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of later life. We help more than 5 million people every year, providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. In February we published a report entitled Older people and power ... PSRs. Ofgem should support advice workers in a range of agencies to understand and promote PSRs as part of their wider advice work. There may be a need for a technical advice line to explain in detail to
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entitlements such as Pension Credit and Attendance Allowance. Recent years have seen funding for the advice, support and home visits that would help older people access the benefits they’re entitled to cut ... services for ‘all adults’ that potentially fail to recognise the needs of older people. For example, advice and advocacy services and the development of generalist services may not offer the same amount of
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services and solutions to enrich the lives of people in later life. Age UK provides information and advice to around 6 million people each year, runs public and parliamentary campaigns, provides training ... to having faced discrimination in the workplace. In this context access to financial and benefits advice which ensures that people receive their entitlements is crucial. 1.6. Many trans older people experience
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collaborative solutions and ‘community networks’ which enable social contact, easy access to information, advice, advocacy, activities and opportunities for participation, health and wellbeing. • Have respectful ... reduce social isolation, offers opportunities for volunteering, acts as a gateway to information, advice, advocacy and services, promotes health and wellbeing and improves older people’s quality of life
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Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. Staff involved in the delivery of information and advice services should receive training relevant to the development and delivery of age-appropriate services ... Rights’.2 Advocacy is covered in more detail in Age Cymru’s public policy position on ‘Information, advice and advocacy’.3 Legislation and policy The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 20144 puts
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wants more people to access public services online. The aim is to make services more efficient and cost-effective but also to provide information and access to services in a way that is quick and convenient ... people because it can be quicker, cheaper and more convenient. It also benefits all of us if the costs of accessing public services are reduced. However nearly three out of ten (29 per cent) of people
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particular place, that would conflict with the deprivation of liberty. MIND can provide information and advice on the Mental Health Act 1983. Best interests assessment The best interests assessor establishes ... legal aid may be available. For further information see factsheet 43, Getting legal and financial advice. Age UK factsheet 62 March 2024 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Page 18 of 26 8 Legal background
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21 Mwy o arian yn eich poced rhaid ichi hawlio Credyd Cynhwysol (gweler tudalen 40), sydd ag elfen cost cartref. Bydd eich awdurdod lleol yn eich arwain drwy’r camau y mae angen i chi eu cymryd i wneud ... mae’n bwysig i hawlio’r hyn sydd ar gael. Help gyda chostau brys neu gostau unigol Os ydych yn wynebu cost nad ydych yn gallu ei thalu oherwydd eich bod yn byw ar incwm isel, neu oherwydd eich bod chi’n byw
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got ourselves ‘ready’ so that it should be a reactively quick process, but have not applied due to cost.” 18 “We are currently working on our own standards of self-advocacy.” Over 80% of respondents were ... 20 Skipped question 1 Comments: • Only because we have just completed advice quality standard and Age UK information and advice quality standard • Don’t have it at moment but preparing to work towards
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civil and human rights”. (2) INFORMED & INCLUDED. “I have access to the right level of information, advice and advocacy when I need it”. (3) SOCIAL INCLUSION. “I have access to appropriate social activities ... support processes that identify and secure solutions through preventative services; information, advice and assistance; assessment; care and support and support planning; review and safeguarding. 24.
