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Age Cymru Advice Statement of Service What we do .Age Cymru Advice provides an information and advice service to older people, their carers and families in Wales on a range of issues including: W elfare ... Friday between 9am and 4pm. Call us on:0300 303 4498(charged at a local rate). We can call you back if you’re concerned about your phone bill.Email advice: You can email us directly at:advice@agecymru
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families became anxious. Will I be able to go out and buy food? Can I take my dog for a walk? Should I let the engineer in to repair my boiler? What can I do if my prescriptions doesn’t arrive on time? Is ... services and support. While some people just wanted to have a chat about the everyday things such as what they saw on television the previous night. Check in and Chat has been hugely popular and we have made
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the positive news that vaccines to immunise against Covid-19 had been developed and will be rolled out in the coming months, with initial priority given to frontline health and social care workers as well ... breadth of Wales have given in their local communities during what has been a difficult year. Thank you to everyone who has perhaps looked out for a friend, neighbour or loved one, helped with shopping and
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of 28 Contents 1 About this factsheet 4 2 The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 4 3 What are reablement, intermediate care and preventative services? 5 3.1 Preventative ... people with dementia or other mental health needs 16 7 What types of service may be available? 16 Factsheet 76w March 2024
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This means a world in which older people will: • b e equal citizens with equal rights • h ave enough money for a secure and decent life, and have access as consumers to the products and services they need ... Acknowledgements 3 Foreword 4 Introduction 6 Policy context 6 Recommendations 8 Executive summary 10 1 What is flexible working? 14 1.1 Trends in flexible working 15 1.2 Why older workers want flexibility
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The stated aim is to ensure users of the Tribunals service meet the costs of running the system. The Ministry of Justice sets out two possible options: ‘option 1’, which sets an initial fee for making a claim ... discrimination claims at the highest level can only serve to deter people from claiming, even if their claim is sound. If the fees system prevents people from acting against discriminatory behaviour, this could
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Programme The Golden Thread Advocacy Programme (GTAP) has been funded by Welsh Government for 3 years to run alongside and support the implementation of Part 10 (Advocacy) of the Social Services and Well-being ... these might be described as being ‘above the line’, and the other two sit below, by which we mean that if you are assessing yourselves as amber or red there is clearly much more work to be done in order to
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overall. If people with dementia were supported to leave hospital one week earlier than they currently do, significant savings might be achievable across the system as a whole. Much of the money currently ... or consultation, or that of an appropriate family member. If a DNAR is placed on a person’s file, it should be regularly reviewed and removed if circumstances change. It is essential that staff receive
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you know? • • Older fallers are amongst the top three reasons why an ambulance is called. • • If you’ve fallen once, you are 50% more likely to fall again, with an escalating risk of injury. • • ... and do simple exercise daily, change your environment and don’t sit in the same chair for too long. If you need structured exercise talk to your GP and get referred to the National Exercise Referral Scheme
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judgment. The GCBH is convened by AARP with support from Age UK to offer the best possible advice about what older adults can do to maintain and improve their brain health. GCBH members come together to discuss ... interested in learning, first, that it is possible to influence their own brain health and, second, what can be done to maintain their brain health as they age. We aim to be a trustworthy source of information
