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Victoria Lloyd, Chief Executive, June 2022 Welcome to the Summer edition of Age Matters. Summer is on its way and we’ve just celebrated Volunteers Week and Carers Week which are both important points in the ... the Age Cymru annual calendar. We are indebted to the 400+ volunteers that give their valuable time to Age Cymru and the wellbeing of older people each week. Similarly, without the vital contribution
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local Age UKs to become dementia friendly The Dementia Friendly Programme supported local Age UKs to become more dementia friendly; expert support was provided to help local Ages UKs to review the accessibility ... people living with dementia. Since 2013, 46 local Age UKs in England have been supported to help shape their services to be more inclusive for older people living with dementia. The support provided focused
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Older people and power loss, floods and storms Reducing risk, building resilience 2 These crises – power loss, floods and storms – can be challenging or even traumatising for people of any age. But older ... person alone and cut-off in a crisis – this is what we must work to avoid. The Government recognises that our changing climate poses a growing threat to particular groups. The energy and financial services
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participate and engage (HOPE) heard and to achieve their personal aspirations and goals. Within this role you’ll support people with their issues or concerns and ultimately empower them to be able to resolve ... the future. Together you’ll develop a personal action plan and work to achieve their aspirations. Engage with others so they feel involved and supported Participate so they don’t feel left out, isolated
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age friendly Wales where everyone lives well for longer, lives safely, is free from discrimination and is actively engaged within their community, but at this General Election our concern is above all for ... population, with some much luckier and more resilient than others. At the moment life can often be restricted and miserable for those at the less favoured end of the spectrum and they are the older people we
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fit as a fiddle is a programme run by Age UK and funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of the Wellbeing programme www.ageuk.org.uk www.fitasafiddle ... Sarah Alden Andrea Wigfield Erika Kispeter CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities) University of Leeds 2 Contents Executive Summary ..................................
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working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity ... opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the Health
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matters to you? Current experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales August 2024 Contents About this research 3 Current experiences of people aged 50 or over 4 Access to healthcare 4 • Getting to health ... appointments 6 • Accessing GP surgeries and appointments 9 • Access to treatment and ongoing checks 10 • Access to surgical procedures and in-patient care 11 • Access to dental services 12 Accessing social
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cetera ET cetera Ideally, it would be good to include a quote, attributed by name & employer and be accompanied by a photo. Once written, this will need to be Oked by the older person themselves. 1 ... planning, but was feeling it was too late to make career changes since she feels there seems to be more focus on younger people. Work life balance is especially important to her as she is responsibly for looking
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lives, what are the questions that older people have raised with us, and what will be Age UK’s priorities, as the policy agenda develops, to ensure a better later life for everyone, no matter where they live ... briefings produced by the House of Commons Library. Note that this briefing relates to matters that are reserved to the Westminster Government. UK human rights legislation covers the whole of the United
