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AgeUKIG38 Healthy eating Your guide to eating well Information and advice you need to help you love later life. We’re Age UK and our goal is to enable older people to love later life. We are passionate ... International and more than 160 local partners. This information guide has been prepared by Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for any decision or action and cannot
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staff, relatives and volunteers. From July 2023 until March 2024, we continued with recruitment, training and matching of volunteers with care homes; and our artists practitioners supported care homes with ... induction of volunteers and coached them in the Tell Me More Approach. Alongside this we evaluated the impact of volunteering on the wellbeing of residents, staff and volunteers, and looked to understand
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the social care system in Wales – the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and accompanying Code of Practice guidance 6 2.1 Welsh Government ... Government regulations and guidance on direct payments specifically 7 3 What are direct payments? 8 4 Background information on eligibility criteria and charging procedures for
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Attendance Allowance September 2016 Introduction The Government is asking for views on transferring support currently provided to disabled older people through Attendance Allowance (AA) to councils in England ... recipients would be protected any change could have major implications for disabled older people who need support in the future. So far, the Government has not provided any information about the likely impact of
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Age Cymru is the national charity for older people in Wales and we're here when we're needed the most. More than ever before, older people are facing some of the hardest challenges imaginable. Some live ... to live with dignity. Sadly, older people often have to face these issues with no-one to help or support them – loneliness is a daily struggle when you only have the TV or radio to keep you company
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Age-friendly business Valuing and including older consumers in supermarkets and service companies February 2017 2 Introduction We often hear about our ageing society and the power of the ‘grey pound’ ... attracting and including older consumers is slow – many older people still struggle to access and navigate shops and other businesses. This results in exclusion and frustration for many people, and wasted
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1 Age UK Digital Inclusion Evidence Report 2013 Marcus Green and Phil Rossall Digital inclusion evidence review Contents 1 Digital inclusion of older people in the UK ........................ ... ... 13 Alleviating loneliness and social isolation ......................................................................................... 13 Educational attainment and lifelong learning ...........
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Age Cymru Advice 0300 303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 67w August 2023 Home improvements and repairs for older people in Wales Factsheet 67w August 2023 ... Heating and insulation improvements 17 6 Home safety if you’re a homeowner 17 6.1 Gas safety checks 17 6.2 Electrical safety 18 6.3 Fire safety 18 6.4 Carbon Monoxide alarms 19 7 Rights to repairs and/or improvements
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of a loved one Bereavement 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ Panel. You don’t need any specialist knowledge ... us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others
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Issue no. 7 Advocacy and Regional Plans Page 2 Supporting the Commissioning and Good Practice of Advocacy: Resource list Page 3 Independent Professional Advocacy (IPA) and Health ... 5 New proposals to transform care by raising standards and giving care work a higher status Information and Guidance on Domestic Abuse: Safeguarding Older People in Wales
