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innate value in themselves, regardless of their age or other personal characteristics. Nevertheless, it is sometimes helpful to quantify the size of the contributions that are made by older people in order ... voluntary roles, caring responsibilities and as consumers. An ageing population may bring challenges but it is also a significant opportunity. To fully grasp this opportunity we must put aside outdated assumptions
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Council Tax is a compulsory, property-based tax paid to local authorities. The Council Tax Reduction Scheme is a benefit administered by local authorities in Wales to help people who are on a low ... whether you own your own home or rent, or whether you’re working or unemployed. Council Tax Reduction is administered by your Local Authority so you should contact them to make a claim. Apply for Council
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positive future for themselves, their families and generations to come – and are eager to help bring it about. According to the 2021 Census Data, approximately 1,300,100 people who live in Wales are aged ... 65 years and over is approximately 662,000. The number of people aged 65 and over is expected to increase by 18% between mid-2021 and 2031 and the number of people aged 75 and over is expected to increase
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now and in the short term. It is difficult to see how improvements can be achieved without compromising existing care and support services unless significant additional funding is available to support real ... lts/?lang=en 2 Age Cymru Care in Crisis? 2017 care needs assessments within some local authorities is caused by their initial screening processes and that people getting in touch with local authorities’
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Registered charity 1128436 The booklet concludes with advice on how to deal with the fear of falling and what to do if you have a fall. As we grow older, gradual changes to our health and the medications we take ... but equally easy to fix. This booklet is split into two sections. The first section gives tips and advice on how to reduce the risk of falling at home. The second is a self assessment form asking you about
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at present there is no universal safety net or signposting to services. Such advice and support is usually provided by voluntary and community groups and organisations, whose funding is often fragile and ... and whose outreach capacity is inevitably constrained. We know that all blind and partially sighted people, and all older people, are different. We need to 5 recognise and respond to people’s individual
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13/14 Neptune Court Vanguard Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ Tel: 029 2043 1555 www.agecymru.org.uk Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales 6837284 ... friendly Wales 2 Why we need Wales to be age friendly Our purpose in embarking on such a programme is to ensure that older people are able to live the most fulfilled lives possible in communities across
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Policy Statement Fuel poverty October 2017 Fuel poverty is a significant problem for many older people in Wales. In Wales, fuel poverty is defined as needing to spend 10 per cent or more of household ... each year in Wales. An estimated 2,600 older people died in Wales during the winter of 2014/152 - this is more than double the figure for the previous winter. The increase was largely due to a predominant
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and Local Welfare Provision June 2024 (Amended September 2024) About this factsheet The Social Fund is a scheme to help people with expenses that are difficult to meet from a low income and includes: ⚫ ... to re-settle or stay in the community. There is a separate scheme for Wales called the Discretionary Assistance Fund (DAF) The information in this factsheet is correct for the period June 2024 to May 2025
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Information, make available, on public request, individual responses. The closing date for this consultation is 12 December 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... pensionable age in the UK using its services, the social value of the post office was estimated to be between £329 million and £1.56 billion.i Here the “social value” is based on a quantitative analysis
