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awarded the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark (QPM) from the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) for the work it delivers through projects such as HOPE and Dementia Advocacy. The QPM is ... is the UK’s only independent quality performance mark for organisations like Age Cymru offering independent advocacy; an essential service for people who need support to express their needs and have
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Age UK Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. The over-60s is the fastest-growing group in society and there are more of us than ever before ... and also protect the long-term interests of future generations. Poverty remains the reality of life for many older people, and whilst relatively small numbers rely on food banks in the UK well over a million
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Resolving problems and making a complaint about NHS care in Wales Fa Factsheet 66w August 2024 2 of 45 Contents 1 Information about this factsheet ... the system for NHS complaints in Wales 8 3.1 The ‘Putting Things Right’ guidance (version
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Developments in advocacy over the last 4 years Louise Hughes Golden Thread Advocacy Programme Manager Age Cymru 1 New legislation • Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 • Wellbeing and Future ... Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 2 Developments across England and Wales • Change from Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to Liberty Protection Safeguards • Update of the Advocacy Quality
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improve the health and wellbeing of Wales. 75,000 older people in Wales have reported ‘always or often’ feeling lonely – it’s a daily reality for many older people. Feeling lonely is detrimental to the wellbeing ... wellbeing of older people and there is increasing evidence of the negative impacts on physical and mental health. These negative impacts can lead to increased pressure on a wide range of local authority and
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Response Draft Code of Practice on the extended right to request flexible working Ref: 1713 Date: 20 May 2013 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Name: Christopher Brooks Email: christopher.brooks@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock
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advocacy is a vital service for individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice ... There have been significant developments in the field of independent advocacy in the period between Advocacy Counts 5 (2016) and Advocacy Counts 6 (2018). The Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014
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advocacy is a vital service for individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice ... There have been significant developments in the field of independent advocacy in the period between Advocacy Counts 5 (2016) and Advocacy Counts 6 (2018). The Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014
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more of household income on fuel to maintain a heating regime adequate to safeguard comfort and health. Around 291,000 households were estimated to be in fuel poverty in 2016, equivalent to 23% of households ... are the group most likely to suffer from fuel poverty. On average there are around 1,600 excess winter deaths each year in Wales. An estimated 2,600 older people died in Wales during the winter of 2014/152
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and Social Justice Committee Consultation response April 2023 Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy ... services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We welcome the opportunity
