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part of the demographic this guideline will act to support so their needs are highly relevant to this work. As part of the development process, stakeholders have been invited to comment on the drafts (available ... managing their own medications, including avoiding harm and hospital admissions caused by inappropriate use of medications. 3 2 Short General General Many of the guideline’s recommendations seem to point towards
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to be remedied. Making the domestic abuse definition a statutory one would bring diverse areas of work together to more effectively protect what we believe to be a potentially large number of hidden victims ... specific risk factors for older people including the development of health needs, retirement from work (resulting in increased contact), abuse resulting from stress associated with caring roles and social
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through our information and advice, services, research, campaigns, products and training. In the UK we work closely with our partners Age Cymru, Age NI, Age Scotland and the many local Age UKs and older people’s ... change. Based in Westminster, much of our work is directed at the highest levels of government and the civil service in London and Brussels. We are aided in this work by our Chief Executive, Baroness Sally
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Infrastructure and Skills Committee September 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... that the market needs to work well for current and prospective care home residents; they must be able to make well-informed choices, and must be protected if things do not work out as expected. But also
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Evidence submission Age UK evidence to Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry: Pension freedom guidance and advice 28 August 2015 Jane.vass@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock ... savings and how much tax is paid at each marginal rate. The Government should set up such a programme, using regular data collected by the FCA from providers and HMRC tax data. While only five months have passed
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reform the system for handling complaints about public services. It is clear from those who contact us that the system too often lets down older people and their families when they are at their most vulnerable ... a number of different organisations. Cost-free to the complainant – so as well as being free to use, the complainant should not feel the need to pay for advice in order to get a fair hearing. In coming
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responses from Carmarthenshire, and the least from Newport and Blaenau Gwent. Overall, the survey gives us a picture of the current situation for older unpaid carers across Wales. The survey is part of Age ... Project which is funded via Welsh Government’s Sustainable Social Services Third Sector Grant. We work in partnership with Carers Trust Wales and the project aims to support the early identification of
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responsibility for action on prevention 24 Making every contact count 26 Time to act 27 References We work together as a collective voice to better influence health and social care policy, with the aim of ... of improving the care and support for the 15 million people we collectively represent. Our work is focused on five themes: • Co-ordinated care • Patients engaged in decisions about their care • Supported
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and processes across delivery programmes, ensuring that appropriate methodologies are recognised and used. He can be contacted at Vinal.Karania@ageuk.org.uk or on 020-3033-1182. jjj Page 4 of 71 ... poverty and enable older people to stay warm in their homes. A small part of the funding (£5,500) was used between January 2015 and March 2015, to support several local Age UK Brand Partners in England and
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do not offer is clear. For example, employers must be clear that settlement agreements could not be used in conjunction with discriminatory aims. • Settlement agreements are not a substitute for good management ... BIS have both done much good work with the abolition of the Default Retirement Age – it is vital that this is not jeopardised by allowing settlement agreements to be used as a means of targeting older
