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Deciding to appoint someone to deal with your financial affairs and/or welfare decisions 60 18 Acting on behalf of an older person who lives in a care home 61 18.1 As an attorney appointed via a Lasting Power ... 5 of 73 1 Information about this factsheet This factsheet provides information on the financial help that may be available from the local authority for older people needing care in
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Freedom to Speak Up Review Consultation on the implementation of the recommendations, principles and actions set out in the report of the Freedom to Speak Up Review Ref: 1115 Date: June 2015 ... services should seek to embed the Review’s principles within their practices and processes, building on the full range of relevant existing measures such as the NHS Constitution and the new statutory duty
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between, but are essential if people are to work for longer. We recommend the Government focusses policy on improving engagement among older workers, whether through public or employer funded provision. o All ... impact of 24+ Advanced Learning Loans in more detail, as they appear to have had a negative impact on participation in Further Education. There is also currently an ongoing debate about job quality
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rely on an oxygen machine or stairlift, who can’t easily get out of the house or who live alone may be at risk. The nightmare scenario is an older person alone and cut-off in a crisis – this is what we must ... Chapter 2 11 Older people’s experiences and opinions Chapter 3 23 Local Age UKs: what role do they play? Chapter 4 29 Policy context Chapter 5 35 Are we ready for the
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awareness of the issues of importance to them. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the consultation on the future of social care in Wales. Background The Welsh Government’s Assessments and Social Services ... a. the provision of adult community-based care services is falling year on year b. the provision of home care is falling year on year c. the provision of respite care is also falling. Evidence suggests
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House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About the consultation The Government is consulting on regulations that determine the basic build standards for all new homes. These include: accessibility ... materials process and compliance. In this response Age UK is specifically responding to proposals on accessibility and their relevance to older people. A key option for building standards, presented
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monitors the policy, administration and expenditure of the Department of Energy and Climate Change on behalf of the House of Commons and the electorate. It has invited written evidence for its inquiry ... (ECO) and the Green Deal – failed to deliver significant results, and how can they be improved. We draw on our own understanding of older people, as well as two reports we commissioned the think tank ResPublica
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runs public and parliamentary campaigns, provides training, and funds research exclusively focused on later life. We support and assist a network of around 165 local Age UKs throughout England; the Age ... frail older person living on their own and who is never seen again. For all these reasons and for many more made clear within the text, this comprehensive overview of what is known about fraud against
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2 of 56 Contents 1 Information about this factsheet 4 2 What is Council Tax? 4 3 Who has to pay the Council Tax? 5 3.1 Challenging liability 6 4 Are you eligible ... Council Tax exemption 12 7 Disability reduction scheme 13 7.1 What happens if you qualify? 13 7.2 Making an application for a disability reduction on your Council Tax 14 8 Council Tax
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Bywyd ar incwm isel Mai 2014 Realiti tlodi pobl hyˆn yng Nghymru 2 Dylai pob unigolyn hyˆn gael safon ddigonol o fyw yn hwyrach mewn bywyd. Ni ddylai neb oddef gostyngiad trychinebus yn eu safon byw ar ôl ymddeol, na derbyn bywyd lle cânt eu gorfodi i ddewis rhwng hanfodion sylfaenol yn ddyddiol er mwyn cadw deupen llinyn ynghyd. Er hynny, mae enghreifftiau gwirioneddol yn yr adroddiad hwn o sut
