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Age related TV licence policy BBC February 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 ... groups. The National Survey for Wales 2014-15 highlights that only 29% of people aged 75 and over used the internet. In addition, large parts of rural Wales cannot access the full range of social media
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supported by the Welsh Government. However, the provision of bus services and the number of passengers using them has declined in Wales.1 We are extremely concerned that local bus services remain vulnerable ... range of services and amenities can become impossible for some older people. The Welsh Government must work with local authorities to support a sustainable network of bus services across Wales, and contingency
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for payment. This can be arranged either by telephone or via online banking. • Bank cheques can be used to pay for small services such as gardening but may not be convenient for immediate reimbursement ... as they could take several days to clear and thereby leave someone out of pocket. • Pre-paid cards work in a similar way to mobile telephone top-up cards whereby the card can be topped up at Post Offices
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older people. Age Cymru’s chief executive, Victoria Lloyd explains: “Many older people have become used to accessing their pension or benefits from their local post office or high street bank, enabling ... may nominate a trusted individual to become your Permanent Agent and withdraw cash on your behalf using a second card with its own PIN number. The Payout Now service enables a bank to send you a voucher
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hospital appointments is a major issue for older people IN-DEPTH POLICY REPORT 2 Introduction For most of us just having a hospital appointment is enough to worry about but imagine having to make the journey ... hospital for non-emergency medical treatment. We also propose a series of ideas for how the system could work better. The issues we raise and the ideas we propose are based on: focus group discussions with
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14 Footnotes 17 Welcome to the second edition of Age UK’s Economic Tracker. In the course of our work with people in later life, it has become apparent that there is no accessible resource that summaries ... situation for those in later life. Since our first edition, the UK economy and economic policy have given us food for thought. There are concerns, disappointments, and one or two silver linings. Like other age
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advice is essential for older people. Factually accurate and impartial information and advice help us to make informed decisions, plan ahead, access services and entitlements and contribute to society ... voice and control over decisions that affect us and having our views, wishes and feelings respected and taken into consideration are vitally important to all of us. It is essential that older people feel empowered
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Social Care and Sport Committee March 2017 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... of this campaign, we asked older people to share their experiences of loneliness and isolation with us. Throughout these conversations it became clear that the stigma surrounding loneliness is preventing
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particularly so as to reflect the needs of more vulnerable groups. Participants felt a great deal of work needed to be done on producing and delivering information and advice to support people to understand ... greater sense of financial security. It was also felt that it would ensure not everything they had worked for throughout their lives would be at risk; the desire to leave something for families after death
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landlord experiences financial difficulties – mortgage repossession 53 14 Useful organisations 53 15 Further information about Age Cymru 55 Factsheet 68w March 2023 ... types of occupation contract: Standard contract – generally for use in the private rented sector. Secure contract – generally for use in the social rented sector. Note: There will also be ‘converted’
