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organisations to promote the mental and physical wellbeing of people over 50, using the power of sport as a focus to engage those who are living with dementia, depression or are socially isolated. Our beneficiaries ... in other activities or spend days without social interaction, who may be living with conditions such as dementia or Parkinson’s disease. They may have increasingly limited mobility, be living with depression
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emotional wellbeing) and independence for older people, which is due to be published in December 2016. As part of this, stakeholders have been invited to comment on the draft quality standard, including the ... improvement that have been shortlisted (available online here). Age UK welcomes this quality standard as a positive contribution to supporting older people’s independence and wellbeing. Key points and recommendations
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direction to address care home commissioning issues. The direction of travel is what we would want to see, as reducing the complexity of arrangements will over time benefit older people needing care and older ... complex needs appears to follow a trajectory of what funding is available, rather being needs-led2. As such, we are cautious of assuming that the current spending levels are accurate. During the oral evidence
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linked to Pension Credit such as Cold Weather Payments and the Warm Home Discount and miss out on protection for pensioners within Housing Benefit and support with council tax. As the aim of the change for ... Universal Credit where one partner is older. The new Pension Credit capital limit should not be used as a way of cutting overall support and older parents or grandchildren should not be adversely affected
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compliant checks due to volume of work required. As such, the additional requirements here may further disincentivise potential providers of services such as community care, at a time when public services ... services are struggling to meet the demand for services as we come out the pandemic. Monitoring (internal and external) is a necessary part of ongoing quality assurance and quality improvement mechanisms. It
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were all reporting worrying delays in older people being assessed by social care for their needs, as well as delays in sourcing care packages once an assessment had been completed. A year on we wanted to ... Conclusions 1. A picture is emerging of a less healthy population in Wales after the main pandemic period, as can be seen in the large increase in the number of older people approaching social care for help and
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to reduce physical and other barriers from our places of work and practice’, and the examples listed as to how this will be achieved. We particularly welcome the commitment to work with others to embed the ... accessible and inclusive to enable older people to access services. The provision of facilities such as accessible toilets, lifts, handrails and public seating in premises help to facilitate this, along
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likely to be able to shop for every day necessities without assistance • Are less likely to play as much sport as they would like to • Are more likely to experience chronic pain • Are more likely to have problems ... working with partners and colleagues across the voluntary, statutory and private sectors, as well as with many older people, to implement our recommendations. Key recommendations One: Empower older
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smoking and only drinking alcohol in moderation can prevent or delay the onset of serious conditions such as heart disease and, in some cases, dementia.1 People with long-term physical health conditions – the ... health care services – commonly experience mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, or dementia in the case of older people. As a result of these co-morbid problems, the prognosis for their longterm
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opportunity to provide further information on modernising planned care and reducing waiting times. As we have previously advised on these issues, older people are predominantly those most affected by delays ... satisfaction rates were seen in access to eye care. For eye care this included usual sight checks as well as treatment services. In almost all areas satisfaction had gone down over previous surveys. The increase
