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The programme is delivered by Age Cymru, in partnership with Age Connects and Diverse Cymru. We are pleased to respond to Welsh Government’s consultation on the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care ... Regulated Advocacy Services. Comments relating to the relevant questions in the consultation template are attached. We have a number of concerns about the draft regulations and draft statutory guidance and
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general information on people in later life in the UK. Wherever possible, figures for the whole UK are quoted. For ease of reading and unless otherwise stated, the term “older” is used here for people aged ... Population There are now 11.8 million people aged 65 or over in the UK.1 There are now over 15.3 million people in the UK aged 60 and above.2 1.6 million people are aged 85 or over.3 There are over half
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givers. We will need to ensure that those who are less mobile or not online are not left behind. There is a growing recognition that too many of our communities are significantly underprepared to manage the ... has a significant impact on our health, wellbeing and the quality of our lives. Age Friendly Places are essential for our ageing population. By 2040, nearly 1 in 4 people in the UK will be over 65. The
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thrilled when the Mini Vinnies Action group from St Joseph’s Primary School in Cardiff told us they are supporting our Big Step fundraiser. Equally impressive was the amount of work they have done to better ... group, whose motto is ‘Turn Concern into Action’ did just that and organised visits to care homes where they entertained residents with music and set up pen pal partnerships with lots of older people.
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IAA handout Principles of the Act - handout Independent professional advocacy presentation Expert class - advocacy under the act
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interests of future generations. About Age UK 2 Introduction Dignity, independence, security: these things are tremendously important to us as we age. This is why we have decided that over the next five years our ... UK ‘a great place to grow older’. Agenda for Later Life 2015 is Age UK’s annual assessment of where we are now, and how public policy can help us to achieve our ambition. This summary sets out our policy
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awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are submitting evidence for this open ended to this consultation following the recent publication of our ‘Why are we Waiting?’ report that can be found here: ... here: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru/get-involved/campaigns/why-are-we-waiting/ The research and report are the cumulation of growing evidence from our advice and support services of worrying delays in
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voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. 2. We are pleased to respond to the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee’s ‘Count me In’ consultation ... bodies can use culture to tackle poverty and social exclusion in Wales. 3. Loneliness and isolation are a daily reality for many older people. 75,000 older people in Wales reported ‘always or often’ feeling
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principles of advocacy and understand why independence is important 3. Recognise what barriers there are to people being able to fully participate and uphold their rights and how to overcome them Contents ... 1950s – scandals in long stay hospitals • 1960s – increasing awareness of rights and the way people are treated who need services • 1966 – Wolf Wolfensburger established the first Citizen Advocacy project
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parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. ... form a large and growing part of the demographic this guideline will act to support so their needs are highly relevant to this work. As part of the development process, stakeholders have been invited to
