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1 Diversity in older people and access to services – an evidence review By: Jo Moriarty and Jill Manthorpe A report of research carried out by the Social Care Workforce Research Unit ... Group, dedicated to improving the lives of people in later life. The three national Age Concerns in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have also merged with Help the Aged in these nations to form three registered
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getting to hospital appointments is a major issue for older people IN-DEPTH POLICY REPORT 2 Introduction For most of us just having a hospital appointment is enough to worry about but imagine having to make ... chronic pain and having to take three different buses to get there. This is the reality for many of the older people we have heard from. That’s why Age UK is calling on the Government to urgently review the
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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: ⚫ Winter Fuel Payments ⚫ Cold Weather ... Provision schemes in England are discretionary and intended to either help people facing an unexpected crisis or to support vulnerable people to re-settle or stay in the community. There is a separate scheme
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Official Launch We’re proud to introduce an exciting new project that’s ready to support older people (50+) and carers all over Wales. The HOPE project (Helping others to participate and engage) was ... carers, volunteers and organisations across Wales. This exciting new project will be supporting people to engage, participate, gain information, have their voices heard, understand their rights, make choices
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behaviour in housing – background information 6 3 Keeping a record of issues 7 4 Common problems, who to contact and actions that can be taken 8 4.1 Particularly serious ... Noise and other ‘statutory nuisances’ 10 4.6 Disputes in regard to trees and hedges 13 4.7 Boundary disputes 15 4.8 Disputes in regard to parking spaces 16 4.9 Issues with shared amenities 16 4.10 Planning
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new members who are willing to share their experiences and to contribute to Age Cymru’s policies. We are particularly interested to hear from people living in North Wales. Covid-19 led to an increase ... services and support from older people. Besides the risk of Covid-19, the restrictions imposed in response to the virus impacted on the well-being of many older people. Loneliness resulting from isolation is distressing
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1 Consultation Response Age UK’s response to the Personal Independence Payment Independent Review September 2014 Sally West sally.west@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock ... House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation The DWP appointed Paul Gray to undertake an independent review of how Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is working. The call for
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Wales who look after, or give any unpaid help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill-health or disability, or problems related to older ... or give any unpaid help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of longterm physical or mental ill-health or disability, or issues related to growing older? Yes No
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applications so please ensure you submit your application on time. Contents Section 1: Background to the funding 2 Section 2: Aim of the programme 2-3 Section 3: Identified ... 4 Section 5: Who can apply? 4-5 Section 6: How we will assess your application 5 Section 7: If you are awarded funding 6 2 1. Background to the funding Project
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intended to sum up what is known about the financial abuse of older people. It does not cover commercial abuse (scams) in any detail, nor the abuse of younger people. In particular, it aims to provide the ... the best available answers to the following questions: 1 What is financial abuse? 3 2 What is the prevalence of financial abuse of older people? 5 3 Who is at most risk of financial abuse? 7
