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well-being of individuals through advocacy and to give them a stronger voice This national programme will: Support strategic health and social care management/commissioning teams and front line professionals ... is consistency of scoring in self-assessment exercises. We have tried to provide a structure that will ensure a standard approach to scoring as far as possible. The Table on the following page describes
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access essential (and other) services in a way suits them. Otherwise there is a danger that people will be left behind in an increasingly digital world. 2.2 Some older people could go online with appropriate ... and training to build their digital skills and confidence. Without this support, many people simply will not use the internet. The Government should therefore have a coherent, long-term strategy on digital
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external service providers. Key areas of responsibility in Diane’s role prior to retirement will enable her to support the work of the Charity and she is keen to help develop, expand and promote
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to save money. As well as providing many support services such as Information and Advice, Age Cymru will continue to be the strong voice for all older people in these difficult times. We appreciate the ... policymakers and politicians on the effect in policy areas such as social care, health and human rights. We will continue to ensure that the rights of older people are respected, promoted, and protected. Our trustee
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welcomes the development of a framework to support bereaved people in Wales. This important development will assist in reducing inequalities across Wales in access to bereavement support and help to address ... additional support above that from their usual support networks will increase. We hope that in developing this framework that Welsh Government will consider the resources needed to deliver this framework and
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people awaiting treatment will have significantly poorer quality of life, some will be unable to work, some will be unable to provide childcare for their families and some will be at risk of losing employment ... employment whilst waiting for treatment. Increasing waiting times will have a huge effect on the wider Welsh economy. It is therefore vital that the Welsh NHS prioritises rebuilding capacity for elective
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or other, different methods to normal. The Welsh Government have advised that “video appointments will be offered if doctors want more information than a telephone call can provide. In these cases, surgeries ... can provide simple instructions about how people can access the free and easy-touse technology that will work with their smartphone, tablet or PC”. If the person you’re supporting is unsure about accessing
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Trident Court, East Moors Road, Cardiff CF24 5TD Question 1: The Strategy sets out the areas we will prioritise in planning for our ageing society and why. Have we prioritised the right areas? Comments: ... in order to do this, they need to be aware of their rights. The Action Plan will need to detail how a rights based approach will be implemented in practice. We welcome the improved focus on early prevention
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future pensioners, particularly those with low life time earnings and women, for whom the State Pension will continue to be very important. What is the triple lock? The triple lock is the uprating formula ... Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which includes the statement that the parties have agreed that there ‘will be no change to the pensions triple lock.’ The Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman, has also said ‘We
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that all care workers receive a Real Living Wage within the term of this Senedd. This development will be a main driver for improvements in health and wellbeing for staff in home care, care homes and respite ... this aim will be partially informed by the remaining lifetime of contracting arrangements but it is important that this work is also led by where changes are needed the most and where they will have the
