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range of initiatives to improve health and wellbeing, for example, tackling poverty through benefits advice and support. Better Health in Old Age3 presented a very positive picture of progress against the ... broad, not just detailing service priorities but identifying opportunities to influence provision: • advice on the review of prescribed medicines • foot care, especially simple nail-cutting services • increase
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This includes support through: Home visits Telephone advice Face to face support from a volunteer Tips on handling cold calls Benefits Advice Local group discussions Updates on scams in the area
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and care staff should also be able to provide appropriate information on dementia and signpost to advice and support services. In the Older People’s Commissioner’s 2016 report, concerns were raised by ... admitted from a care home could have died in their residential or nursing home with better support and advice for, and from, care home staff. Inadequate training and skills base: Only 7% of domiciliary care
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ar gyfraddau lleol. Neu gallwch anfon neges e-bost i advice@agecymru.org.uk Mae llawer o adnoddau ar gael ar ein gwefan: www.agecymru.org.uk/advice Cefnogi ein cymdogion hŷn y gaeaf hwn Yn ogystal â’u
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people who are not in receipt of care and support through social care to many readers. Age Cymru Advice has seen a marked increase in the number of people contacting us asking about privately sourcing ... excluded, and this is increasingly a challenge in a digital world. Callers to our information and advice service tell us they feel that they are not able to be as independent as they would like each time
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societies and resulted in 116 arrests. Take Five to Stop Fraud is a national campaign that offers advice to help everyone protect themselves from preventable financial fraud. Phase 1 was launched by Financial ... providing services online, but for many older people who are not online, reductions in the information, advice and services available through traditional channels has created barriers in being able to access
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services and solutions to enrich the lives of people in later life. Age UK provides information and advice to around 6 million people each year, runs public and parliamentary campaigns, provides training ... would be useful, especially for smaller employers who are far less likely to have ready access to advice. Whilst the development of a code of conduct would be helpful, since it would not be binding our
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legal frameworks such as Lasting Powers of Attorney. Our support services have been approached for advice where their role as an attorney has been ignored by a range of health care professionals that in ... reasons. Communication Many responses to our survey, feedback from our advocacy and information and advice services have told us of poor communication with older people, their carers and other loved ones
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companies take responsibility for scams that utilise their infrastructure; money advice services should include advice on scams, to safeguard people who are targeted by advance fee scams when looking for
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home market. Age UK works hard to provide clear information, and we are working with the Money Advice Service ‘Older People in Retirement’ group to look at how preparing for financial decisions in retirement ... transparency and consumer protection in this marketplace, and also recognise the difficulties and lack of advice, advocacy and support faced by self-funders.
