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1 Consultation response Count me In Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee National Assembly for Wales December 2018 Introduction 1. Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve ... healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise
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Sally.west@ageuk.org.uk Jane.vass@ageuk.org.uk 2 The Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first and last ‘Spring’ Budget on 8 March (as Budgets will in future take place in the Autumn). In a document ... 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 of increasing numbers
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2016 We’re Age UK Age UK is a charity and a social enterprise driven by the needs and aspirations of people in later life. We are here to inspire, enable and support older people to help everyone make ... provides information and advice to over 5 million people each year, runs public and parliamentary campaigns, and funds research exclusively focused on later life. We support and assist a network of around
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miserably and lonely at some point in our lives. For many, life moves on and the feelings pass. But for some loneliness becomes chronic, and it becomes increasingly difficult to find ways to reconnect and form ... dedicated to combating loneliness in the UK. Jo formed an independent, cross-party Commission of MPs and charities to highlight the fact that we can all do something to help lonely people in our community
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minutes and at the root of this problem are cold, poorly insulated homes. The issue Facts and figures Winter deaths 2.5 million avoidable deaths over the last 60 years Every winter in England and Wales ... among the over 65s from cold-related illness The majority of deaths occurred among people aged 75 and over; there were an estimated 36,300 excess winter deaths in this age group in 2014/15, compared with
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from 2012–2013 and then by the Big Lottery Fund from 2013–2015. The programme supported over 70 local Age UKs to make their mainstream services more accessible to people with dementia and their carers. ... dementiaadventure.co.uk) and Innovations in Dementia CIC (www.innovationsindementia.org.uk). This Resource Guide has been compiled as a useful starting point for individuals and organisations that are
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all ages 2 MHP Health was commissioned by the RCS to research and draft the report. MHP Health is an award-winning specialist health policy and communications consultancy. For further details please contact ... 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 rates across CCGs for the over-65s and over-75s 24
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these questions: 1. Which areas will have the biggest impact on practice and be challenging to implement? Please say for whom and why. 2. What would help users overcome any challenges? (For example, existing ... very different practical barriers to delivering effective end of life care in hospital, a care home, and a person’s own home, for example. Availability of nursing support, particularly out of hours in the
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purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Name: Léa Renoux Email: lea.renoux@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock ... www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health Inquiry Delivering the Five Year Forward View: Behavioural change, information and signposting Ref: 2715 Date: October 2015 All ... purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Name: Léa Renoux Email: lea.renoux@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock
