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1 Option 2 Advocacy Services in Neath Port Talbot In addition to the services above, the MCA, MHA and SSWB Acts set out statutory rights to advocacy. If they apply, you may also choose from the services ... act, under guardianship or subject to a community treatment order or in hospital informally receiving treatment for their mental health? If so, they have a legal right to an IMHA (Independent Mental Health
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Option 1 Option 2 Advocacy Services in Swansea In addition to the services above, the MCA, MHA and SSWB Acts set out statutory rights to advocacy. If they apply, you may also choose from the services below ... act, under guardianship or subject to a community treatment order or in hospital informally receiving treatment for their mental health? If so, they have a legal right to an IMHA (Independent Mental Health
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community services and activities which facilitate the inclusion and participation of older people, which can help overcome loneliness and isolation. Age Cymru has separate public policy statements on the built ... people in Wales reported ‘always or often’ feeling lonely1, and there is increasing evidence that this can have severe implications for physical and mental health. People may become increasingly isolated
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widely used as a measure of disability for older people covering personal care such as being able to bathe, dress, mobility and toileting. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) relate to domestic ... domestic tasks such as shopping, cooking and housework, and in some cases using the telephone and managing money. Disability, measured as Limitations on Activities of Daily Living (LADL), affects 40% of older
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you're struggling to make ends meet. Pension Credit comes in two parts: Guarantee Credit tops up your weekly income to a guaranteed minimum level. For the financial year April 2024 to March 2025 this is: ... is higher than the basic State Pension. It's only available to people who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016. You could get up to: £17.01 extra per week if you’re single. £19
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66 years). This can also affect people aged over 66 if they have a partner under 66. It includes information about how Universal Credit affects people claiming other benefits and how to claim it. The information ... this factsheet is correct for the period April 2024 to March 2025. Benefit rates are reviewed annually and uprated in April, but rules and figures can change during the year. The rules for claiming Universal
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Road, London N1 9UZ. Consultation response 2 The OFT is conducting a study into the issues relating to the supply of goods and services for people living in remote communities. The call for evidence does ... does not define ‘remote communities’, but captures a broad understanding based on how long it takes to access goods and services and population scarcity. This includes UK islands communities, the Scottish
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the period of transition we are in, from the completion of the large scale grant funding Projects, to the start of the newly commissioned Independent Professional Advocacy services implemented under the ... advocacy services (from 19 to 13) specifically for older people. There has been a small decrease in services providing advocacy to a wider client group. The reduction is from 44 to 41 services. There are
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1 Policy Statement Carers November 2016 Summary According to recent figures there are more than 384 000 carers1 living in Wales, representing 12.1% of the Welsh population (the average across England ... “anyone of any age, who provides unpaid care and support to a relative, friend or neighbour who is disabled, physically or mentally ill, or affected by substance misuse”5. Carers can be involved in a whole
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2 of 57 Contents 1 Information about this factsheet 4 2 Recent housing legislation relating to people who rent their home 4 3 Help that may be available from the local authority ... Facilities Grants (DFG) – for homeowners, or people who rent 9 3.3 General powers for local authorities to improve living conditions 14 3.4 Local authority
