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looking after someone. Carer’s Allowance. 2 Am I a carer? The word ‘carer’ means different things to different people. You might not think of yourself as one, but if you look after a partner, relative ... other guides about the practical and emotional support that may be helpful for you if you’re looking after someone: • Advice for carers • Caring for someone with dementia. 3 Do any of these statements apply
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October 2018 Issue No 11 Advocacy Counts 6 Through the Golden Thread Advocacy Programme (GTAP), Age Cymru has recently completed Advocacy Counts 6, the 6th report on advocacy provision for adults in Wales ... emphasis on older people. Over the last 12 years Age Cymru has been reviewing availability of services, issues around funding and sustainability, quality of service, training of advocates, advocacy and its
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Cymru’s arts in care homes project, will continue until August 2021. Phase 3 is focusing on empowering care home staff to improve the range and quality of creative provision in their care home, raising public ... public awareness of the benefits of creativity in care homes, building capacity by sharing learning within the arts sector, and building sustainability. Thanks to the further funding from the Baring Foundation
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Falls Prevention Exercise – following the evidence The evidence for falls prevention exercise and how it can be applied in practice. Expert series To explain the research base for falls prevention exercise ... understanding of the programmes that have been shown to be effective in preventing falls. Clinical Commissioning Groups, Public Health professionals, commissioners of care services, health and care service providers
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reserved. Third 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 ... policy and practice. Christopher Brooks christopher.brooks@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
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Social Care workforce October 2021 Age Cymru welcomes the development of the workforce strategy for health and social care. This, along with other linked developments should help increase the number ... number of staff recruited to work in this field, improve wellbeing, and help retain others who may otherwise leave their chosen profession in the longer term. Importance of a Real Living Wage We welcome the
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Carers Week 2019 As we celebrate Carers Week across the country, now is an ideal time to pick up a copy of the charity's Advice for carers - practical and emotional help when you're looking after someone ... UK and Age Cymru, the easy to read guide looks at both the practical and emotional sides of caring, with specific information on issues such as benefits, flexible working, sources of help and support as
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Review of Digital Innovation for the Economy and the Future of Work in Wales Welsh Government November 2018 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older ... to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are
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Demographic overview The ethnic minority populations of the United Kingdom are heterogeneous with widely different individual group characteristics. However, for England and Wales, the ethnic minority populations ... younger than the majority White British population with the notable exceptions of the White Irish and Black Caribbean ethnic groups.1 [Table 1] The smallest pre-identified ethnic minority group in the 2011 census
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AgeUKIG01 Keeping yourself safe at home, out and about and online. Staying safe. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining ... 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 to hear from you
