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are among the most important issues facing our health and social care system. 3 2 Statement 1 (What the quality statement means) 1 We are concerned the quality standard doesn’t adequately recognise ... 23.61. Reductions in pressure on local health and social care systems have also been reported and 8 out of the 9 of our Integrated Care programme pilot sites have been recommissioned. We feel including voluntary
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business on 16th June 2016. The inquiry’s terms of reference set out that the inquiry will look in particular at the following issues: What steps the Government takes to monitor compliance with the UN Guiding ... Government is able to enforce the UN Guiding Principles Whether, and if so what, progress British business has made in carrying out its responsibility to respect human rights Whether victims of human
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experiences of access to social care. We’re grateful to the ten local authorities that spoke to us about what’s currently happening in their areas. We also wish to thank the advocates from across Wales that met ... delays in sourcing care packages once an assessment had been completed. A year on we wanted to know if the changes local authorities told us about last year were making improvements to older people’s access
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older. Older people value today what they valued yesterday – that is: independence; life roles; connections with family, friends and communities; fun; challenges; etc., etc. What needs to be recognised is not ... 2014 Preface 2 Contents and acknowledgements 3 Introduction 4 The I statements 6 Research methods 7 What matters most to older people: key themes 8 Using The I statements 12 The ‘frailty’ challenge 14 Contents:
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Making Intergenerational Connections – an Evidence Review What are they, why do they matter and how to make more of them Lisbeth Drury Dominic Abrams Hannah J. Swift Centre for the Study of Group ... referenced as: Drury, L., Abrams, D., & Swift, H. J., (2017). Making intergenerational connections: What are they, why do they matter and how to make more of them. London: Age UK Date: 2017 ISBN 978-0-9568731-9-4
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Most people will be expected to pay something towards the costs of their accommodation and personal care from their income and capital.
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realised that I had skills that could be useful to others. What difference to your life has volunteering made to you? Volunteering has made me realise what a huge hole there is in terms of provisions for oldr ... me to understand much better the difficulties faced by older people. What do you enjoy most about your volunteering experience? What I have most enjoyed has been the obvious pleasure of those taking part
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........................................ 25 Figure 12: Frequency of waking feeling tired and worn out in men and women aged 50+ years, England, 2009 ................................................... ... living with a partner/spouse, who replied ‘Often’ as opposed to ‘Sometimes’ or ‘Hardly ever’ when asked if they felt isolated or lonely, England, 2009 ......................................................
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........................................ 25 Figure 12: Frequency of waking feeling tired and worn out in men and women aged 50+ years, England, 2009 ................................................... ... living with a partner/spouse, who replied ‘Often’ as opposed to ‘Sometimes’ or ‘Hardly ever’ when asked if they felt isolated or lonely, England, 2009 ......................................................
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............................................................................................... 8 What should be done to address this failing? ......................................................... ... Introduction Long term unemployment is a particular problem for the over 50s – for those who find themselves out of work it is harder to get another job than for any other age group. It can be very difficult or even
