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dementia, and a 10% rate of diversion of people with dementia away from residential care, to be deemed cost-effective. Wales can learn from the experience of Belfast, where diagnosis rates are higher than elsewhere ... specialists. Often, and particularly when older people are resident in care homes, their dementia will be diagnosed and managed by a GP, but approximately two-thirds of people with dementia live in the
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local business and community setting were closed with some financially unviable, meaning communities will be changed. On a positive note all groups felt that discussions around mental health were reducing ... particularly highlighted as losing human rights. Providers under stress, shortage of staff, additional costs, complex needs. Increasing risk of self-harm or suicide due to deteriorating mental health, pressure
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them stay independent. For example, it could help you pay bills, get meals delivered, or cover the cost of taxis. Good to know. While AA is based on the help you need, it’s up to you how you spend it – ... call, the date will be recorded on your form. If your application is successful, your first payment will be from the date of your phone call. If you use the online form, your first payment will be based on
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to you. State Pension age increases From 6 May 2026, State Pension age starts increasing again and will reach 67 by 6 March 2028. You can find your own State Pension age and the date you reach it by using ... is the UK. If you are unsure, you can claim AA and if your competent state is not the UK, the DWP will pass on your details to your competent state to determine if you are eligible for sickness benefits
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Golden Thread Advocacy Programme documents On this page, we will share all of the Golden Thread Advocacy Programme documents that you might find useful to download. The role of an appropriate individual
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from one computer to another. You may be sent an email with an attachment which when you click on it will release a virus. Criminals can then use this to take control of your computer, or the virus may ... fake bank website may be set up asking you to update your account or security information. Often they will look very similar, and only a few tiny details may be different. There are also websites which are
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Page 4 of 8 1. Cold weather has shown to increase the demand on the heath service (with the cost to the NHS estimated to be around £1.36 billion per year), and with cold homes in particular, it is ... directly supported 944 older people, at an average cost of around £140 per older person (only including staff costs and cost of travel). The average cost (netting off the average saving per older person
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older people are inappropriately discharged without checks having taken place to ensure that they will be safe and cared for at home during their recovery, potentially leading to more serious issues and ... care is available to everyone at their time of need and spread the cost of care services across the generations, instead of the cost simply falling on those people unfortunate enough to develop care needs
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accessible to older people. Without these, there is an increased risk that isolation and loneliness will impact upon people’s well-being. It is essential that older people in all areas have the means to ... of loneliness on health and wellbeing, that the withdrawal of opportunities for social interaction will increase pressure on NHS services. The Welsh Government must identify ways to encourage and develop
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of the current DoLS regime, adequate resources to ensure effective implementation of any new scheme will be crucial. • A core principle of the new scheme should be that restrictive care or treatment should ... comprehensive assessment of older people’s views on this sensitive matter but we sense that at least some will resist having their homes labelled as ‘gilded cages’, despite the protections such a label may afford
