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May 2020 Age Cymru Check in and Chat Service The service continues to provide some reassurances to older people, answer basic queries and link people to local services and support during the Coronavirus ... Coronavirus outbreak. We have all been advised to self-isolate as much as possible to help protect us from the virus. This is particularly important for people over 70 and those with underlying health conditions
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Trading Standards: Working to Combat Scams The Ongoing Work of the Glamorgan Group The Glamorgan Group • Bridgend, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan (Shared Regulatory Services) • Merthyr Tydfil • Neath Port ... Scam mail responder – cheque to return • Visit to family – only recently found out • Didn’t know what to do or where to go for help • Person now in residential home • Significant amount of scam mail responded
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Welsh life and the Welsh economy. After taking account of the costs of an ageing population, older people make a net contribution of almost £6 million per day to the Welsh economy.1 Age Cymru believes ... innate value in themselves, regardless of their age or other personal characteristics. Nevertheless, it is sometimes helpful to quantify the size of the contributions that are made by older people in order
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make your Age UK dementia friendly A guide to making mainstream services accessible to people with dementia Introduction We wrote this guide to offer guidance and inspiration to any local Age UK that wants ... local Age UKs can make their mainstream services more friendly to people living with dementia. It is based on our experience of working with more than 70 local Age UKs from 2012–2015 as part of the Dementia
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know and understand what care, support and opportunities are available and use these to help me achieve my well-being. I can access the right information, when I need it, in the way I want it and use ... respect and treat others the same. My voice is heard and listened to. My individual circumstances are considered. I speak for myself and contribute to the decisions that affect
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research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Lucy Malenczuk lucy.malenczuk@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock ... uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is
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Buses – a lifeline for older people A report by the Bevan Foundation for Age Cymru December 2013 Contents Executive summary ................................................................ ... ........................................................................................... 3 1.1 What we did...........................................................................................
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preventing a fall will be critical. Did you know? • • Older fallers are amongst the top three reasons why an ambulance is called. • • If you’ve fallen once, you are 50% more likely to fall again, with ... independence in the 12 months following a fall • • 700 will sadly die within 12 months of having a fall Inactivity Be active and do simple exercise daily, change your environment and don’t sit in the same chair
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Experiences of people aged 50 or over in 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 ... or disability, or problems related to older age, and don’t access support Do you look after or give any unpaid help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of longterm physical
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or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Christopher.brooks@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock ... org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is
