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Evidence Review What are they, why do they matter and how to make more of them Lisbeth Drury Dominic Abrams Hannah J. Swift Centre for the Study of Group Processes University of Kent This report ... Centre for the Study of Group Processes at the University of Kent. It was supported by grants to the authors from Age UK, the Economic and Social Research Council ES/J500148/1, and from the European Commission
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Wales and new terminology regarding housing law 4 1.2 What this factsheet is about 5 2 Help in a crisis 6 3 Types of occupation contract 7 3.1 If you rent your home and moved in prior to ... from 1 December 2022 onwards and have a community landlord – i.e. you landlord is the local authority (council) or a housing association 10 3.3 If you started renting
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YES YES NO NO Refer to the IPA service. NO Creating an age friendly Wales Decision making process for determining need for Independent Professional Advocacy (IPA) for adults under the Social Services and ... authorities and health boards to arrange provision of IPA under the SSWb Act, but consider other forms of support and advocacy. Is the person eligible for IMCA? In partnership with the person, determine which
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Consultation Response The Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Bill Health, Social Care and Sport Committee National Assembly for Wales July 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 healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity
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bills and how to save water. It provides information on switching to a meter and how you can get help with the costs of water if you are eligible for the WaterSure bill cap Scheme. The information in ... in this factsheet is correct for the period May 2024 to April 2025. The information in this factsheet is applicable in England and Wales. If you are in Scotland or Northern Ireland, please contact Age Scotland
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phone call After an application is received, you may choose to arrange a follow up phone call • Ideally this should be made within one week of receiving the application. The Volunteer’s Application form ... hand during the phone call. • The phone call is not a formal interview, it’s a two-way conversation to confirm the suitability of the volunteering role for both Volunteer and Care Home. • The format used
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we all manage throughout our lives. In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Welsh Government provided funding for Age Cymru to undertake research into the mental health of older adults in care homes ... health. The charity Mind defines good mental health as being able to think, feel and react in the ways that you want and need in order to live your life. Having poor mental health means finding that the ways
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Diversity in older people and access to services – an evidence review By: Jo Moriarty and Jill Manthorpe A report of research carried out by the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s ... purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained. Date: 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9568731-5-6 This report has been produced for Age UK by Jo Moriarty and Jill Manthorpe of the Social Care Workforce
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Professional Advocacy Aims of the modules 1 Module 1 – About Advocacy Aims to increase knowledge and understanding of independent professional advocacy Module 2 – Well-being Aims to promote real choice and ... control in line with the well-being principles and duties of the Act Module 3 – Golden Thread Aims to promote understanding of advocacy as the Golden Thread that runs throughout the Social Services and
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2023 Advocacy News HOPE Advocacy Project We are approaching the three quarter point of the project and want to take this opportunity to remind everyone what HOPE is all about and the service and opportunity ... advocacy support to local older people (50+) and carers so they can help shape the key decisions affecting their own lives and thereby avoid getting into a crisis situation. HOPE is a Welsh Government
