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who want to participate in the network. Recommendations Local Age UK staff who are ‘passionate’ about making services more dementia-friendly would benefit from more individual support to ensure that their ... ‘That was the highlight for me, to get a site visit from someone who knows what they are talking about.’ Local Age UKs from cohort one appeared to carry out environmental audits independently later, successfully
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who want to participate in the network. Recommendations Local Age UK staff who are ‘passionate’ about making services more dementia-friendly would benefit from more individual support to ensure that their ... ‘That was the highlight for me, to get a site visit from someone who knows what they are talking about.’ Local Age UKs from cohort one appeared to carry out environmental audits independently later, successfully
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number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation In April Ofcom published a call for evidence on ‘Designing the broadband universal ... shop and bank from home, especially useful for people in rural areas with sparse services or whose health or mobility makes it hard for them to leave the home. Others may value the internet for communication
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people moving to the countryside to commute or retire holds true for many, this masks growing concerns about social and financial exclusion in later life. Key points and recommendations Older people in remote ... schemes, that need to be more widely adopted. We need to continue to research and share knowledge about ways to effectively deliver goods and services, such as transport, social care or broadband, in remote
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particularly important in serving the needs of people in later life with limited mobility due to ill health or low income. The post office remains popular and continues to be trusted and well regarded by ... particularly a problem for those people in later life who face additional barriers of limited mobility, poor health, low incomes and shrinking social contact. The loss of local post offices has been particularly damaging;
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benefits to individuals in later life, for example helping tackle social isolation and improving mental health. • Many older people view learning as a means to community engagement, whether through organising ... case studies of individual learners strongly suggest the value placed on this in terms of personal, health and social contribution to improving peoples’ lives. In addition, many older people are involved
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number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation This consultation sets out the proposals announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ... and impartial face-to-face guidance to help them to make the choices that best suit their needs. About Age UK Age UK is a charity and a social enterprise driven by the needs and aspirations of people
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payments Intermediate care and reablement are both likely to consist of a varied range of integrated health (NHS) and/or social care services (provided by the local authority) that can be offered on a short ... premature placement in long-term residential care. In general, intermediate care can be said to be a health service (NHS) led service, whereas reablement is social care led (i.e. by the local authority social
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and Chief Executive 4 Our ambitions 6 Our year at a glance 8 Your money 11 Your wellbeing 17 Your health & care 21 Your home 27 Your community 33 Funding and finance 39 How we raised our funds 40 Strategic ... a more positive and ambitious approach to later life. It encourages us all to think differently about getting older and demonstrates that older people have a valued role in society. We received an overwhelmingly
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appropriate services within the Age Cymru Network. • Signposting to and providing factual information about the role of other organisations or services who can support an individual. • Carrying out welfare
