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Yes The guidance is clear in setting out the intentions behind the duty of quality; we welcome them. As the most frequent users of the NHS and social care, older people have a strong interest in ensuring ... the ambitions set out in A Healthier Wales. The Quality and Safety Framework was published in 2021 as a precursor to the implementation to the Duty of Quality. The guidance demonstrates that these documents
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social careH ousing, including housing options, repairs and adaptations and heatingL egal issues such as Wills and Power of AttorneyBereavement and death Local services and opportunities to engage in new ... 4pm. Call us on:0300 303 4498(charged at a local rate). We can call you back if you’re concerned about your phone bill.Email advice: You can email us directly at:advice@agecymru.org.ukWebsite: There’s support
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asks for views on changes to the regulation of registered health and care services, to be implemented as part of CQC’s five-year strategy between 2016 and 20211. Some of the proposals apply to all regulated ... that CQC has the resources to respond to integration and new models of care, taking on new roles such as assessing local population-wide outcomes. Similarly, while we welcome the introduction of an insight-driven
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Prevention Taskforce for Wales and falls prevention go to: www.agecymru.org.uk/falls Thank you for taking the time to download this pack. We hope you enjoy it! 3Falls awareness education resource pack ... fall ‘incident scene’ will need to be set up prior to the session, preferably in a separate space such as a school hall but this isn’t essential. This is a scenario which demonstrates potential fall risks
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friendly Wales Performing Arts Costume box A fun activity can be to explore costumes. Perhaps you could collect a small costume box of hats, scarves and coats, donated by staff or bought from charity ... residents to perform stories is to give residents a simple story such as The Little Mermaid. Give the residents a selection of props such as coloured material, shells or seaweed, then encourage them to create
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urgently addressed. There is a significant overlap between disability and age, as people are more likely to acquire disabilities as they get older. Work Coaches are likely to find it difficult to assess the ... these barriers, including by incentivising providers to help disadvantaged groups more effectively. As people with a disability get older, they become increasingly less likely to move back into employment
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people for treatment, describing issues as an “inevitable part of old age and not worth specialist attention”. On the other hand, when admission does occur, often as an emergency, there can be a tendency ... ensure the identification of failures in fundamentals of care – such as those found by the Andrews Report – should be in place, as should sanctions to deal with any breaches. Hospital Services • Welsh
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Os hoffwch fynediad i'r wybodaeth yma yn Gymraeg, ewch i'r dudalen hon As we age, we're still entitled to the same human rights that we were born with. The topic of human rights can sometimes sound abstract ... upheld. During the life of the project we: created Don’t Get Me Started, the short, animated film you can see at the top of this page. We worked with artists Jon Ratigan and Emma Prentice to animate interviews
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to the diagram included in Annex 3 of the consultation paper. All potential sellers who are not paying for advice should be compelled to attend a Pension Wise guidance session before being allowed to ... implications, including tax and benefit eligibility and implications for contingent beneficiaries. As this is an irreversible decision, and often will be taken by people who are older and have been relying
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also mentioned in this context as potentially adding extra stress. Caring was also discussed, with the impact of a carer’s workload and the stress from caring identified as risk factors for wider mental ... that depression affects 22% of men and 28% of women over 65. However, depression should not be seen as a natural part of ageing and this was something that was reflected later in the meeting. Age UK’s recent
