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raises many questions from the issues of getting a face-to-face GP appointment and the challenges many will face doing things by phone or video call to the implications for longer term, chronic or serious medical ... backlog in hospital appointments. Some of the most vulnerable people requiring these appointments will also be those who need an advocate, and it is important for health services to ensure they refer to
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publications which could generate additional volunteers • Being flexible: different intermediaries will want to be involved in different ways (e.g. loan devices as extra resource; delivering session; support ... conversation with an older person to help understand how they will most benefit from support available • Patience as in some cases an older person will need to repetitively be shown how something is performed
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website: metoffice.gov.uk Top tip: Always carry a drink with you when out and about. An insulated flask will keep cold drinks cold for longer – much more refreshing and cooling than sipping from a plastic bottle ... you’re taking medication that affects water retention. Protect your skin - Be burns aware Ageing skin will suffer the effects of the sun in a shorter time frame. Just 10 minutes can be too long for some. Get
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have those aged 6064, owing to the effects of the rising State Pension age). Fewer hours worked will make it more difficult to maintain standards of living until a worker reaches their (higher) State ... 45-64), many people are in fact working fewer hours, which will have an impact on their earnings and potential to save for a pension. For some this will be a result of their own choice, as changing working patterns
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need. In addition, to be truly flexible, arrangements should be negotiated and implemented with the willing agreement of the employee (rather than imposed by the employer). Older workers need access to flexible ... your work and they appreciate these sort of people, and if they need any help or anything they are willing to help you, you know?” “For the whole staff he likes them to have this workload that they can
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families. We see the human cost of the failure to take action on prevention. We are determined that this will not continue. The time is now In order to achieve the goal of “25 by 25” for England, we need to start ... under. This report is just the beginning of our contribution to the debate on prevention. Next year we will publish detailed modelling on the prevalence of all conditions represented by the Richmond Group,
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There needs to be an emphasis on learning between local authorities and good practice sharing. This will reduce the volume of work that local authorities need to undertake, and help them avoid pitfalls that ... self-care activity will rise by 46% - potentially another 120,000 people needing care and support • Older people with a long-term illness will rise by 38% • Older people living with dementia will increase by
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details and characteristics to preserve our callers’ confidentiality. . one’s health and care needs will be properly met, giving them the best chance of a full recovery. Problems with Social Care A major ... ready for discharge today and she can’t occupy a hospital bed anymore. Nobody has assessed what she will need to help her recover at home, whether she can regain her mobility, or what adaptations are available
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of operation, and so clearly the numbers of people who have held down work for three or six months will be limited. The early evidence shows that things are likely to improve – figures produced by the ... trade body, ERSA, shows that job placements have increased since August, indicating that outcome rates will improve over the next few months.ii A brief background to the Work Programme In June 2011, the Work
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extreme, older people are sometimes discharged without appropriate measures taken to ensure that they will be safe and cared for whilst they recover at home. One person told us: “You can be discharged the ... dedicated to older people’s social care services has reduced by 13% in real terms.3 This reduction will have an effect on the quality of discharge processes. The availability of advocacy should be examined
