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“I think we could have done 100 times more and better if we had had more time and that has brought home to me the fact that you need somebody 5-days a week.” “Realistically it needs a person solely on
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a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital if they think they might have coronavirus. They should stay at home, and use the NHS 111 Wales service instead (unless symptoms are serious – see below) There are two
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to consider how to access their cash or to pay for goods and services whilst they’re isolating at home. Many people will be anxious about how to access funds to pay for shopping/goods. To help reduce this
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policy remit is broad, and covers everything from pensions and financial planning, to health and social care, housing design, and age discrimination. This work was completed as part of an Age UK Fellowship, ... older people is associated with self-employment, unemployment, depression, lower income, renting one’s home, and being an owneroccupier with a mortgage. In 2010 owneroccupiers with a mortgage were five times
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have three main components: Funeral director’s fees – these include transporting the deceased and caring for them at their premises, or in some cases transport direct to the funeral venue as well as negotiating ... Additionally, they must not: ⚫ make payments to incentivise hospitals, palliative care services, hospices, care homes or similar institutions to refer customers to a particular funeral director. ⚫ solicit
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Gwent) • Due to lack of funding a lot of services have been cut (Wrexham) • Services such as health care, banks and schools are being withdrawn from rural areas and at the same time public transport is decreasing ... amenities or services e.g. shops, post office, banks and libraries within a reasonable distance of your home? Key issues raised • Examples of well serviced areas, with libraries, shops and community facilities
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that was light on surprises, most of the key points having been well-signalled beforehand, social care finally received some welcome attention. This briefing picks out the main points, but the full documents ... organisations - has been calling for an emergency injection of funding for social care which, as set out in our report The Health and Care of Older People in England 2017, is now not only failing to meet the needs
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Getting to and from hospital is a major problem for older people the heaviest users of secondary care services even in urban areas. Information about bus services, especially when several operators ... be far more important to perceived quality of life than material circumstances, such as income or home ownership.6 Personal mobility is a critical part of psychological
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NIACE’s work in care homes has proven significant benefits from learning in terms of reduced use of medication,iii but there is little research which finds a similar conclusion outside of the care setting. ... of the informal learning project ‘Reach for IT’, which provided digital learning to residents in care homes. This found an overall impact of £2.95 of value generated for each £1 of expenditure. Even when
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in housing in Wales. We believe that all people have the right to access good quality housing and homes in cohesive and safe communities. https://www.taipawb.org/ LGBT organisations Diverse Cymru Diverse ... civilian life, helping with employment, financial issues, respite and recovery, through to lifelong care and independent living. https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/ SSAFA The oldest national charity supporting
