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Age Cymru runs an advocacy project to help people participate and engage
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questions about care funding but questions about funding retirement more broadly. And critically it will focus on developing ideas and solutions to these questions. We think that the artificial separation ... care requires more funding, this paper argues the proposed measures outlined in the Spending Review will not be sufficient to meet the growing care needs of an ageing population. Indeed, they are likely to
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Many of us enjoy having a drink now and again and it’s easy to try to convince ourselves that alcohol will make us feel better, but remember that alcohol is actually a depressant and can affect your mood.
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topics including: the process for deciding whether someone is eligible to receive it; how the services will be delivered for those who are eligible; and what to do if you are unhappy with the decision reached
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cheque or using credit or debit cards without your permission. Pressurising you into changing a will. Someone else taking charge of your benefits and not giving you all your money. The definition ... is: Financial or material abuse, including theft, fraud, exploitation, pressure in connection with wills, property or inheritance or financial transactions, or the misuse or misappropriation of property
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to use this to buy a retirement home outright. A further 37% have between £75,000 and £175,000 and will find their choice of retirement housing limited by what they can afford. As the cost to buy a typical ... the same eligible costs but different incomes, the one who has the higher income before those costs will likely still have a higher income after they have been met. ● The trapdoors with potentially by far
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contribution to preventing falls and reducing the fear of falling in later life. Key points and recommendations Age UK’s detailed comments can be seen in the NICE proforma below. Key points from our response ... their health. As such, we would recommend using terminology that chimes more with older people’s perspectives, for example rather than asking about falls, we would recommend asking how people feel they are
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statutory and private sectors, as well as with many older people, to implement our recommendations. Key recommendations One: Empower older people to manage their eye health Maintaining eye health is a key
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established Women and Equalities Committee has announced its first inquiry which will focus on transgender equality. The committee will consider how far, and in what ways, trans people still have yet to achieve ... Access to gender identity services must be available to older trans people without fear that they will experience age discrimination, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. 1.3. The specific health
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the year with the positive news that vaccines to immunise against Covid-19 had been developed and will be rolled out in the coming months, with initial priority given to frontline health and social care ... be there for older people. Here’s hoping that 2021 will be a brighter year for all of us, as we work together to help bring about the changes that will deliver an age friendly Wales. Keeping warm when outdoors
