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people from the UK and other high income countries shows that fear of crime is often significantly associated with low quality of life, limited mobility and poor health status. There is no systematic research ... people are most susceptible to fear of crime Fear of crime is associated with reduced social networking outside the home Fear of crime is associated with depression, poor self-reported health and low
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Exercise – following the evidence The evidence for falls prevention exercise and how it can be applied in practice. Expert series To explain the research base for falls prevention exercise to give a better ... service providers, local Age UKs and other voluntary sector providers. Falls Prevention Exercise – following the evidence June 2013 This document: • Describes the evidence base for falls prevention exercise
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Creating an age friendly Wales March 2020 Independent professional advocacy for adults under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 Supporting people to be informed, heard and involved 2 3 ... Professional Advocate (IPA) to facilitate the involvement of individuals in certain circumstances3. The aim is to help them overcome barriers to participating fully in the assessment, care and support planning
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Encouraging sign up for the priority register to help older people get support from their water and energy supplier
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Consultation Response Accessibility Action Plan consultation Department for Transport November 2017 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales ... 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 pleased to respond to the Department for Transport’s Accessibility Action
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parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. ... Email: stephen.lowe@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited
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About Age UK With more people needing our services than ever before, Age Concern and Help the Aged have joined forces, combining almost 120 years of experience. Together, we are Age UK. The Age UK family ... family includes Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI and, additionally, many local Age Concerns are changing their name to Age UK. We are the new voice for millions of people in later life. We believe that
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funding provided by government for statutory social care services; and the financial contribution that individuals are required to make for the social care they receive. There is a fundamental debate over the ... of charging people for the care and support they have been assessed as needing. Future arrangements for funding social care should ensure fairness on the “who pays” and “how we pay” for social care, including
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Care in Crisis 2014 Summary This is the third edition of our ‘Care in Crisis’ technical briefing, which aims to set out the key figures on funding for social care. Since our last edition in 2012 ... some of our concerns about the framework for care and support of older people1. In addition, the Government has committed to transferring £3.8 billion from the NHS for joint NHS and local council decisions
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Franklin www.ilcuk.org.uk The end of formal adult social care A provocation by the ILC-UK December 2015 I 2 I ILC-UK The end of formal adult social care About the Centre for Later Life funding ... funding This report is the second publication from The Centre for Later Life Funding, which in turn, sits under the guise of the ILC-UK. The Centre is, in part, a continuation of its predecessor body the Care
