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Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee May 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 ... 1 Department for Work and Pensions, Family Resources Survey 2014/15, 2016 2 Department for Work and Pensions, Family Resources Survey 2014/15, 2016 and increases
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equality duty requires public bodies to consider all individuals when carrying out their day to day work – in shaping policy, in delivering services and in relation to their own employees. It requires public ... services varies by different groups? 3. Outcomes – Does a particular service or intervention seem to work better for some groups than others? 4. User experiences – Are some groups more satisfied with a service
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everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this. We help more than five million people every year, providing support, companionship ... Government’s statement that ‘addressing fuel poverty will remain a priority of this Government’.6 We will work constructively with the Government to tackle this problem. 3.3 Below we set out reasons why ECO
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materials, and individual enquires by telephone, letter, email and local face-to-face sessions. We work closely with Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland. A large proportion of enquiries to our Information ... incorrect decision being changed) has also been noted elsewhere. For example, a 2010 Report by the Work and Pensions Committee recommended that DWP ensured claimants are made aware of the increased chances
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CMA is carrying out a market study into care homes for older paper, to review how well the market works and if people are treated fairly. They have invited views on the update paper they published in June ... financial services, and it should be normal in the care home market. Age UK works hard to provide clear information, and we are working with the Money Advice Service ‘Older People in Retirement’ group to look
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Many people awaiting treatment will have significantly poorer quality of life, some will be unable to work, some will be unable to provide childcare for their families and some will be at risk of losing employment ... improvements and so contribute to further improvements in patient experience. An example of where this has worked well was in Canterbury, New Zealand with the development of HealthPathways, an electronic request
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planning is in place to prevent such damaging effects in the future. Prevention and earlier intervention work is compromised when older people are unable to access primary health services. If people are unable ... domiciliary care provider for a service user when their usual care company’s employee was away from work ill, leaving a highly vulnerable older person without vital support. The announcement of this Senedd
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such as insurance and banking. 1 Department for Work and Pensions, Households Below Average Income: 1994-95 to 2015-16, June 2017 2 This is Money (2014) ... the 2007 Pensions Act. This was of particular benefit to people who have taken time out from their working lives to care for children or other dependents. For example, prior to 2010 (when these reforms took
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through our information and advice, services, research, campaigns, products and training. In the UK we work closely with our partners Age Cymru, Age NI, Age Scotland and the many local Age UKs and older people’s ... change. Based in Westminster, much of our work is directed at the highest levels of government and the civil service in London and Brussels. We are aided in this work by our Chief Executive, Baroness Sally
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energy-related support, some had previous experience of working in a local Age UK, some had both of these experiences and some were new to working for a local Age UK Brand Partner and to the field of energy ... never happened. I went into hospital following a stroke and never heard from the man and have had no work done” which reflects that this persons did not receive the service that was identified for her. jjj
