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com/agecymru Welcome to this busy autumn edition of Age Matters By Victoria Lloyd, Chief Executive, October 2022 As the nights draw in and the leaves start to turn, it is inevitable that we start to think about ... about winter. This edition you can find out how to get hold of a copy of our Winter Wrapped Up guide and about the work Nest are doing in Wales to help with energy issues which is particularly pertinent when
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you’re on a low income and you or your partner are under State Pension age. Universal Credit. 2 What is Universal Credit? Universal Credit is a means-tested, non-taxable benefit to cover basic living expenses ... Employment and Support Allowance • working-age Housing Benefit • Income Support • Child Tax Credit • Working Tax Credit. Most people can no longer make a new claim for a legacy benefit and must claim
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Gearing up Housing Associations’ responses to tenants with dementia from black and minority ethnic groups Valerie Lipman, Jill Manthorpe About the Authors Valerie Lipman has worked in the older people’s ... people’s voluntary sector for many years and has a particular interest in race and ethnicity in the sector. She is currently a post-doctoral research intern at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College
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We'd like to introduce you to some of our amazing volunteers who help make a difference to the lives of older people in Wales.
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purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Lucy Malenczuk lucy.malenczuk@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London ... www.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
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15 Independence and Control ................................................... 19 Support and Assets .............................................................. 24 Loneliness and Isolation ...... ... ................................................. 31 Adapting to Life Changes ...................................................... 37 Policy Implications written by Age UK ..........................
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residents’ inquiry into sheltered and retirement housing 1 Acknowledgements 3 Executive summary 4 Key recommendations 5 Introduction 7 What is this inquiry? 7 Definitions 8 Background to the inquiry 8 Why does retirement ... matter? 9 How did the inquiry work? 9 Recent reports and guidance on retirement housing 10 About this report 11 Legal advice and advocacy 13 Complaints 13 Access to advice 16 The ‘Right to Manage’ 18
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Project Officer Location: Hybrid (working from home) with travel across Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire and occasionally, nationally. Contractual Status of Role: Full time, 35 hours per week, fixed ... team, to meet the HOPE project objectives by co-producing and implementing a regional framework for the development of advocacy across the region and supporting its delivery, and to recruit, train and support
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• Are you aged 50 or over and live in Wales? • Do you look after, or give any unpaid help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill-health ... problems related to older age? • Are you currently not accessing any formal support or services to help you in your role looking after someone/giving unpaid support? If you answered Yes to all the questions
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Advice 0300 303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 59w July 2023 How to resolve problems and make a complaint about social care in Wales Factsheet 59w July 2023 ... this factsheet 5 1.1 Definitions and terminology 6 1.2 Who can use the local authority social services complaints procedure? 7 2 Background – care needs assessments by the local authority
