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purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Age UK is the new force combining Age Concern and Help the Aged. We are a national charity ... workplan for action for all government, service providers and citizens. The Transport Select Committee are currently undertaking an inquiry into whether the strategic framework will fulfil the government’s
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parties 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. ... can be both an indicator and a consequence of frailty in later life; Recognising that older people are more likely to follow falls prevention programmes if they have had a say in the design of their package
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parties 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. ... undiagnosed), and some 670,000 people acted as primary carers for people with dementiai. These figures are likely to increase significantly as the UK’s population ages, with the total number of people with
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between 9am and 4pm. Call us on: 0300 303 44 98 (charged at a local rate). We can call you back if you are concerned about your phone bill. Ø Email advice: You can email us directly at: advice@agecymru.org ... wide range of subjects affecting older people in Wales and those who care for and support them and are available from our website: www.agecymru.org.uk/information-resources 2 How we put you at the
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issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ consultation on her Strategic Equality Objectives 2020 – 2024. We are fully supportive of the Older People’s ... is a major challenge for older people. As more information and services are made available mainly or exclusively online, there are real risks of excluding older people. The National Survey for Wales reports
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Boom and Bust. • Care in the Community. • New Labour. • Rocket. • Care Services – Risk adverse – Class C Abuse/ medical model. • Benefits/ negative publicity/ hate crime. • Society didn’t want us. • We
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parties 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. ... cases where domestic abuse of older people is identified or suspected, is also needed to ensure that older people’s rights are maintained, whilst those who lack capacity to make specific decisions are effectively
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by government for statutory social care services; and the financial contribution that individuals are required to make for the social care they receive. There is a fundamental debate over the basic fairness ... Cymru’s longstanding view is that a far more equitable system would be to ensure that care services are provided free at the point of use in the same way as NHS services. This would ensure that care is available
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voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to Welsh Government’s consultation on the community nursing specification as this ... specification comes at a time of great change in health services, and it is important that these changes are reflected in updates to the specification and in particular pay close attention to an increased need
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people. These are very far from clear, at present, so this paper also looks forward: what are the areas of public policy where the EU has particularly touched older people’s lives, what are the questions ... priorities, as the policy agenda develops, to ensure a better later life for everyone, no matter where they live? More detail on the implications of the vote for various policy areas is available in the
