one-stop referral service should be in place for people living in a cold home and that health and social care professionals need to play a key role in identifying older people at risk. The effect of cold ... which help older people to stay warm and well in winter. It is aimed at commissioners, health and social care practitioners, voluntary organisations and housing and energy suppliers, all of whom may be
it less of a necessity to improve their social interaction with the native majority population, which may in turn result in the former not improving their social capital and job finding networks. The ‘spatial ... home from a Local Authority/Housing Association or privately, and belonging to a lower occupational social class. Policy implications Support with finding and accessing job information, and incentives
increase knowledge and raise awareness of the rights of older people across Wales. For example, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act requires local authorities to consider whether an individual ... advocacy support to ensure that their own rights are upheld and that they are supported to challenge social services to obtain the right services. An IPA has the training and knowledge to help an older carer
January and February 2015 to discuss the Government’s proposals for a cap on an individual’s costs for social care. Nine consultation events in total were held from different parts of the country. The local ... understand the changes and to access services. Serious concerns were voiced about the current state of social care: insufficient funding, the poor quality of services and the lack of focus in the system on prevention
For many older workers, having access to flexible working opportunities is important for remaining active in the labour market. In particular, for people with additional needs or responsibilities, such as ... encourage greater take-up, help normalise flexible practices, and enable more older workers to remain active in the labour market. Such guidance could also explain in detail different working practices and
Poor public toilet provision impacts upon many older people as it reduces their ability to remain active and restricts how often, and for how long, they are able to leave their homes. Providing enough clean ... wider local policies such as health, wellbeing plans, planning, urban design, transportation and active travel. Question 5: Is there enough guidance on collaboration to enable partnership working and
it through with them to decide what to do next. • Speak to your doctor, care worker, social worker or the adult social services team at your local council – find them in your phone book or online. • Call ... Northern Ireland, contact Age NI. 20 What happens when you report abuse? When you report abuse to adult social services, the person you speak to will listen to the information you give and discuss possible solutions
action. These challenges are: 1. Uncertainty and mistrust; 2. Better understanding of risk; and 3. Active planning. The following provides some general observations and suggestions of possible action to ... risk that regulators, government and industry need to do to help Generation R understand risk? 5 ACTIVE PLANNING ‘If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail’ – Benjamin Franklin Preparing for retirement
vulnerable circumstances have a pressing need for more affordable energy but are not in a position to be active consumers. These circumstances include living with dementia or other mental health conditions, living ... providing information to customers can act as a prompt to switch. Those who are not in a position to be active consumers should not be condemned to paying excessive prices. It also means we have to make the
the reality of the labour market. 1.4 In 2014 Age UK commissioned the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion to conduct some qualitative and quantitative research into long-term unemployment among ... 2015) vi Foster et al (2014), Employment support for unemployed older people, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion/Age UK vii Age UK analysis (August 2015) – the names of providers are anonymised viii Age