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needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people using health and social care services A resource pack for professionals 2 Foreword ‘The staff in the home very rarely gave us any time alone ... such a relief when the Age UK befriender enabled me to open up about being a lesbian after so many years of hiding. She didn’t push but she gave plenty of positive messages that she didn’t have a problem
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org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 ... in paragraph 9.14 of the FCA report that low interest rate accounts should not be given names suggesting premium rates of return. 3. We support the idea of a “switching box” (paragraph 9.29), particularly
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Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to ... to high quality services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are
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approaching the three quarter point of the project and want to take this opportunity to remind everyone what HOPE is all about and the service and opportunity we provide. Age Cymru’s HOPE project provides independent ... getting into a crisis situation. HOPE is a Welsh Government funded project running until the end of March 2025 and is in partnership with Age Connects Wales and local Age Cymru partners. HOPE is committed
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additional challenges. Geography was highlighted as a particularly important factor and there are differences between areas: coastal and rural areas have a higher number of older people, for example. Community ... ability to support networks in a way that can overcome geographical challenges. Connectivity Connectivity in rural areas is very far behind the curve. This is not just a problem for older people but for
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After many years of campaigning by Age UK, its predecessor organisations and many of our partners, a ban on age discrimination in services (including the provision of goods and facilities), comes into ... discriminate on the basis of age unless the practice is covered by an exception from the ban, constitutes positive action designed to address disadvantage experienced by a particular age group or good reason can be
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law on 1 October 2006. They were aimed at securing the legal rights of older workers and engendering a cultural change towards more positive treatment of this age group in across all parts of the employment ... intervening period. Summary of key points • Employment practices towards older workers have seen only a slight improvement since October 2006, which Age UK finds extremely disappointing. However, there have
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area. In this report we identify a number of important issues for the provision of specialist volunteer support services for older carers of an older family member who is nearing the end of life. These are ... are posited within the context of a small scale service evaluation, and as such point to emergent and interesting areas for further research in third sector older carer support provision. The findings
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Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company limited by guarantee and registered in Wales and England 6837284. Registered office address Ground Floor, Mariners House, Trident Court, East Moors Road ... The person you’re supporting may be a unpaid carer for the other person/s they live with. It’s useful for you to be aware of this when you’re providing help. • A carer is anyone of any age, who provides unpaid
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see a decline in services or be forced to close. Some providers have now put a halt to planning new schemes. This could have a significant knock-on effective on the residential care sector, which is already ... support services - which were previously a core part of their scheme. This serves to undermine the purpose of sheltered housing. For others, extra care housing provides a positive alternative to residential
