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friendly Wales Unpaid carers The person you’re supporting may be a unpaid carer for the other person/s they live with. It’s useful for you to be aware of this when you’re providing help. • A carer is anyone of ... tasks. Examples might include; cooking; housework; lifting, washing and dressing the person cared for; helping with toileting needs; administering medication; and providing emotional support. It might
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Fortunately, really bad weather doesn’t come around too often in Wales. But it’s worth making sure you’re prepared if we are told to expect severe weather, especially winter storms, ice or snow.
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non-emergency concern for someone aged 50 or over you’re supporting you can contact Age Cymru Advice for support on 0300 303 44 98. If the person is aged under 50 you can call Citizen’s Advice on 0800 702 ... worried about someone’s physical health contact the NHS: • Online: https://111.wales.nhs.uk/ (for help and advice) • Phone: 111 (if symptoms get worse) • Phone: 999 (if someone’s life is at risk) If you’re
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Local Government and Housing Committee Priorities for the sixth Senedd Age Cymru is pleased to respond to the Local Government and Housing Committee’s consultation regarding key priority areas that should ... think a priority for the Committee should be to consider how the built environment post-Covid will facilitate the creation of an age friendly Wales in line with the proposed Strategy for an Ageing Society
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(WFP) and also explains Age UK’s views. Who receives it and how much is it worth today? The WFP is a one-off annual payment that provides help with the cost of energy bills for pensioner households. It is ... currently a UK payment but responsibility for the payment in Scotland is expected to be devolved to the Scottish Government. It is paid to people who have reached women’s state pension age in the qualifying
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Creating an age friendly WalesManifesto 2021 Who we are and what we do Age Cymru’s vision is of an age friendly Wales where everyone enjoys good health and social care, lives safely, is free from discrimination ... support and services directly to older people in the community. Rights of older people Our priority for the next Welsh Government is the promotion and protection of the rights of older people so that more
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opportunity A best practice guide for recruiters An ageing population, the end of forced retirement and a rising State Pension age, mean there is a growing number of over 50s in the jobs market. Using this ... crucial for employers as demand for skills and expertise grows. More information and guidance on recruiting and managing older workers: Guidance: Help and Support for Older Workers, Department for Work and
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Action PlanShopping Paying for goods and services Being scam aware Picking up prescriptions Unpaid carers Current Welsh Guidance Accessing help for other, non-COVID-19, health issues If you’re concerned ... If you develop coronavirus symptoms Advocacy Looking after someone’s pet Further support If the person you’re helping is aged 50 or over you can get further support by contacting Age Cymru Advice on 08000
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transport can have a profound impact on the quality of life, health and wellbeing of those in later life. For those without access to a car, reliable public transport or community transport is essential, with ... travel to medical appointments. 3. Age UK is calling for all areas and means of transport to be ‘age-friendly’ so that older people can remain active for as long as possible, with national and local governments
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Age Cymru manifesto 2019: references This document includes references for statistics cited in Age Cymru’s manifesto for the 2019 General Election. 120,000 pensioners in Wales live in poverty. JRF ... inhabited by an older person that experienced fuel poverty in 2017-18. Cited in the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ ‘State of the Nation’ report (2019) which references the following data sources: ‘This
