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in your home to prevent them and give yourself some peace of mind. Get a smoke alarm and check it works It’s vital to have at least one smoke alarm on every floor of your home. Alarms should bear the British ... private landlords have to fit a smoke alarm on every floor of a property. They must ensure it’s working, connected to the electricity supply, and linked to any other smoke alarms. Plan a fire escape route
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including cash support (in 2015) of £36.95 per person per week. Usually, asylum seekers are not allowed to work whilst they are waiting for an asylum decision.7 After being given asylum, low income is a particular ... A, Njike G and Rudiger A (2006) Older Refugees in the UK: A literature review [A Refugee Council Working Paper for the Older Refugees Programme] Refugee Council 11 Porter M and Haslam N (2005) Predisplacement
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wellbeing, as well as clarifying recommendations for service commissioners and providers around what works in this area. We welcome the reference to some of our services within the guideline which make a huge ... last point in the section as follows: ‘Publicising the service to other agencies and organisations working with older people, for example, local older people’s forums and groups or local GP practices’ 1.10
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Senate of Older People, Active Wales, National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales worked together to gather the experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales during the winter Covid-19
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you are ‘habitually resident’, the local authority will look at things like: where you live and work; “where you have family or friends”; “the reasons why you have come to live in the area” “where ... an audio version. Note: Most local authorities will provide a leaflet explaining how their system works. You have the right to request information to enable you to assess the likely outcome of your application
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the impact on older people of cuts to rural bus services 3 About the research As part of Age UK’s work assessing the impact of cuts to bus services in rural areas, Opinion Leader conducted 16 in-depth ... opportunity to enjoy their retirement. Participants felt this was unfair, as they had spent their lives working hard in the hope that they would enjoy some pleasures of retirement. ‘I feel annoyed because the
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for. Sometimes, people want to help but aren’t sure how – so telling them what would be useful can work well. If you care for someone from a distance, perhaps their neighbours or local friends could step ... information about this on page 37. 7 Options if you’re working. If you’re juggling work and caring, you could consider requesting flexible working from your employer. Your employer doesn’t have to agree
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conducting a financial assessment of someone who needs to go into a care home – and subsequently working out what charge a service user should pay – all local authorities in Wales will need to comply with ... advocacy services (within each local authority area) on our website at: www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru/our-work/advocacy/hope---helping-othersparticipate-and-engage/advocacy-services-in-wales The Public Services
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13 Concerns about an attorney, deputy or appointee 29 Useful organisations 31 Age UK 33 Support our work 33 Age UK factsheet 22 June 2024 Arranging for someone to make decisions on your behalf Page 4 of ... Reduction/Support ⚫ A combination of Working Tax Credit and at least one of: Child Tax Credit, Disability Element of Working Tax Credit, or Severe Disability Element of Working Tax Credit. If you do not meet
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unless there was some sort of prior knowledge to what they would be expecting from me.” We believe that work is needed to increase knowledge and raise awareness of the rights of older people across Wales. Until ... unlawful for a ‘public authority to act in a way that is incompatible with a Convention right’. When working under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 or the Mental Capacity Act 2005, local
