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you support the work set out in the draft flood risk management plan to reduce flood risk? We welcome the intention, set out in FRMPs, for the various Flood Management Authorities to ‘work in partnership
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the NHS as a whole, not just those responsible for specialist palliative care. All professionals working in the NHS will care for people who are dying, yet training in end of life care remains poor. Geriatricians ... the use of the word “frailty”, a word increasingly used in government and wider health policy. In work we have recently completed on health professional perceptions of frailty (not yet published) there
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question 2, we would strongly encourage all agencies to disaggregate comparative data by age. Our work with the Royal College of Surgeons has demonstrated huge variations in access to procedures such as ... felt able to access healthcare services in a timely manner and also felt that referral from GPs is working well. Although they did sometimes struggle to get a GP appointment, this was not, overall, a significant
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for Wales Cross-Party Group on Dementia April 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead
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problem is due to a deep rooted lack of understanding of older people’s needs on the part of many working within health care. Trainee doctors for example spend very little time on older people’s wards as ... Guidance for Banks and Building Societies 6 3.7. In cases of financial abuse the MCA has helped those working in adult safeguarding to decide where to draw the line between what may be an unwise financial decision
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and would be penalised if they had to pay tax upfront. Anyone who is a basic rate taxpayer when working and then a non-taxpayer in retirement would be penalised this way. With the income tax personal allowance ... saving. The research shows that having lower numeracy skills, which is directly associated with working in lower skilled roles, makes people more likely to value the present over the future, and become
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provide information and advice for older people, their friends, relatives, carers and organisations working for and on behalf of older people. The most common subjects that people contact us about are social ... next few days. The hospital social work team does not appear to be involved and there doesn’t seem to have been a review of his care needs. The Community Social Work team have said that if John returns
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favourite song and dancing, undertaking housework with a bit more gusto, or finding a workout that works for them. There are a variety of exercises that can be done from home for all abilities. Below are ... exercise/physical-activity-guidelines-olderadults/ Age Cymru Tai Chi Home Programme Age Cymru has made their tai chi work available free of charge online: www.agecymru.org.uk/taichi If they aren’t shielding, the person you’re
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decides who is eligible to receive care and support services following completion of the assessment. Working out a care plan for meeting your eligible care and support needs. Pursuing any concerns or complaints ... guidance documents are backed by law and aim to assist individuals, professionals and organisations to work within and comply with the Act – i.e. they are written in more straightforward English and are easier
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age and what we can do to protect our cognitive health in later life. As well as funding, we have worked with the researchers to summarise, interpret and translate their findings. A specific report is due ... evidence review on the premise that people working for Age UK will need to have clarity on the basic concepts of dementia and cognitive ageing, either in their work or personally - or both. Even in private
