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between Age Cymru, Woody’s Lodge and Age Alliance Wales to benefit military veterans in Wales aged 65 or over. Funded by the Aged Veterans Fund, it ran for three years until June 2020.
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Primary Care: National Community Nursing Specification for Wales Consultation response July 2022 Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We ... access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them.
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Centre for Policy on Ageing – Rapid review 2017 1 Diversity in older age – Older homelessness The characteristics of older homelessness can change rapidly over time and may differ significantly from place ... homelessness in England. In England older homelessness is currently on the increase and the number of older street-homeless has doubled in the five years from 2010 to 2015. Homelessness The European Typology
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Age Cymru in partnership with Swansea University’s Graduate Support Programme, utilising Welsh Government funding via the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) Older people in Wales: facts ... facts and statistics September 2021 Contents 1 Population in Wales ................................................................................................ 3 2 Older people aged 90+ (including centenarians)
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Musculoskeletal conditions in adults 1. In light of the effect of the pandemic on service, what should musculoskeletal services consider? Statistics for April 2021 show that of the 223,365 waiting nine months ... been an increase of 712% in patients waiting more than 36 weeks to start hospital treatment between January 2020 and early 20212. The risks of musculoskeletal conditions rise in most age categories: 51
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fit for the future Project Evaluation Report Andrea Wigfield Erika Kispeter Sarah Alden Royce Turner With contribution from Tom Clarke CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour ... Equalities) University of Leeds July 2015 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.org.uk
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Statement Health Services and the NHS May 2016 Summary The population in Wales has the highest proportion of older people in the UK and health services need to adapt and respond to the fact that more people ... with chronic conditions. Older people are the main adult users of most health and care services. From education and training to the organisation of care, however, the NHS and health services often do not appear
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People Ageing in rural areas Monday 30 January Chair Baroness Jolly Speakers David Emerson, chair, ACRE Susan Oliver, CEO at Humber and Wolds Rural Community ... Lancashire North CCG and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Rural communities The meeting heard how distance, costs and connectivity all combine to create additional challenges. Geography
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Age & Dementia Friendly Gymnastics Programme An Evaluation of the British Gymnastics Foundation Pilot Vinal K Karania Research Manager (Evaluation & Impact) Research ... Acknowledgements The author of this report would like to thank the British Gymnastics Foundation (in particular Patrick Bonner), the activity coach (Kim Hall), representatives of the participating organisations
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and for musical games. Two such games are: The Name Game Residents sit in a wide circle and tap or pass the balloon to anyone they choose. Whoever receives the balloon calls out their name before passing ... passing it on. Musical Statues Residents sit in a wide circle and tap or pass the balloon to someone else. The balloon can only be passed when music is playing. When the music stops, everyone remains as still
