opportunities should be planned well ahead to allow sufficient time to prepare.” “Collaborative working should be encouraged, rather than competition
