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opportunities for us to get out and about and meet others. Outbreaks of Covid are still occurring in communities across Wales while rates of flu infections are expected to rise as we’ve not been exposed to germs ... due to global shortages in gas supplies. It’s quite the winter cocktail. Which is why we’ve produced a special winter warmth edition of Age Matters that’s packed full of information and advice to support
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Delivering Dignity Securing dignity in care for older people in hospitals and care homes The NHS Confederation is a membership body that represents all organisations that commission and provide NHS services ... organisation, working to support, promote and improve local government. Age UK is a registered charity number 1128267 and registered company limited by guarantee number 6825798 dedicated to improving later life
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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. ... people are in employment compared to 80% of the non-disabled population, among those under State Pension age. This consultation looks at how the Government commitment to halve this gap can be achieved, including
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through case work 470 referrals received 38 people supported to find more appropriate services 705 issues dealt with 100% of people were responded to within 7 days 97% felt they had their voices heard 83% ... an electric bill for over £3000. He’d self-advocated and reduced the bill significantly, but still felt the bill was too high. Our HOPE Independent Volunteer Advocate supported Mr TT to provide proof of
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function: To promote, inspire and instruct participants on the Age Cymru Nordic Walking programme in your locality. Purpose: The ideal volunteer will raise the profile and attract participants to the Age ... Cymru Nordic Walking programme. You will deliver Nordic Walking courses to members of the community and deliver taster sessions to other interested groups. You will work in partnership with Nordic Walking
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Time Tempo Credits – Sign up & In Volunteer to join Tempo Time Credits is a registered charity. Volunteers who sign up can gain credits to reward them for their volunteering hours. Credits are awarded ... exchanged for a range of opportunities – see examples below • Free entry to a heritage site: eg Caerphilly Castle; Raglan Castle; Blaenavon Ironworks, Plas Mawr, Conwy Castle • Free entry to a play centre
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advocates support people in relation to their human rights; each day will shine a light on an element of the Human Rights Act and what this means for each of us in our lives. The week-long campaign ... campaign is coordinated by the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) and this year is supported by The British Institute for Human Rights, as well as by independent advocacy providers across
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tough time for you all. We’d love to connect with some of your residents to find how they are doing at the moment via zoom. Having a chat can really help wellbeing in general but we’d also like to record ... go towards a Welsh Government report which may help to shape future care policy. For more info email suzy.webster@agecymru.org.uk. This is the link to our pilot film taken from the voices of the residents:
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303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 44w January 2023 Information on NHS services for older people in Wales Factsheet 44w January 2023 ... (or from April 2023, the Citizen Voice Body) 7 3 Getting help when feeling unwell 8 3.1 Speaking to your GP 8 3.2 Your local pharmacy service 9 3.3 NHS 111 Wales 9 3.4 Minor Injury Units 9 3.5 Emergency
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originally designed to treat episodes of acute illness and injury, and communicable disease. Although the NHS has been evolving to meet changing health needs for some time, there is an urgent need to increase the ... service transformation to meet the needs of an ageing population living with non-communicable, chronic conditions. Older people, wherever they live, should have free and fair access to health and care services
