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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 own experience - of finding herself a fish out of water at university ... 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 affect anyone of us, and that its
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Assembly for Wales July 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives ... future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s
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Distribution of breast excision rates across CCGs for the over-65s and over-75s 21 Figure 3 Variation by CCG in breast excision rates for the over-75s 21 Figure 4 Distribution of colorectal excision ... 6 Distribution of cholecystecomy rates across CCGs for the over-65s and over-75s 26 Figure 7 Variation by CCG in cholecystectomy rates for the over-75s 26 Figure 8 Distribution of inguinal hernia
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Bridgend. Age Cymru, in partnership with the community arts organisation Tanio, has organised a series of well-being sessions for the over 50s, using creative skills within the natural environment. The sessions ... throughout the season. Funded by Natural Resources Wales Resilient Communities fund, the sessions are free of charge while complimentary refreshments will also be provided. Support is available for anyone with
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reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy ... proposals around charges for schemes used for automatic enrolment. These include improved disclosure of information and action to address high or unfair pension charges, including options for a charge cap and
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family and their wider support network. Through our research we wanted to understand: • The scale of the issue of waiting for care for older people across Wales • The local authority plans for care service recovery ... and the third sector could do to support local authorities in recovery. To gather the necessary information, we submitted an FOI request to all 22 local authorities in Wales and requested a meeting with
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Rights in Wales February 2017 Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives ... raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee’s Inquiry into Human Rights in Wales. The impact of the UK’s withdrawal
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Independent Professional Advocacy and the Information, Advice & Assistance Service Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Analysing levels of need for Advocacy within local populations
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reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy ... The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 This Department of Health consultation is about the draft regulations and statutory guidance for the capped cost care
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find more appropriate services 565 issues dealt with 100% of people were responded to within 7 days 98% felt they had their voices heard 89% of people said they had their issue(s) resolved positively ... never seen herself as such. The person she was caring for wasn’t in receipt of Attendance Allowance and Ms Q wasn’t in receipt of Carers’ Allowance. Our HOPE Independent Volunteer Advocate helped her consider
