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in becoming an Age Cymru trustee. Age Cymru wish to recruit trustees to join our passionate and highly skilled board. We are particularly interested to hear from people with fundraising expertise, those ... communities. The Covid pandemic presented many challenges for older people. We needed to adapt how we delivered our services to address the loneliness and isolation experienced by many older people during lockdown
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helping older people to maintain independence and well-being. Such transport networks can ensure communities are wellconnected and that services, facilities and amenities are accessible to older people. Without ... all areas have the means to get out to buy food, get medical attention, get money and pay bills, and have social contact. These are basic features of a decent life and ought to be a high priority in transport
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Contents The Age UK Group comprises Age UK and its subsidiary companies and charities, all dedicated to helping people love later life. Our network includes Age UK, three national charities Age Cymru, ... International, to fund programmes in over 40 developing countries. Age International is a member of the HelpAge global network and the Disasters Emergency Committee. www.ageuk.org.uk We’re Age UK A moment to introduce
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professional advocacy for adults under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 Supporting people to be informed, heard and involved 2 3 Introduction The Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy)1 (“the Code”) ... authorities to arrange provision of an Independent Professional Advocate (IPA) to facilitate the involvement of individuals in certain circumstances3. The aim is to help them overcome barriers to participating
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Summary 4 ‘We never retire’ 6 Support for older carers 8 Financial support – Carer’s Allowance 8 Support to have a life and identity of their own – the importance of respite 10 Stress and ill health 11 Social ... carers 20 Getting information to older carers 20 Carers’ stories – What it is like to be a carer post-retirement 22 Contents 2 Care and support is currently in crisis due to lack of funding. Fewer and fewer
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older people flourish. We are here to stand up for the 14 million people in the UK and 846 million people internationally who have now reached later life, but also to speak for the long-term interests of ... of every one of us, working to ensure that experiences of ageing improve from one generation to the next. We aim to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, campaigns, products
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Official Launch We’re proud to introduce an exciting new project that’s ready to support older people (50+) and carers all over Wales. The HOPE project (Helping others to participate and engage) was ... carers, volunteers and organisations across Wales. This exciting new project will be supporting people to engage, participate, gain information, have their voices heard, understand their rights, make choices
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national 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 provide information and advice to older
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consultation The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is undertaking the Retirement Outcomes Review, due to report in 2018. This consultation is also the interim report, and highlights the emerging findings ... research that was commissioned as part of the Review. It identifies a series of potential remedies to address the issues identified, and asks for feedback on these and the findings more generally. Key
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.................................................................. 4 Multi-dimensional instruments to measure of loneliness .............................................................. 5 Loneliness as ... health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.4 People with a high degree of loneliness are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s as people with a low degree of loneliness.5 86% of over 65s say they are satisfied
