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Age Matters The quarterly newsletter from Age Cymru Winter Warmth Edition 2020 Creating an age friendly Wales www.agecymru.org.uk facebook.com/agecymru twitter.com/agecymru 2 The quarterly newsletter ... Matters newsletter. It’s great to be ending the year with the positive news that vaccines to immunise against Covid-19 had been developed and will be rolled out in the coming months, with initial priority given
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1 Public Policy Statement Safeguarding older people May 2021 Summary We all have the right to live free from abuse of any kind. Our age or circumstances should have no bearing or effect on this basic ... prevent abuse of older people.3 Legislation is an essential component of safeguarding adults; it has the capacity to set statutory duties and powers so that adult protection is undertaken effectively by all
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corporate plan, but highlight the five areas we will be focusing on in our strategic equality plan? Age Cymru fully supports the inclusion of anti-discriminatory work in the corporate plan. However, we would ... welcome further detail on how this can be achieved. We support plans to improve qualitative and quantitative data and evidence collection so that levels of inequality in the workforce are understood in greater
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In the UK it’s estimated that millions of pounds lie unclaimed in around half a million inactive accounts. It’s free and easy to check whether you have any dormant bank accounts, insurance ... addresses or you may have had an account opened for you as a child that you’ve forgotten about. An account can be lost or marked as ‘inactive’ if: a financial institution hasn’t been able to contact you – most
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Local Age UKs delivering it for the first time A Qualitative Evaluation Vinal K Karania (Research Manager, Evaluation & Impact) 19th August 2015 Acknowledgement The author of this report is grateful ... generously gave their time to participate in the research, including the older people and the local Age UK partners Introduction This presentation provides the findings of a qualitative evaluation of a
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factsheet 4 1.1 If you rent your home – recent housing legislation in Wales: the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 4 2 Anti-social behaviour in housing – background information 6 3 Keeping ... record of issues 7 4 Common problems, who to contact and actions that can be taken 8 4.1 Particularly serious issues or problems 8 4.2 Approaching a neighbour 8 4.3 Mediation
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servicesExposure to the cold can have a devastating impact on the health of older people. Every winter 25,000i older people die needlessly, as a result of cold weather in the UK. The UK’s excess winter ... health problems; it increases the incidence of heart attacks, strokes, respiratory disease, pneumonia and depression. It also worsens older people’s arthritis and increases the risk of falls and injuries
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We'd like to introduce you to some of our amazing volunteers who help make a difference to the lives of older people in Wales.
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............................................................................................ 8 4 The impact of loneliness on older people ............................................................. ... .................................................................................. 14 6 What are the challenges and barriers? .........................................................................
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1 Public Policy Statement Carers August 2019 Summary The Welsh Government defines a carer as “anyone of any age, who provides unpaid care and support to a relative, friend or neighbour ... or affected by substance misuse”1. According to the 2011 census, there were 369,186 carers2 living in Wales, representing 12% of the population, the highest proportion of carers of all UK countries.
