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recently completed Advocacy Counts 6, the 6th report on advocacy provision for adults in Wales with a particular emphasis on older people. Over the last 12 years Age Cymru has been reviewing availability ... within the Act. Advocacy Counts 6 provides a snapshot of the current situation in Wales. Summary of findings since Advocacy Counts 5 in 2016 There has been a 32% drop in the number of advocacy services
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all care provided in our communities is provided by unpaid carers , with the work they do saving our NHS and other statutory services more than £8 billion a year . Out of the 370,000 unpaid carers ... but we also have the highest proportion of carers providing more than 50 hours of care a week. Older carers form a crucial foundation of our health and social care system – but without effective support
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Committee National Assembly for Wales Rail Franchise & The Metro consultation February 2017 Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe ... access 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
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and Musculoskeletal conditions in adults 1. In light of the effect of the pandemic on service, what should musculoskeletal services consider? Statistics for April 2021 show that of the 223,365 waiting ... Older people have told us of the extreme difficulties they and their loved ones are experiencing as a result of increasing waiting times. Our recent report on older people’s experiences of the most recent
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Act”) placed a requirement on local authorities to arrange provision of an Independent Professional Advocate (IPA) to facilitate the involvement of individuals in certain circumstances3. The aim is to help ... information, or to communicating their views, wishes and feelings5, and a judgement is reached in partnership with the person that there is no appropriate individual or other suitable form of advocacy available
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surface. I’m happy and contented in my life.’ Velda, 76 Our year Annual Review 2013/14 Age UK’s vision is for a world where everyone can love later life. We know it’s ambitious, because for many people growing ... doing the things that matter to us. We’re very proud of the achievements that will help make our vision a reality – the achievements of the Age UK network across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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this Self Assessment Tool is to ascertain organisational readiness to comply with the Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy) and its strategic intent. The Self Assessment Tool itself is structured in four sections ... the commissioning cycle: analyse, plan, do, review.It should be noted that this is not an audit instrument through which a ‘performance management’ assessment might be made, but rather it should help the
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Effective issue-raising 41 How to develop a campaign 41 Surveys and research 55 Decision makers and issues 58 2 Section 1 Introduction Age Cymru Age Cymru is the national charity for older people in Wales ... no-one to help or support them – loneliness is a daily struggle when you only have the TV or radio for company. That’s why Age Cymru is here. Our vision is a society which offers all people in Wales the
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advice and advocacy for people assessed as needing a care home 11 4 Property that is not included in the means test 13 4.1 Temporary care home stays 13 4.2 Mandatory disregards ... continuing to live there: what will happen if the partner wishes / needs to move elsewhere? 19 5.2 What will happen upon the death of the person who
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Statement Safeguarding older people June 2017 Summary All older people in Wales have the right to a life free from abuse. There are ‘few more basic human rights than that of being protected from violence ... experienced abuse or neglect. Legislation is an essential component of safeguarding adults; it has the capacity to set statutory duties and powers so that adult protection is undertaken effectively by all key
