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Golden Thread Advocacy Programme introduction page. Basic background and outline of work for the newly funded programme.
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Information about the disability benefit Attendance Allowance, if you're entitled to attendance allowance and how to claim
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Developments in advocacy over the last 4 years Louise Hughes Golden Thread Advocacy Programme Manager Age Cymru 1 New legislation • Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 • Wellbeing and Future ... Safeguards to Liberty Protection Safeguards • Update of the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark and the Advocacy Charter • The end of Advocacy Action Alliance and the rise of Leaders in Advocacy • Advocacy awareness
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guidelines Read these notes carefully before you complete the online ‘GIFTS Request Form’. Should you have any queries about any aspects of the delivery, please contact Heather Ferguson on heather.ferguson@agecymru ... on using the GIFTS system can be found on the Age Cymru website. If you require assistance with the GIFTS system, please email grants@ageuk.org.uk The deadline for submitting your application is Monday
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crimes targeted at older people, including scams, and support victims. Key Stats The average age of mail scam victims is 74. Over half of people aged 65+ believe they have been a target of a scam. ... England and Wales for the year ending March 2016. Given that there were a total of 6.3 million incidents of all other crimes in the same period, adding fraud and cyber-crime almost doubles the total crime figures
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Benefit and Local Welfare Provision June 2024 (Amended September 2024) About this factsheet The Social Fund is a scheme to help people with expenses that are difficult to meet from a low income and includes: ... Weather Payments ⚫ Funeral Expenses Payments Advances of Benefit are payments that partially replaced the discretionary Social Fund and include: ⚫ Short-term advances ⚫ Budgeting advances ⚫ Budgeting loans
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Wales, based on 2018 data, report that 155,000 households in Wales were living in fuel poverty. This is equivalent to 12% of all households in Wales.1 To tackle fuel poverty effectively, Welsh Government ... Older people are the group most 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
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Falls Prevention Exercise – following the evidence The evidence for falls prevention exercise and how it can be applied in practice. Expert series To explain the research base for falls prevention exercise ... exercise to give a better understanding of the programmes that have been shown to be effective in preventing falls. Clinical Commissioning Groups, Public Health professionals, commissioners of care services
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Summary Society is in the midst of a longevity revolution. The prevalence of sight loss increases with age: currently there are almost 2 million people aged 65 and over living with sight loss in the UK. This ... This number is rising because of the ageing population yet the number receiving support is falling. The number of blind and partially sighted people receiving social care fell by 35% between 2008 and 2013
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Neglect is the failure of any person who has responsibility for the care of an adult who needs care and support to provide the amount and type of care that a reasonable person would be expected to provide ... care or educational services, the withholding of the necessities of life, such as medication, adequate nutrition and heating. Neglect can take several forms and can be the result of an intentional or unintentional
