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entertainment choices? • How do housing managers and other staff respond to changing circumstances, if a tenant starts becoming confused or disorientated, for example, in a housing setting that is culturally ... and of cultural or ethnic diversity. However, some HAs were apprehensive about how to manage dementia if their focus had previously been on addressing needs related to ethnic or cultural identities or discrimination
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their Local Health Board (LHB). If you feel that you should be eligible and you don’t receive an invite, contact your LHB to query this – see the link below. If you can’t travel to get ... general, the purpose of a vaccine is always the same: to train our immune system to respond to a germ as if it has seen it before and remembers how to tackle it. Vaccines teach our bodies to recognise antigens
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Random acts of kindness Ask if we'd like to meet for coffee and a chat A phone call to see if I’m alright Fetching something of the top shelf for me in the supermarket Ask if medication needs sorting Just ... ‘Hello’ Send me a birthday card Tell someone how nice they look Knock on the door and check we’re OK Ask if we need anything from the local shop Holding my arm when I'm unsteady Offer to take me shopping Take
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estimated to have dementia (both diagnosed and undiagnosed), and some 670,000 people acted as primary carers for people with dementiai. These figures are likely to increase significantly as the UK’s population ... across the country, with a greater focus on how to support people living with dementia and their carers. Age UK supports people with dementia through the provision of specialised services and via mainstream
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MAS face-to-face guidance through Age UK Age UK delivers part of the contract for MAS face-to-face guidance. The contract is delivered through five of our local partners with the aim of enabling older ... education and advice. The gap between industry action and consumer understanding will only be reduced if the issues are tackled at all ends of the spectrum. This includes the FCA establishing and enforcing
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scope be broadened to cover ‘savings for retirement’ rather than just ‘pensions’. 3. Other scams employ impersonation, e.g. of a bank. Fraudsters might also impersonate pension providers to get victims ... Conduct Authority (FCA) includes examples and paints a helpful picture of this process: Fraudsters also employ a range of mechanisms in a process of grooming the victim, including building friendship and trust
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‘good’ DC scheme? Please explain. (b) If the provision of a predictable income should be a primary aim of a ‘good’ DC scheme, how should this be defined? (c) If value for money should be a primary aim ... Providing a predictable retirement income is likely to be an appropriate aim for DC schemes in many, if not most, circumstances. However this will not necessarily always be the case. Different people will
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is a very serious step to take in an older person’s treatment and may breach several of their rights if done inappropriately. We urge a very rigorous assessment process of mental capacity in this context ... especially if they are taking multiple medicines (also called polypharmacy) and may require additional support to do so. We believe much more can be done to enable older people and their carers to improve
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use, or do not have access to the internet, and therefore may not be able to access such information if it is provided online only. Services provided online need to be high quality and easy to use, whilst ... access education, employment, health and other services. Community transport often represents the only way in which particular user groups can access a range of essential services.12 If the Government were
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other benefits for older people including Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Carer’s Allowance. However, Pension Credit is crucial in efforts to reduce poverty because it is intended ... grocery shopping and “It was nice to pick things up and put them in my basket without having to think if I can afford it. I have even bought a frozen duck for Christmas Day as a treat!” Mr Lewis, Cardigan
