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There needs to be an emphasis on learning between local authorities and good practice sharing. This will reduce the volume of work that local authorities need to undertake, and help them avoid pitfalls that
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rights? • Understand your options and choices? HOPE has trained independent Volunteer Advocates who will be: • Someone there for you and only you • Someone to listen to you and support you so you can make
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and women are likely to spend on average 17 and 20 years respectively living in poor health, which will impact on their quality of life and use of services. Preventative health care services play a key ... to services such as optometry, audiology, dentistry, physiotherapy and podiatry are essential. The cost of dental treatment can be a barrier to some older people. In particular, access to foot care services
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off in terms of health and wellbeing than before 2020. Matters have been made worse by the growing cost of living in recent years, which has made it harder for people of all ages to live a healthy and independent ... must ensure that older people are able to continue to access NHS dentistry services. Achieving this will mean resolving the persistent problems of recruitment and staff retention in NHS dentistry in Wales
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such as bereavement and mental health problems. Insurance providers that put this into practice will better support those people who struggle to make claims after a crisis. How Age UK has responded ... rainfall intensity. In July last year the Committee on Climate Change concluded that ‘more households will be at high risk of flooding, despite the increase in spending on flood defence.’ 3 Older people at
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old Liz Lloyd 34 Know that loneliness is not inevitable Vanessa Burholt 38 Understand that we will still need care homes Julienne Meyer and Tom Owen 40 Maintain personhood Julian Hughes 42 Prevent ... living on the whole planet who had reached a similar age. Yet by the middle of this century, there will be around 400 million people over the age of 80 globally, the vast majority living in what are today
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delivering, such as engaging care home residents with Come to Tea, or developing activities that men will want to take part in (Building Better Buddies). However, they also mentioned the importance of the ... individual organisations was also acknowledged in the Building Better Buddies trainer guide. However, as will be returned to below when challenges are discussed, both Delivery Organisations and volunteers felt
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products and services. Your local Age Cymru partner may not run the exact service you require, but they will be able to signpost to the nearest partner or organisation who does. Age Cymru Dyfed Age Cymru Gwent
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choose to work on something that you love and make a commitment you can easily manage and then you will love it- it gets addictive!
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becoming involved with volunteering? If you have time and are happy to give something of yourself you will be rewarded tenfold.
