optimal care for older people living with frailty. This leads to inadequate assessment and poor planning throughout someone’s stay and undermines their chance of a safe and effective discharge. Poor ... regularly. Bob Hannah’s father Bob has a range of health problems, including dementia. At a discharge planning meeting two weeks ago the consensus was that Bob should return to his sheltered accommodation unit
particular materials. Arranging the funeral The person who’s died may have purchased a pre-paid funeral plan. This usually means that all the arrangements for burial or cremation have already been decided and ... policy or pension scheme that provides a lump sum towards funeral costs, or into a pre-paid funeral plan. It’s a good idea to check this before making any arrangements for the funeral. If the person who’s
prescription on behalf of someone else. The prescription can be either electronic or a paper prescription. • Plan ahead where possible to find out when the next prescription is due. If it can be ordered at least ... org/help-andadvice/get-support/carersuk-forum Emergency plan Carers Wales advise all carers to create an emergency plan – for them and all those they look after. Having a plan in place can help ease their worries if they
stay at home. You can encourage the person you’re supporting to look at their routine. What they can plan in regularly each day, and to consider their usual routine and if there was anything about it that ... Creating an age friendly Wales You can help them to plan how they would like to spend their time by; • writing it down, putting it on a wall. • planning activities for different days – for example, they
provide services); and if so, the nature and extent of services to be provided (the care and support plan); and a financial assessment as appropriate (to determine how much you will need to contribute towards ... complaint – for example, you could point out, with reference to your assessment document and/or care plan, where you believe needs have been missed, underestimated, or there are gaps in help provided. Note:
required. Jean referred to the toolkit that Habinteg had put together to help local authority planning teams to assess the need for lifetime homes in their area. Baroness Greengross introduced the
peer reviewed which will go some way to validating our measure of wellbeing. 8. What are the future plans for the Index of Wellbeing in Later Life? In the next five years, depending on data availability
Mrs Jenkins, Cardiff 10 Tackling poverty The Welsh Government published its Tackling Poverty Action Plan in 2012 and produces annual progress reports which outline the ways in which it is using its powers ... welfare reform and support people with low incomes. Unfortunately the current Tackling Poverty Action Plan makes only passing reference to older people and lacks many targeted actions to help older people
different types of power of attorney and how they work. 12 Information and advice Wills and estate planning It’s important to make a will that accurately reflects your wishes, so you can be sure your estate ... professional advice. G eneral Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Many of the issues relating to planning for later life are the same whether you are gay or straight. However, some matters may need special
to note that the sample of participants and stakeholders identified for interviews may not necessarily reflect the views of all participants and stakeholders involved with the local Age UKs in each respective