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some people a misleading impression of what they will receive. The DWP should regularly publish tracking information and also carry out more indepth research on people’s awareness and understanding of ... communications that is their concern. Groups who may have planned their retirement income based on the current system and could be worse off due to the reforms should be the priority for communications
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2014 Foreword Long-term unemployment, usually defined as being out of work for over a year, is one of the most serious challenges facing the over 50s in the contemporary UK labour market. While some ... careful consideration to the options for reform outlined in this report, and to work to ensure that no-one in the welfare-to-work system is disadvantaged simply because of their age. Caroline Abrahams Charity
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things differently there.” L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between Our research for the Payments Council in 2012 on the payment needs of the “Older Old”1 clearly showed that we travel into old age carrying the experiences ... Significantly, our research found that our financial resilience in later old age depends, not on how old we are, but on three key determinants: the availability of family support; our personal socio-economic
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issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to the consultation on a future vision for General Practice. What do you value most about the GP relationship? Age Cymru is the leading charity ... (97%) than younger adults aged between 16 and 24 (87%). Is there anything you feel could enhance what a GP does for their patient? Older people tell us that the main issues for them in regards to GP
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are we waiting report?’ which details our findings about delays in assessments for care in Wales and what we think needs to be done. It is so important that people can get the care services they need when ... care please let us know, together our voices for change are stronger. There are some great stories on the work of all local Age Cymru partners and opportunities for you to get involved. Until next time
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raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to the consultation on the Draft Dementia Strategic Action Plan. Age Cymru welcomes the Welsh Government’s commitment to creating ... importance of involving people living with dementia and their carers in the design and planning of services on p33, we feel that engagement should be referenced throughout the document. Without this involvement
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IMPLEMENTIng the code of practice on advocacy SELF assessment Tool for commissionersGolden Thread Advocacy Project – funded by the Welsh Government November 2016SELF assessment Tool · INTRODUCTIONP ... relating to your commissioning of advocacy services – we are interested in your professional judgement on the key statements included in the tool. About the Golden Thread Advocacy Programme The Golden Thread
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with the University of East Anglia who would be doing a robust evaluation; she gave the example of one participant who when she started wasn’t able to lift her arm higher than the table, now, after eight ... so far across four different sites, ages ranging from 58 to 103 years. Shelley explained that the one of the biggest barriers with the project was convincing participants that they were not “too old” to
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deaths over the last 60 years Every winter in England and Wales one older person dies every seven minutes from the cold November 2015 ONS figures show that over the winter of 2014/15 there were a staggering ... This more ambitious programme projects: GDP increased by £3.20 on a Government investment of £1; Tax revenues increased by £1.27 on a £1 investment; 108,000 new jobs (net) per annum over the period
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available on Age UK’s website www.ageuk.org.uk 4 5 8 The moment we received a unicorn in the post 1 The moment the Prime Minister popped in to talk about pensions 2 The moment we helped Anna get back on her ... spoke to Mary 5 The moment older people had their voices heard 6 The moment #notbymyselfie trended on Twitter 7 The moment we filled St Paul’s Cathedral 9 The moment we turned clothing into healthcare
