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In 2020 Age Cymru began a Welsh Government funded project called Tell Me More to find out how care home residents have been during the difficult period of the pandemic. Residents from all-across Wales ... and we have a fundamental need to communicate with each other. It makes us feel valued and connected. We all function through interaction with other human beings and much of our communication is facial, non-verbal
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org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 ... Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia is seeking responses to a call for evidence for their 2015 inquiry into dementia and co-morbidities. Introduction
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decisions about their care and treatment, and who are deprived of their liberty in a care home or hospital. This factsheet covers what deprivation of liberty means, the required procedure for authorisation, the ... someone has been deprived of their liberty, and what can be done if there are concerns about a deprivation of liberty. Further information about mental capacity is in factsheet 22, Arranging for someone to
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communicable disease. Although the NHS has been evolving to meet changing health needs for some time, there is an urgent need to increase the pace and scale of service transformation to meet the needs of an ageing ... there can be a tendency to seek out and treat every possible clinical condition – something which the older person may not understand, want or consider they need. In 2018, in its response to a Parliamentary
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EnvisAGE A spotlight on the mental health and wellbeing of older people No. 16 2023/24 Featured articles Page 2 Introduction – Ceri Cryer, Age Cymru Page 5 Unequal access to and provision of mental health ... health.1 The Welsh Government’s Strategy for an Ageing Society aims to enhance people’s wellbeing with a priority to improve access to mental health services,2 and the Strategy recognises the impact of loneliness
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care during the pandemic. Unpaid carers provide support to relatives, friends or neighbours who have a disability, physical or mental health needs, or who are affected by addiction. Support they give can ... These responsibilities can vary greatly, taking less than a couple of hours to more than 50 hours per week. While unpaid carers can be any age, a growing number of older people are providing care. Wales
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care during the pandemic. Unpaid carers provide support to relatives, friends or neighbours who have a disability, physical or mental health needs, or who are affected by addiction. Support they give can ... These responsibilities can vary greatly, taking less than a couple of hours to more than 50 hours per week. While unpaid carers can be any age, a growing number of older people are providing care. Wales
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cared for, should a time come when you cannot make or communicate these decisions yourself. Preparing an advance decision to refuse treatment (often called an advance decision or a ‘living will’) and ... and an advance statement are two things you can do. This factsheet explains what they are, why you might want to prepare one or both, requirements for drawing them up, and ways to ensure other people know
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Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company limited by guarantee and registered in Wales and England 6837284. Registered office address Ground Floor, Mariners House, Trident Court, East Moors Road ... CF24 5TD. ©202l Age Cymru. Creating an age friendly Wales Getting advice If the person you’re helping is aged 50 or over and needs advice, please ask them to call Age Cymru Advice on 0300 303 44 98, available
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Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for any decision or action and cannot be used as a substitute for professional advice. Neither Age UK nor any of its subsidiary ... companies or charities accepts any liability arising from its use and it is the reader’s sole responsibility to ensure any information is up to date and accurate. Please note that the inclusion of named agencies
