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development process, stakeholders have been invited to comment on the document that outlines who and what it will cover (available online here). Age UK welcomes this guideline as a positive step towards improving ... experience. We would therefore recommend that a sentence be added in this section to say ‘The guideline will acknowledge and address the particular issues faced by older carers’. 3 4 104-109 The scope should
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Language users, were also taken into account. The strategy is designed to be a ‘living document’ which will be further developed over time. One of its stated intentions is to co-produce the criteria for an ... capacity of the advocacy sector to manage increasing demand. Importantly, the pilot will also produce data which will enable commissioners to identify gaps in provision, plan for future demand more accurately
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and therefore need not necessarily focus on technology but themes that will engage older people. Different themed pop up events will engage older people with different interests Pop up events being fun ... services, this support is yet to be defined and therefore there is a real risk that some older people will be excluded or face significant barriers from participating in such transactions in the future.
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health care, and driving up standards and quality to ensure older people in Wales can be confident they will receive dignified care in all settings. The Welsh Government must prioritise preventative health ... Without appropriate knowledge, there is a continued risk that the level and type of service commissioned will be unsuitable to provide the support to those needed. Local authorities and health boards must
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achievement for our society. It provides us with opportunities for the future, but also challenges and it will require changes to the way in which we plan and deliver public services. The fact that older people ... key consideration in planning policy, and that planning decisions should take into account how they will affect people across different stages of the life course of future generations. Comments Placemaking
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care 19 10.3 Making a complaint about your care 19 11 Mental capacity and making decisions 20 12 Wills and intestacy 21 Age UK factsheet 16 ... After having surgery available to you (not everyone is able to have all possible operations), you will likely continue long term hormone therapy and regular monitoring for possible side effects. Note
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available in the adult advocacy sector. Our concerns are that, as currently drafted: 1. The regulations will compromise the fundamental independence of advocacy services, and therefore militate against the ability ... states: The Advocacy provider and advocates will put the people they advocate for first, ensuring they are directed by their wishes and feelings. Advocates will be non-judgmental and respectful of people’s
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family members or friends3, with estimates from Carers UK suggesting that a further 3.5 million carers will be needed by 2037 based on current demographic projections4. The Welsh Government defines a carer ... met because a carer is available. Needs should be recorded and the contribution that the carer is willing and able to make towards meeting those needs should be shown in the care plan, as should contingency
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reforming local government finance so that by the end of this Parliament local councils in England will retain 100 per cent of taxes collected locally. The consultation paper seeks to identify some of the ... neutral, local government will need to take on new responsibilities and one of those suggested is Attendance Allowance (AA). The paper states ‘As announced in December, the Government will also consider giving
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with other responsibilities or to phase their transition to retirement. However, other older workers will have a very poor experience of working under a ZHC, particularly where they have little control over ... or services available to the workers, and (b) there is no certainty that any such work or services will be made available to the worker.”5 3 Since June 2015, an employer may not prevent an individual working
