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Page 1 of 34 Factsheet 22 Arranging for someone to make decisions on your behalf June 2024 About this factsheet This factsheet looks at how you can arrange for other people to make decisions about your ... mental capacity to do this in the future. This is usually family members or friends, but it can be a professional such as a solicitor. It explains how you can create a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)
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after, or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of longterm physical or mental ill-health or disability, or issues related to growing older. As a carer, you’ve ... have the right to: • receive information, advice and assistance from your Local Authority about support services like practical help at home, support groups near you, or counselling to help deal with stress
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Consultation Response Age UK’s Response to the Ministry of Justice Consultation Transforming our justice system: assisted digital strategy, online conviction and statutory fines November 2016 ... reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy
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suffered as a consequence of under-funding and this situation has been further aggravated in recent years as a result of widespread reductions in public sector budgets. The question of funding social care can ... financial contribution that individuals are required to make for the social care they receive. There is a fundamental debate over the basic fairness of charging people for the care and support they have
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leading charity 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 ... 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 are pleased to respond to the Welsh
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Factsheet 8w November 2023 2 of 40 Contents 1 Information about this factsheet 4 2 Recent housing legislation in Wales – ... you get community landlord housing? 8 4.1 Being eligible to apply 10 5 Making an application 11 5.1 Help with your application 12 5.2 Information you should include in your application 12 5.3 Updates whilst
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Testing Promising Approaches to Reducing Loneliness Results and Learnings of Age UK’s Loneliness Pilot. 2 Foreword Many people experience loneliness at some point in their lives. For some it may be short-lived ... health and quality of life. Loneliness still carries a stigma and people may not want to admit to feeling lonely, so our latest work has been focussed on finding the best ways to reach and truly engage
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reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy ... 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation The CMA is carrying out a market study into care homes for older paper, to review how well the
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service continues to provide some reassurances to older people, answer basic queries and link people to local services and support during the Coronavirus outbreak. We have all been advised to self-isolate ... as much as possible to help protect us from the virus. This is particularly important for people over 70 and those with underlying health conditions because they are at higher risk of developing more severe
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Agenda for Later Life 2015: A great place to grow older Executive summary Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We provide services and support ... national and local level to inspire, enable and support older people. We stand up and speak for all those who have reached later life, and also protect the long-term interests of future generations. About
