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people, and shine a spotlight on a range of services and approaches that can help to support and improve the working lives of older people. In our opening article Dr Martin Hyde of Swansea University presents ... people and have shared good practice in providing a valuable insight into the support available to improve the working lives of older people. EnvisAGE is a discussion journal edited by Age Cymru. It aims
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emotional issues people often encounter when making the decision to support someone to move into a care home. Making relationships count Caring for someone with dementia This guide, published by Carers Trust
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of family life For the 48% who said they needed support, access to advice and information, help at home, respite and emotional support were among their top requests High proportion of respondents wanted
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Information Guide 47: Caring for someone with dementia Information Guide 55: At home with dementia – Tips for making your home dementia friendly Shortened URL for this page: www.agecymru.org.uk/adviceforcarers
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that the cash and cheque handling systems should continue to be modernised, to reduce costs and improve productivity, for example by the introduction of the planned cheque imaging system. There has been ... indicators. Voice recognition technology harnesses a customer skillset that declines little (or may even improve) with age9 and so has the potential to be particularly useful for older people. This and other technology
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for low to middle income families: the frustrated aspiration to own a home. Most people in the UK would like to own their own home, yet the barriers to ownership are mounting. In 1983, a low to middle ... are more likely to be renting privately than in any other tenure. In some other countries, falling home ownership is not a problem. However, the UK does not have the secure, long term rental market that
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where members of staff were trained to identify vulnerable/isolated older people when conducting home safety checks. He added that they hoped to encourage GPs to play a more public health role and also
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that this would simplify the process. A ‘pensions dashboard’ could play a crucial part in both improved consumer engagement and any stream-lined fact finding process, and the Government must prioritise ... will need to work together with free, impartial public financial guidance, supported by moves to improve financial capability in the general population. We would like to see a ‘white labelled’ automated
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resourcefulness. However, the constant need for restraint and ‘existing’ with little prospect of a situation improvement could be emotionally draining. • Participants took pains to ensure that they met their household ... pleasant rural area, even though this incurs extra costs, and he anticipates not being able to heat his home adequately next winter. To Jim, who remembers better times, having small pleasures that he values
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In 2014 HMP Norwich opened the first purpose built older offenders unit in the UK providing 15 care home style beds at a cost of £1.5 million12. HMP Kingston operates a separate wing for older ‘lifers’. ... a national strategy for older prisoners, better communication within and between organisations, improved and purpose-built environments for older prisoners, and a national debate about the sentencing of
