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available in the adult advocacy sector. Our concerns are that, as currently drafted: 1. The regulations will compromise the fundamental independence of advocacy services, and therefore militate against the ability ... states: The Advocacy provider and advocates will put the people they advocate for first, ensuring they are directed by their wishes and feelings. Advocates will be non-judgmental and respectful of people’s
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reforming local government finance so that by the end of this Parliament local councils in England will retain 100 per cent of taxes collected locally. The consultation paper seeks to identify some of the ... neutral, local government will need to take on new responsibilities and one of those suggested is Attendance Allowance (AA). The paper states ‘As announced in December, the Government will also consider giving
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Whether it’s due to losing someone close or because you’ve recently separated from your partner, you may find yourself living alone. But with a little help, living alone is something that most of us can adapt to.
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extreme, older people are sometimes discharged without appropriate measures taken to ensure that they will be safe and cared for whilst they recover at home. One person told us: “You can be discharged the ... dedicated to older people’s social care services has reduced by 13% in real terms.3 This reduction will have an effect on the quality of discharge processes. The availability of advocacy should be examined
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available in the adult advocacy sector. Our concerns are that, as currently drafted: 1. The regulations will compromise the fundamental independence of advocacy services, and therefore militate against the ability ... states: The Advocacy provider and advocates will put the people they advocate for first, ensuring they are directed by their wishes and feelings. Advocates will be non-judgmental and respectful of people’s
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circumstances. 3 We welcome FCA’s work on fair treatment of long-term customers and hope that they will apply the lessons learnt to both new business models, particularly new retirement income models, but ... various principles which consumer industries should meet such as: access to goods and services that will meet consumer needs; value for money; a real choice of goods and services; safety and security; redress;
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the likely economic impacts of the cost of living crunch? Around 165,000 older households1 in Wales will have insufficient income to cover their essential spending this year2, with almost two fifths of these ... poverty or just above the poverty line and/or in receipt of benefits.3 The poorest older households4 will need to drastically increase the percentage of their net income spent on essential goods and services
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transfer to the reception results in a message, basically try later. I am still wishing to see my GP. Will try again next week. It is depressing!’ Female, aged 70-79, Carmarthenshire Getting appointments ... been in contact once to say nothing can be done until all returns to normal and who knows when that will be. Now they are not returning my calls’ Female, aged 60-64, Swansea One person told us that the council
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transfer to the reception results in a message, basically try later. I am still wishing to see my GP. Will try again next week. It is depressing!’ Female, aged 70-79, Carmarthenshire Getting appointments ... been in contact once to say nothing can be done until all returns to normal and who knows when that will be. Now they are not returning my calls’ Female, aged 60-64, Swansea One person told us that the council
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and therefore need not necessarily focus on technology but themes that will engage older people. Different themed pop up events will engage older people with different interests Pop up events being fun ... services, this support is yet to be defined and therefore there is a real risk that some older people will be excluded or face significant barriers from participating in such transactions in the future.
