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your totals. 7 How your fundraising makes a difference The donations you raise through sponsorship will go directly to funding two of our major lifeline services for older people. Both services rely on ... of issues that older people may need support with in later life. Anglesey - North West Wales “This will change our lives, this is more (benefit) than we thought possible. Thank you so much.” “Thank you
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available in the adult advocacy sector. Our concerns are that, as currently drafted: 1. The regulations will compromise the fundamental independence of advocacy services, and therefore militate against the ability ... states: The Advocacy provider and advocates will put the people they advocate for first, ensuring they are directed by their wishes and feelings. Advocates will be non-judgmental and respectful of people’s
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Extending coverage alone will not ensure adequate pensions in retirement – and we do our future pensioners a grave disservice if we do not acknowledge this. Contributions will need to rise from 8 per cent ... system should, over time, ensure that more carers retire on a full state pension, their incomes overall will remain lower. Age UK would like to see carers who are eligible for Carer’s Allowance also being paid
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Whether it’s due to losing someone close or because you’ve recently separated from your partner, you may find yourself living alone. But with a little help, living alone is something that most of us can adapt to.
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development process, stakeholders have been invited to comment on the document that outlines who and what it will cover (available online here). Age UK welcomes this guideline as a positive step towards improving ... experience. We would therefore recommend that a sentence be added in this section to say ‘The guideline will acknowledge and address the particular issues faced by older carers’. 3 4 104-109 The scope should
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Language users, were also taken into account. The strategy is designed to be a ‘living document’ which will be further developed over time. One of its stated intentions is to co-produce the criteria for an ... capacity of the advocacy sector to manage increasing demand. Importantly, the pilot will also produce data which will enable commissioners to identify gaps in provision, plan for future demand more accurately
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achievement for our society. It provides us with opportunities for the future, but also challenges and it will require changes to the way in which we plan and deliver public services. The fact that older people ... key consideration in planning policy, and that planning decisions should take into account how they will affect people across different stages of the life course of future generations. Comments Placemaking
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available in the adult advocacy sector. Our concerns are that, as currently drafted: 1. The regulations will compromise the fundamental independence of advocacy services, and therefore militate against the ability ... states: The Advocacy provider and advocates will put the people they advocate for first, ensuring they are directed by their wishes and feelings. Advocates will be non-judgmental and respectful of people’s
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with other responsibilities or to phase their transition to retirement. However, other older workers will have a very poor experience of working under a ZHC, particularly where they have little control over ... or services available to the workers, and (b) there is no certainty that any such work or services will be made available to the worker.”5 3 Since June 2015, an employer may not prevent an individual working
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working to become dementia friendly. The guide also has a wide range of links and resources which will be useful for those interested in developing wellbeing programmes for people with dementia. The resources ... piece of written work, or perhaps about a document or issue you are consulting on – these documents will be useful to you: www.dementiavoices.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/DEEP-Guide-Collecting-views
