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Independent advocacy is a vital service for individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the centre of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens ... requirement on local authorities to make advocacy available for all individuals in Wales in certain circumstances including (but not exclusively) assessment, care planning, review and safeguarding. Nearly all Local
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Creu Cymru oed gyfeillgar Gwneud i berthnasoedd gyfrif Canllaw defnyddiol i deuluoedd, gofalwyr didâl a staff gofal sy’n cefnogi unigolyn i symud i fyw mewn cartref gofal. 2 Age Cymru: Gwneud i berthnasoedd gyfrif Cyflwyniad Mae’r canllaw hwn yn canolbwyntio ar y materion ymarferol ac emosiynol mae pobl yn aml yn eu hwynebu wrth benderfynu cefnogi rhywun i symud i gartref gofal. Ei nod yw
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All Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People AGM Monday 31st October 2016 5pm-6pm Committee Room 21, HOC Minutes of the AGM held on 31st October 2016 in Committee Room 21, House of Commons ... Discussion: The discussion during the second part of the meeting focused on the future work programme for the APPG. A draft work programme had previously been discussed by the group and the discussion ensured
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Information, advice and advocacy May 2021 Summary Good quality information and advice is essential for older people. Factually accurate and impartial information and advice help us to make informed decisions ... information may be required by older people with regard to, for example, retirement, benefits advice, changing or declining physical or mental health, social care, sensory or cognitive impairment, bereavement and
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capable of working can do so, regardless of age. This includes ensuring that the Work Programme delivers for its older participants. • The Work Programme has been less effective at helping the over 55s than ... differently. • Changes need to be made to the payment structure and claimant journey for older claimants: o The referral time for JSA claimants aged 55+ should be reduced to six months. The evidence suggests
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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. ... is running this inquiry into older workers in order to examine the effectiveness of the Department for Work and Pensions Fuller Working Lives strategy, and the role of employers in supporting this agenda
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live longer, more of us will need to get out and about as consumers, to volunteer, to work and as care givers. We will need to ensure that those who are less mobile or not online are not left behind. There ... and unlock the potential of our ageing population. In a significantly challenging financial context for local government, service providers and the communities they serve, there is a real need to work together
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will normally at least have some income from their State Pension. It is therefore relatively uncommon for people to seek help from Age UK on the grounds that they have no money at all. 3. Our information ... and advice workers do however come across cases where errors or poor administration cause problems for some older clients, and local Age UK’s are contacted by some clients under Pension Credit age. In the
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Call for Evidence Response Review of the Money Advice Service Ref: 1414 Date: 2 September 2014 All rights reserved ... 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.
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1 Helping 50+ jobseekers back to work: lessons for the Work and Health Programme 2 Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................... ... .................................................................... 20 7. Policy recommendations for the Work and Health Programme .............................. 22 Appendix A - Brief explanation of JSA
