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tasks such as shopping, cooking and housework, and in some cases using the telephone and managing money. Disability, measured as Limitations on Activities of Daily Living (LADL), affects 40% of older people ... outcomes. The Equality Act 2010 sets out the legal framework within which disabled people have recognised rights. In the Equality Act a person has a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment
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the other hand, when admission does occur, often as an emergency, there can be a tendency to seek out and treat every other possible condition – something which may be neither wanted nor necessary. In ... there is robust monitoring to capture progress towards achieving the dementia-related actions set out in Together for Mental Health and subsequent announcements and to address any failures in implementation
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carers and families who are caring for someone who is moving to a care home Hear from care homes about what works well for them, and how they actively support families and older carers Share a reflective practice ... staff. To download the guide, please click on the link below. Making relationships count For Care Homes If you require a hard copy, please email us and include the following information. Your name Care Home
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knitting needles and crochet hooks as part of the Big Knit for Age Cymru and we want you to join us. What is the Big Knit? The Big Knit is a partnership with innocent drinks. We've been working together since ... drop your hats off there. Tell us your story - we'd love to send you a thank you card for your hats. If you'd like that too, and you want us to update you on all things Big Knit, include a note with your
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products. This will help a significant number of smaller savers access appropriate products and navigate what is currently a highly complex marketplace. • These products should be available to all savers. This ... unsuitable products; facing an unexpected tax bill; unknowingly losing means-tested benefits; and losing money in a scam. The Age UK report ‘Dashboards and jam-jars’ describes these 3 and other issues in more
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to services to meet your needs. You may need help with personal care, such as getting in and out of bed, washing and bathing, preparing meals, shopping or cleaning. The first step in obtaining help ... generally not be able to assist you until it has first carried out the assessment. The authority has a legal duty to carry out an assessment of anyone living in its area who may need community
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or on their bill. • Ofgem recommends customers leave the meter box unlocked if they need someone else to top up the meter. • If the person you’re supporting needs to top-up their pre pay meter, you can check ... check where you can do this nearby at post office or PayPoint, or Payzone. • If the local Post Office is temporarily closed, then posters will be available to provide details of their closest Post Office
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fit as a fiddle is a programme run by Age UK and funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of the Wellbeing programme www.ageuk.org.uk www.fitasaf iddle.org.uk Age UK’s ... well-being, and help to reduce social exclusion (Age UK, 2011:4). Further, a recent study found that nine out of ten GPs felt that their patients would benefit from social prescribing (Nesta, 2013). In 2011 Age
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maintained, especially at a time when the latest figures show a small rise in pensioner poverty. o If the triple lock is abandoned there would be a big impact on future pensioners, particularly those with ... low life time earnings and women, for whom the State Pension will continue to be very important. What is the triple lock? The triple lock is the uprating formula that increases the new State Pension
