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Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 Supporting people to be informed, heard and involved 2 3 Introduction The Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy)1 (“the Code”) issued under the Social Services and ... placed a requirement on local authorities to arrange provision of an Independent Professional Advocate (IPA) to facilitate the involvement of individuals in certain circumstances3. The aim is to help them
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how some of the barriers that older people face when seeking and staying in employment. Minister for Economy Vaughan Gething MS focused on the Welsh Government’s priorities in the context of employment ... employment and older people, and there were presentations from Professor John Williams, chair of Age Cymru; Dr Martin Hyde, Associate Professor in Gerontology at Swansea University; Sue Husband OBE, Director
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believe that the promotion and protection of the rights of older people should be a priority in the Strategy. A key priority is to determine how to embed awareness of a rights based approach. Older people ... people need to know how they can exercise their rights, and 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
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Page 1 of 33 DOWN MEMORY LANE A Project Level Evaluation Vinal K Karania Research Manager (Evaluation & Impact) Research Department, Age UK Page 2 of 33 Age UK Tavis House ... © Age UK Research Department (January 2014) Page 3 of 33 Acknowledgements The author of this report would like to thank the representatives of local Age UK Brand Partners (Camden, Derby & Derbyshire
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Outcome Review – Terms of Reference (Financial Conduct Authority) 5 September 2016 Ref: 2916 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational ... educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Christopher.brooks@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6
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Contents Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction 5 2. Purpose of the research 8 3. Method 10 4. Findings 12 Issues continue with data collection 12 Nature of calls to Age Cymru advice 13 Waits for assessments ... to assess 16 people aged 55+ for care needs for ten local authorities Comparison of ten local authority’s volume of completed assessments over a three year period 17 Comparison six individual local
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agree a time between you and the older person for your weekly calls to begin. More information What is the overall purpose of the role? By signing up to become a befriender, you're helping reduce social isolation ... difference. What will you be doing? You'll call the person once a week, at the same time to offer a bit of company and check-in to make sure all is well. The call should last around 30 minutes. You'll engage
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Experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales during the winter Covid-19 lockdown, and the road to recovery Survey Results May 2021 Contents Page 1. About this research 3 2. Accessing information about Covid ... experiences of lockdown 6 4. Challenges during lockdown 7 5. The impact of lockdown 9 6. Experience of accessing Health and Care services 10 7. Easing of lockdown 18 8. Challenges of moving out of lockdown
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get medical attention, get money and pay bills, and have social contact. These are basic features of a decent life and ought to be a high priority in transport policy. Many older people rely on public ... that this continues to be supported by the Welsh Government. However, the provision of bus services and the number of passengers using them has declined in Wales.1 We are extremely concerned that local
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reviewing availability of services, issues around funding and sustainability, quality of service, training of advocates, advocacy and its role in safeguarding, accessibility in terms of language, and knowledge ... knowledge and understanding of legislative changes in advocacy. Advocacy Counts 6 presents the findings from our most recent survey. It explores the findings in light of the period of transition we are in,
