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The charity was substantially involved in the design of the original scheme, which on the whole has worked well for older people. Our main concern is that with the strong encouragement for consumers to ... poverty. Looking to the scheme from 2017 onwards, there is a case for encouraging energy suppliers to work more imaginatively with partners, including local authorities and health authorities, and to adopt
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total novices when it comes to technology Making sure the venue and equipment are suitable and working Finding out what older people wish to learn and adapting sessions to suit their goals. Building ... target. The primary reason for this was due to the key member of staff needing to take time away from work due to unforeseen health circumstances during the delivery phase of the project which hindered their
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Choosing an adviser 17 8 Sale and rent back schemes 18 Useful organisations 19 Age UK 21 Support our work 21 Age UK factsheet 65 February 2024 Equity release Page 4 of 22 1 What is equity release? Equity ... arrange for you to have at least one face to face meeting in person with a solicitor. The solicitor may work for the same firm, but should act independently. Firms providing or advising on equity release should
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policies and will always advise you on what’s best for you. 3. All information is confidential. The work we do with you is confidential. This means all information we keep about you is stored securely and ... consultancy and training. How you can help us. Our advice line team gains satisfaction from their work and the positive impact they have on our clients. We do not expect any further form of recognition
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Key recommendations Implementation of Mental Health Taskforce recommendations should include a work stream dedicated to meeting older people’s mental health needs. This should include ensuring wide ... longer is not only better for individuals but makes good economic sense if it enables people to stay in work for longer, reduces demand on services or supports the ability to carry on caring for family and volunteering
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this consultation The Financial Advice Market Review was set up to examine how financial advice could work better for consumers, particularly those without significant wealth. It aims to ensure the regulatory ... incentivised to provide access to guidance and/or regulated advice. Professional advice will need to work together with free, impartial public financial guidance, supported by moves to improve financial capability
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Reablement services should be offered on discharge from hospital where appropriate and NHS staff must work with local authorities to ensure older people are discharged in a timely, safe and appropriate manner ... basic needs such as nutrition and personal hygiene in a sensitive manner. • The Welsh Government must work with Local Health Boards to ensure there are appropriate staffing levels in all care settings at all
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independent advocacy service should they wish to use it. Welsh Government and local authorities should work together with the voluntary sector to ensure the existence of sustainable advocacy services and enable ... should work together with voluntary service providers to raise awareness and understanding of the existence, purpose and benefits of advocacy among both older people and the professionals who work with them
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provide information and advice for older people, their friends, relatives, carers and organisations working for and on behalf of older people. The most common subjects that people contact us about are social ... and of these 95% agreed or strongly agreed with the statement ‘there are not enough staff to get the work done’. 77% of all the respondents in the survey of district and community nurses reported that
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ratings. They had this knowledge from past experience as a service user or carer, or from having worked for social services. The most common strategies were word-of-mouth, which is dependent on knowing ... authorities. Participants with a good understanding of social care services were better able to work with the system in order to gain the services they needed. Participants with a poor understanding
