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1 Visitor Support Volunteer This is an exciting role that has been designed to help care homes welcome visitors in line with Covid-19 rules. After a year in which visiting care homes has been significantly ... • Outgoing and confident What can you gain from this role? • Meet and make friendships with new people • The appropriate training and induction • Support from staff at Age Cymru and the care home •
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1 Visitor Support Volunteer This is an exciting new role that has been designed to help care homes welcome visitors in line with Covid-19 rules. After a year in which visiting care homes has been significantly ... • Outgoing and confident What can you gain from this role? • Meet and make friendships with new people • The appropriate training and induction • Support from staff at Age Cymru and the care home •
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means-tested benefit for people under State Pension age who have a disability. State Pension age is currently 66 years. The factsheet also has information about Disability Living Allowance (DLA) which is being replaced ... replaced by PIP for some people. It covers the process for reassessing existing DLA claimants for PIP and explains what to do for both benefits if you have a change of circumstance. If you are over State
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all. Join our Readers’ Panel at www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love ... org.uk. This information guide has been prepared by Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for any decision or action and cannot be used as a substitute for professional
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are accessible to older people. Without these, there is an increased risk that isolation and loneliness will impact upon people’s wellbeing. It is essential that older people in all areas have the means ... invaluable in helping older people in Wales to retain their independence and remain active, and it is vital that this continues to be supported by the Welsh Government. We are extremely concerned that
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Loneliness Results and Learnings of Age UK’s Loneliness Pilot. 2 Foreword Many people experience loneliness at some point in their lives. For some it may be short-lived whilst for others it can become long term ... someone who is lonely to get help on their own terms; and developing and sustaining a wide range of local and national services from which older people can choose whatever suits them best. Our hope is that this
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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. ... Rights katherine.hill@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited
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cleaning. The first step in obtaining help from the local authority social services department is to ask for an assessment of your needs. The local authority will generally not be able to assist you ... factsheet has detailed information on the assessment process: Factsheet 41w: Social care assessments for older people with care needs in Wales Our factsheet gives an overview of the kind of practical help
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by other service provider o Has permission been given for this referral? Yes oNo o – if the answer is no permission must be gained before the referral can progressHow ... given? Any other note in respect of permission Referrer’s details (if not self-referral) Name: In what capacity the referrer knows the person :Agency (if relevant) and address:Postcode: Tel no: E-mail:
