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Find out your rights and how you are protected from discrimination. For more information call Age Cymru Advice on 0300 303 44 98
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llawn gwybodaeth i’ch helpu chi i gadw’n ddiogel, yn gynnes ac mewn cysylltiad y gaeaf hwn. Rydym yn falch iawn o groesawu ein darllenwyr newydd - gobeithiwn y gwnewch chi fwynhau ein cylchlythyr Age Matters ... i fyfyrio ar y gefnogaeth arbennig y mae pobl ar hyd a lled Cymru wedi’i rhoi i’w cymunedau lleol yn ystod blwyddyn sydd wedi bod yn anodd iawn. Diolch i bawb sydd, efallai, wedi cadw golwg ar ffrind, cymydog
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is over Pension Credit age October 2012 The Welfare Reform Act 2012 changes the way that couples are treated within the benefits system when one is over the qualifying age for Pension Credit and the other ... benefit support. This paper looks at the impact of the proposed reforms. Key points Couples where one partner has reached Pension Credit age and the other is younger could receive £100 less a week
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prescribing within Wales We believe the model in the main captures the appropriate vision for Wales. We are pleased to see inclusion of wider referral routes, and recognition that social prescribing services ... framework can serve different needs throughout Wales. There are differences across Wales in availability of social prescribing services and how they are delivered, and this can also be seen in differences in
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Hagendyk Page 29 References Introduction Victoria Lloyd, Chief Executive, Age Cymru 2 More people are working for longer than ever before. For some this is through choice while, for others, a combination ... careers there are others who face discrimination and find they’re unable to continue in their job or find new employment. For the country this is a waste of skills at a time when many sectors are experiencing
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Hagendyk Page 29 References Introduction Victoria Lloyd, Chief Executive, Age Cymru 2 More people are working for longer than ever before. For some this is through choice while, for others, a combination ... careers there are others who face discrimination and find they’re unable to continue in their job or find new employment. For the country this is a waste of skills at a time when many sectors are experiencing
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commission Giselle Cory, Resolution Foundation Older people (here defined as 50 to 64 year olds) are seen as a lucky generation: they have enjoyed high employment rates over much of their working lives ... group. While some are financially resilient, many are at risk of poor standards of living in later life. This paper explores some of the reasons for this precariousness. Firstly, pensions are changing. With
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parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. ... ageing society it is vital that people have security in later life. We welcome this consultation and are broadly supportive of the proposed measures. Below we set out our key points, and respond to selected
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is that people who would previously have received help are no longer being supported, and that this is increasing demands on informal carers. We are worried that it is becoming increasingly unlikely that ... knock-on effect on carers is likely to increase. From what we hear from the older people with whom we are in contact, from calls to our advice line, from our local partners and from colleagues in Age Alliance
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of the 6th Senedd. However, there are some specific details within these priorities we have identified through our ongoing engagement with older people in Wales where the attention of the health and social ... vital that lessons are learned and planning is in place to prevent such damaging effects in the future. Prevention and earlier intervention work is compromised when older people are unable to access primary
