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conducting a financial assessment of someone who needs to go into a care home – and subsequently working out what charge a service user should pay – all local authorities in Wales will need to comply with ... advocacy services (within each local authority area) on our website at: www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru/our-work/advocacy/hope---helping-othersparticipate-and-engage/advocacy-services-in-wales The Public Services
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13 Concerns about an attorney, deputy or appointee 29 Useful organisations 31 Age UK 33 Support our work 33 Age UK factsheet 22 June 2024 Arranging for someone to make decisions on your behalf Page 4 of ... Reduction/Support ⚫ A combination of Working Tax Credit and at least one of: Child Tax Credit, Disability Element of Working Tax Credit, or Severe Disability Element of Working Tax Credit. If you do not meet
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hospital for non-emergency medical treatment. We also propose a series of ideas for how the system could work better. The issues we raise and the ideas we propose are based on: focus group discussions with ... is no public transport to any of the hospitals. My family can help occasionally but they are all working. My husband can drive but he has had two cataract operations this year and this was a problem.
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with the leasehold system disempower all residents and increase their costs. The status quo tends to work in favour of providers, rather than in the best interests of residents. There 3 should be a greater ... previously consulted with a panel of residents looking at retirement housing, resulting in our ‘Making it work for us’ report (2012). This gives a good indication of some of the key issues for older leaseholder
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wellbeing, as well as clarifying recommendations for service commissioners and providers around what works in this area. We welcome the reference to some of our services within the guideline which make a huge ... last point in the section as follows: ‘Publicising the service to other agencies and organisations working with older people, for example, local older people’s forums and groups or local GP practices’ 1.10
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Senate of Older People, Active Wales, National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales worked together to gather the experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales during the winter Covid-19
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Committee for their generous support in helping us to fund the production of this booklet and our other work on ‘Falls Awareness’. Falling How to reduce the risk of falling in the home There are many simple ... possible have someone to climb the ladder for you. Kitchen • Keep items you use regularly at working height. • If you must use a step stool, get one with a bar to hold on to. Never use a chair. •
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the impact on older people of cuts to rural bus services 3 About the research As part of Age UK’s work assessing the impact of cuts to bus services in rural areas, Opinion Leader conducted 16 in-depth ... opportunity to enjoy their retirement. Participants felt this was unfair, as they had spent their lives working hard in the hope that they would enjoy some pleasures of retirement. ‘I feel annoyed because the
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you are ‘habitually resident’, the local authority will look at things like: where you live and work; “where you have family or friends”; “the reasons why you have come to live in the area” “where ... an audio version. Note: Most local authorities will provide a leaflet explaining how their system works. You have the right to request information to enable you to assess the likely outcome of your application
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research 16 8.3 Donating tissue for medical research 17 Useful organisations 18 Age UK 20 Support our work 20 Appendix 1: Useful information for nearest relative or friend 22 Age UK factsheet 27 February ... funeral costs, family members may be able to get a funeral expenses payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), if they meet certain conditions. To qualify, the deceased must have been ordinarily
