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Ø Welfare benefits for older people including checking benefit entitlement Ø Health and social care Ø Housing, including housing options, repairs and adaptations and heating Ø Legal issues such as Wills ... and factsheets. These cover a wide range of subjects affecting older people in Wales and those who care for and support them and are available from our website: www.agecymru.org.uk/information-resources
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We do not believe it is necessary or desirable to combine saving for later life and buying a first home. The timescales for saving and appetite for risk are so different for the two objectives that it would ... withdrawal were broadened to include other issues, for example having a first child or buying a second home, then the relative attractiveness compared to pensions would significantly increase, which could serve
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help and support. People might use this service if: they can use a computer but do not have one at home, they have used a computer but do not feel confident to do so without support, or they have little ... would like to learn, or want someone else to make the application on their behalf. Home visit In some situations a home visit will be provided, perhaps because someone has mobility problems. The service
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Papur Tŷ’r Arglwyddi 140, cyhoeddwyd 14 Mawrth 2013: t.61 13 LE Wales: Future of Paying for Social Care in Wales. Adroddiad Cyntaf i Lywodraeth Cymru. Ebrill 2014 14 Yn ôl Carers Wales, mae dros 370,000 ... Cymru (2010) Tuag at Dir Cyffredin: Canfyddiadau allweddol y Community CalculatorTM. 26 Lifetime Homes http://www.lifetimehomes.org.uk/ 27 The Poverty Site Wales: Gwasanaethau: Mynediad at Drafnidaeth
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objectives, in particular our safeguarding policies and work around protecting older people in their homes, we do not send our fundraisers to knock on people’s doors to ask for donations. We do not ask
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state benefits and the care system. A particular concern for Age UK is that the people might be encouraged to draw and spend their pension early in order to avoid the means-test for care (without being aware ... aware of the deprivation of asset rules), or conversely spend it on care without being aware of the possibility of state support, leaving themselves or a surviving partner short of income later in life •
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Northern Ireland. Standard element. Based on whether you’re single or a couple. Carer element. If you care for someone for at least 35 hours per week and they receive a qualifying disability benefit, you won’t ... (such as rent and service charges) • your email address (and a different one for your partner). Be careful. There’s a common scam where someone approaches you and offers to make a Universal Credit claim for
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for all individuals in Wales in certain circumstances including (but not exclusively) assessment, care planning, review and safeguarding. This report looks at all types of advocacy provision which supports ... with professionals.2 Advocacy should be considered as an inherent element of the Act to focus social care around people and their well-being.3 Advocacy Counts 5 Executive summary A review of advocacy services
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for all individuals in Wales in certain circumstances including (but not exclusively) assessment, care planning, review and safeguarding. Nearly all Local Authorities have either commissioned services ... with professionals.2 Advocacy should be considered as an inherent element of the Act to focus social care around people and their well-being.3 Findings since Advocacy Counts 5 • There has been a 32% drop
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for all individuals in Wales in certain circumstances including (but not exclusively) assessment, care planning, review and safeguarding. Nearly all Local Authorities have either commissioned services ... with professionals.2 Advocacy should be considered as an inherent element of the Act to focus social care around people and their well-being.3 Findings since Advocacy Counts 5 • There has been a 32% drop
