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be needed and keep doing the things that matter to us. We’re very proud of the achievements that will help make our vision a reality – the achievements of the Age UK network across England, Scotland, ... continues to help us understand the way our brain and thinking skills change as we age. The results will inform future prevention and treatment of cognitive impairment in later life, and the lifestyle choices
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supplemented by a power to apply to the courts for an Adult Protection and Support Order (APSO). The Order will enable an authorised officer to secure entry to premises in order to 4 Social Services and Well-being ... degrading treatment and is therefore directly relevant in abuse cases. The UK’s withdrawal from the EU will not automatically affect the UK’s status as a signatory to the ECHR. The ECHR is an international
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Welsh Government recently consulted on the development of a new national mental health strategy, which will build on the work of the previous ‘Together for Mental Health’ and the ‘Talk to Me 2’ strategies.17 ... We believe that these need addressing to help improve mental health support for older people. This will continue to be a focus of our policy work. 1. Underlying ageism: There is an element of acceptance
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maximising people’s autonomy and wellbeing while also supporting their health and recovery. This balance will obviously vary based on the wishes and needs of the individual. As such, we would like to echo the ... social and leisure activities are legitimate goals of intermediate care’ which we fully support and will often go beyond what most services offer by default. A person’s goals must be the starting point for
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rising and more people needing to work for longer, it is inevitable that the welfare-to-work system will experience a rise in the number of older jobseekers over the next few years. People aged 50+ on ... increased over time, and with State Pension age increasing to 66 within the next five years, this cohort will become an increasingly important group within the back-to-work system. 2.5 Successful job outcome
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updating to reflect the broadband speeds needed to access services. Even with full digital access, there will still be a need for some local services, such as access to small sums of cash and personal services ... increasingly ubiquitous (currently 73 per cent of households) it is likely that those who do not have access will suffer growing disadvantage. For example: it is cheaper to pay bills online; many online only retailers
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and women are likely to spend on average 17 and 20 years respectively living in poor health, which will impact on their quality of life and use of services. Preventative health care services play a key ... issues including dementia.12 The implementation of this Strategy and robust monitoring of outcomes will be crucial to its success. (The impact of loneliness and isolation upon both mental and physical health
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are not filled in correctly. We would like to hear your views on these questions: 1. Which areas will have the biggest impact on practice and be challenging to implement? Please say for whom and why. ... changes occur while they are not there – there is a general assumption in the guidance that there will always be a family member or carer available to discuss the care needs of a dying patient, which is
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undergo Friends Against Scams training; WASP is in the process of developing an action plan which will help identify the steps which need to be taken to implement the recommendations. We believe that ... However, we would like to know how Welsh Government’s forthcoming loneliness and isolation strategy will itself be delivered.
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energy company performance in this area? 11. In reference to paragraphs 4 and 5 above, we hope Ofgem will monitor company performance around meeting the needs of people holding powers of attorney and the ... limited to account holders or can include others living in a household. We know that PSR services will be available to households including children aged 5 and under. Can or should there be a similar arrangement
