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Identifying and supporting older unpaid carers in Wales 4 Your rights 5 Carers needs assessment 6 Should I talk to my GP? 8 Benefits and financial help 9 Benefits calculators 10 Financial support 11 Help ... they save public services a massive £8 billion each year. Providing care for someone can sometimes be difficult. It can affect your employment, your finances and both your physical and mental health. In
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Summary This is the third edition of our ‘Care in Crisis’ technical briefing, which aims to set out the key figures on funding for social care. Since our last edition in 2012, the Care Bill has addressed ... about the framework for care and support of older people1. In addition, the Government has committed to transferring £3.8 billion from the NHS for joint NHS and local council decisions about the funding
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Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge the help of Dan Philo, Senior Data Manager at Natcen for the sharing of datasets. Our thanks also go to Chris Curry, Director of the Pensions Policy Institute, for reviewing ... indebted to the people who participated in our qualitative research, who shared their experiences, thoughts, strengths, and fears. They brought life to our analysis Age UK Research The Research
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SM The Brain–Sleep Connection: GCBH Recommendations on Sleep and Brain Health 1The Brain–Sleep Connection: GCBH Recommendations on Sleep and Brain Health Background: About GCBH and Its Work The Global ... health professionals, scholars and policy experts from around the world working in areas of brain health related to human cognition. The GCBH focuses on brain health relating to people’s ability to think
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Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales September 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 ... 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 awareness of the issues of importance to them. We
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factsheet 5 2 Structure of the NHS in Wales 5 2.1 Local Health Boards 6 2.2 NHS Trusts 7 2.3 Community Health Councils (or from April 2023, the Citizen Voice Body) 7 3 Getting help when feeling unwell 8 3 ... Seeking a second opinion 14 5.6 Out-of-hours services 14 5.7 Changing your practice 15 5.8 GP services when you are resident somewhere temporarily 15 6 Services to which your GP may refer
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over State Pension age who moved abroad but are now considering moving back to live permanently in the UK, this factsheet explains more about some of things you need to consider. It gives information about ... and looks at your eligibility for health and social care services. In Wales, following the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act on 1 December 2022, tenants are now known as ‘contract-holders’
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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 and practice. ... number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About Age UK Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later
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and how you can get help with the costs of water if you are eligible for the WaterSure bill cap Scheme. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period May 2024 to April 2025. The information ... for more information. Contact details for any organisation mentioned in this factsheet can be found in the Useful organisations section. Age UK factsheet 69 May 2024 Water advice Page 2 of 12 Contents
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access to surgery among older people Access 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 ... findings 4 3 Executive summary 5 4 Recommendations 8 5 Background 9 6 Methodology used to examine treatment rates 14 7 Breast excision 20 8 Colorectal excision 23 9 Cholecystectomy
