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friendly Wales Consultative Forum Information Pack February 2023 Welcome Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of Age Cymru’s Consultative Forum. We are looking for new members who are willing ... hear from people living in North Wales. Covid-19 led to an increase in demand for services and support from older people. Besides the risk of Covid-19, the restrictions imposed in response to the virus
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information. The authors are also grateful to all those involved in the Dementia Friendly programme who generously gave their time to participate in the research, including the local Age UK partners and the Dementia ... consultants. 4 Key messages Successes The Dementia Friendly programme has exceeded the goals set out in the bid to the Big Lottery Fund and met most of the expectations of participating local Age UK partners
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information. The authors are also grateful to all those involved in the Dementia Friendly programme who generously gave their time to participate in the research, including the local Age UK partners and the Dementia ... consultants. 4 Key messages Successes The Dementia Friendly programme has exceeded the goals set out in the bid to the Big Lottery Fund and met most of the expectations of participating local Age UK partners
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Commission on Loneliness, which Jo set up before her death in summer 2016, to shine a powerful spotlight on the millions of people who are lonely living in our communities. The Commission was a response to Jo’s ... university and experiencing deep loneliness, and later of seeing the devastating effects of loneliness in her constituency of Batley and Spen. Jo recognised that loneliness was a huge problem, that it could
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agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 20w August 2024 NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care in Wales Factsheet 20w August 2024 2 of 82 ... should services be put in place? 35 5.10 ‘Fast tracking’ for immediate provision of NHS CHC 35 5.11 Pandemic and emergency situations 36 6 Giving consent and mental capacity issues in regard to
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change the lives of lonely older people. Most of us have felt miserably and lonely at some point in our lives. For many, life moves on and the feelings pass. But for some loneliness becomes chronic, ... to combating loneliness in the UK. Jo formed an independent, cross-party Commission of MPs and charities to highlight the fact that we can all do something to help lonely people in our community. Following
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Cymru is the national charity for older people in Wales. More than ever before, older people are facing some of the hardest challenges imaginable. Some live in poverty or can’t get the basic care they need ... or radio for company. That’s why Age Cymru is here. Our vision is a society which offers all people in Wales the best experience of later life. Older people are valued, included and able to shape decisions
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Local Government’s Role in Responding to an Ageing Population The Local Government Association Call for Evidence Ref: 2614 November 2014 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this ... policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address
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with dementia. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ Panel. You don’t need any specialist knowledge at all. ... www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide
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opportunities for us to get out and about and meet others. Outbreaks of Covid are still occurring in communities across Wales while rates of flu infections are expected to rise as we’ve not been exposed ... And if those are not challenging enough our energy and food bills are rising due to global shortages in gas supplies. It’s quite the winter cocktail. Which is why we’ve produced a special winter warmth
