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Getting your affairs in order and thinking about your care needs Thinking about end of life 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by ... Panel at www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. We want to include real voices of real people in our guides. We’d love to hear about your experiences. Email us at stories@ageuk.org.uk. This
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Budget cuts and under-funding are leaving thousands of older people across Wales struggling to live at home independently. And many are being hospitalised with preventable conditions because ... close to breaking point. That’s according to our new report called ‘Improving domiciliary care in Wales’. ‘Improving domiciliary care in Wales’ identifies four key areas where action is needed to create
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they mistakenly believe they don’t qualify or are put off by the claims process. Do any of these apply to you? 1. ‘My claim was turned down’ Your circumstances may have changed since the last time you applied ... it's time to get something back. Think about what support or equipment might help you to carry on living independently at home for longer. 4. ‘I don’t want a carer coming in’ You don’t have to spend Attendance
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Getting your affairs in order and thinking about your care needs Thinking about end of life 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by ... Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others. Email your story to stories@ageuk.org.uk. This information guide has been prepared
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work with our 5 local Age Cymru partners to improve the lives of older people in Wales. We have a shared vision of an Age Friendly Wales and together we work to make life better for older people in Wales ... We are seeking to develop a range of communication tools to support the work of our Dementia Advocacy project, funded by Welsh Government through the Gwent Regional Partnership Board to support older people
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leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services ... 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 pleased to respond to the Welsh
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population in Wales has the highest proportion of older people in the UK and health services need to adapt and respond to the fact that more people are living longer, often with chronic conditions. Older people ... most health and care services. From education and training to the organisation of care, however, the NHS and health services often do not appear to be designed with older people in mind. Older people, wherever
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support they receive in the aftermath, are critical determinants of their long-term recovery and return to a reasonable quality of life. We regularly read articles in the media about ‘bed blocking’ and hear ... Sometimes there seems to be a tendency to blame the patients, it being implied that some older people and their families are ‘choosing’ to remain in hospital, thereby denying hospital care to others who are in
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Money Introduction 2 What we want to achieve 3 What is currently happening to prevent falls 4 The cost of falls 5 The experiences of people in later life 6 Advice to stay active 7 Investing in falls ... falls prevention services 8 Examples of falls prevention services 12 Recommendations 21 Where to go for more information 22 Contents 2 Falls represent the most frequent and serious type of accident in
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.................................... 99 3 Acknowledgements The authors of this report would like to thank: Vinal K Karania, Devna Vickerman and David Terrace of Age UK National who liaised with the research ... appropriate data and information. The authors are also grateful to all those involved in the fit for the future programme who generously gave their time to participate in the research, including the older people
