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The One Digital Programme ran between November 2015 and December 2016, with the aim of understanding if Digital Champions are an effective approach to motivate older people and equip them with the skills ... required to understand what motivates older people to want to (and then continue to) learn or develop their digital skills, how this learning is incorporated into everyday activity and what difference this makes
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has to walk further to a bus stop. Since falling near her home, she has become worried about going out and is increasingly struggling with personal care. The onset of the winter months has made things worse ... lead to admission to hospital or to a care home and she is increasingly isolated in her own home. What can the local authority do? Ensure an accessible and inclusive built environment that enables older
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independent professional advocacy It is important to have a clear understanding and a clear vision of what effective independent professional advocacy will look like in practice. This framework provides an ... advocacy available to assist them. The framework: • Sets out the essential components of commissioning independent professional advocacy for adults (what to do); and • Is accompanied by a toolkit which supports
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likely to suffer from fuel poverty, where having to spend a disproportionate amount on fuel takes money away from other essentials. A contributing factor is that older people tend to live in older, energy ... in a cold home. Often living on fixed incomes, investing in homes to improve home energy efficiency runs the risk of undermining longer term financial resilience and ability to live independently for longer
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opportunity to raise the aspirations of what being ‘age friendly’ means in Wales. In 2015 we launched our ‘Creating an age friendly Wales’ report which sets out eight areas of life in which change needs ... participate in society. In 2015 we launched our ‘Creating an age friendly Wales’ report which sets out eight areas of life in which change needs to be brought about to deliver an age friendly Wales. The
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according to the co-researchers Key lessons to be learned for the Age-Friendly Manchester programme If you could do one thing to improve your neighbourhood’s age-friendliness Notes Discussion Conclusion ... finding it difficult to do what would appear instinctively right: to use a range of techniques to capture the views of different groups of older – and younger – people, when setting out on something as grand
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1 Transport infrastructure September 2016 Age UK believes that being able to get out and about, whether by public transport or driving, is a vital way for older people to continue to be connected ... Sunday when you can’t go out. I mean you can’t even go to a church service.” Female, 75+, with mobility and sensory difficulties “I’ve got friends that will give us a lift if it’s a time where I need
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to the local authority’s Information, Advice and Assistance service, to request a carer’s assessment if they wish to do so. Providing care to a family member or friend can create considerable physical and ... are often overlooked and may not be offered a carer’s assessment or have access to support services. If carers are not identified early enough, they may reach a crisis point later which has long term implications
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Scotland. About this report Age UK believes that all current and future pensioners should have enough money from state and private sources to live comfortably and participate fully in society. For many, the ... and other organisations who helped us gather information, and to Camilla Williamson who carried out the interviews. Author Sally West November 2016 Contents Foreword 4 Summary 5 01 Background 6 02 Views
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leaflet. Advocacy News Advocacy during Coronavirus survey 2021 In June 2020, a survey was carried out of advocates to gather evidence of the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. This resulted in the Valuing ... understand what had changed over the intervening year, the present challenges and what had worked well in response to the pandemic. The Advocacy during Coronavirus survey 2021 report sets out the key findings
