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care and preventative services in Wales Factsheet 76w March 2024 2 of 28 Contents 1 About this factsheet 4 2 The Social Services and Well-being ... intermediate care and preventative services? 5 3.1 Preventative services 5 3.2 Reablement and intermediate care – background and definitions 6 4
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Loneliness and isolation are a daily reality for many older people; 75,000 older people in Wales have reported ‘always or often’ feeling lonely. Feeling lonely has many detrimental effects on older people ... people, and there is increasing evidence of the negative impacts on physical and mental health. There is strong evidence that loneliness can increase the pressure on a wide range of local authority and health
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Christine Milligan Dr Mary Turner International Observatory on End of Life Care Faculty of Health and Medicine Lancaster University i Executive Summary: This report presents findings from an independent ... Programme. Six local Age UK organisations in England were funded to provide practical and emotional support to older cares, and to establish the potential role of trained volunteer delivered interventions in
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Falls Awareness Week Briefing Building on past successes and aligned with prudent healthcare approaches, we are putting our older citizens at the heart of #FallsAwareness2021 ... No, all we require is your time. #FallsAwareness2021 week is taking place from July 12th to 18th and our only ask is that you take 2 minutes to talk to older people that use your service. Falls Awareness
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challenges By Victoria Lloyd, Chief Executive, September 2021 This year, the months have passed by quickly and autumn is already upon us. We’re delighted that over the summer our physical activity programmes have ... Wales. It’s great to hear that people have been able to enjoy our Walking, Nordic Walking, Tai Chi and LIFT sessions where they have become available. These sort of activities, which can help you improve
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companionship and advice for older people who need it most. We are local We work as part of a network of independent charities which includes Age UK; our national partners Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland ... Scotland and over 150 local Age UK partners in England. We are international We work with our international subsidiary charity, Age International, to fund programmes in over 30 developing countries. Age International
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right for you. Equity release. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ Panel. You don’t need any specialist knowledge ... us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others
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Mental wellbeing and independence for older people Consultation on draft NICE quality standard (QS10008) Ref: 2216 Date: July 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this ... purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Name: Léa Renoux Email: lea.renoux@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock
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safely. In the driving seat. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ Panel. You don’t need any specialist knowledge ... us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others
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fit as a fiddle is a programme run by Age UK and funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of the Wellbeing programme www.ageuk.org.uk www.fitasafiddle ... Sarah Alden Andrea Wigfield Erika Kispeter CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities) University of Leeds 2 Contents Executive Summary ..................................
