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Winter wrapped up Who we are Age Cymru is the national charity for older people in Wales. Age Cymru works to develop and deliver positive change with and for older people. Our vision is an age friendly Wales ... further information. 5 Winter wrapped up Preparing your home for winter Check your heating system is working safely and efficiently If your home has gas central heating, this needs to have an annual safety
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Spending Review reveals the extent of the cuts to local government spending. Many councils are already working hard, in anticipation of a severely reduced settlement, to make efficiency savings and re-align and ... and leadership from the top, and older people at the heart of decision-making. Local authorities, working with other local public sector bodies, companies, charities and community organisations, will need
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for action to respond to the challenge of sight loss in an ageing society. We look forward to working with partners and colleagues across the voluntary, statutory and private sectors, as well as ... can provide support to navigate the system. Sight loss advisers, integrated care and partnership working can deliver seamless transitions between specialist and general services and personcentred packages
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Independent Professional Advocacy (IPA) both have key roles in the new approach to care and support. Staff working in IAA services may need to refer some people to an IPA service. What process should be followed ... accessible and that appropriate assistance including advocacy is given.6 Thus front line staff working in IAA services have a critical role in ensuring that all individuals have access to independent
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Evidence submission Age UK evidence to Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry: Pension freedom guidance and advice 28 August 2015 Jane.vass@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock ... such as women on low incomes, and black and minority ethnic groups? We hope that the Government will work with Pension Wise and the pension industry to reach these groups. Take up 5. As of 31 July, 85,000
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England, five local Age Cymru partners and Age Orkney. Together with our local Age Cymru partners, we work to improve the lives of older people by delivering trusted advice and support services. We campaign ... including carers and those living with disabilities or chronic conditions who are unable to continue working up to their State Pension Age. We are calling on the next UK Government to: • Commit to the Triple
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publication of case summaries as at present). Statutory information gateways allowing the Ombudsman to work effectively with regulators and professional bodies on common issues, and to share learning with them ... if resources were shifted away from investigation and onto early intervention schemes which do not work. 2. Would you welcome the creation of a single Public Service Ombudsman service and are these the
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state 48 hours rather than ‘two working days’. If a two day standard is to be implemented, then it must be equally valid at weekends and during holidays as it is during work days. The 2015 National Audit ... promote the person’s ability to self-manage’. This clarifies the point that intermediate care should work to support self-management as one of its objectives. Similar to the third point of recommendation
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recognised as valued members of society. There is also an important global context, as Age UK is working with its partner, Age International, to press for a UN convention on the human rights of older people ... The independent sector is an important partner in the delivery of services, but the Government must work with regulators to ensure key industries, such as care providers and utility companies, meet the needs
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14 Footnotes 17 Welcome to the second edition of Age UK’s Economic Tracker. In the course of our work with people in later life, it has become apparent that there is no accessible resource that summaries ... period. This is an indicator of labour supply. The economically inactive are neither in paid work, seeking work or available to sta§rt a job. Broken down by employment/unemployment/inactivity rates (and
