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Care: National Community Nursing Specification for Wales Consultation response July 2022 Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe ... access 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
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White people (NHS Information Centre, 2012). It is vital to investigate why this is the case so that services can be improved, particularly as there may be a greater need to use services due to higher levels ... similarities (e.g. the importance of care staff having a kind manner) between South Asian and White British service users and family carers. • People with a good understanding of the social care system were
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Draft Development Plans Manual (Edition 3) Welsh Government August 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people ... access 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
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Advocacy Counts 8 is the latest report in a biennial series of surveys conducted by Age Cymru. It provides an updated snapshot of advocacy provision in Wales for adults, with a particular emphasis ... and the number of services providing advocacy support across Wales over the past two years. Age Cymru is particularly pleased to note the increase in the number of specialist advocacy providers, services
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Loneliness and Isolation Health, Social Care and Sport Committee March 2017 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe ... access 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
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Frailty: Language and Perceptions A report prepared by BritainThinks on behalf of Age UK and the British Geriatrics Society June 2015 2 Contents 1. Background ... older people’s specialists the term ‘frailty’ is used to describe a spectrum of physical and mental health states and is used to assess risk or to put together a care plan for an individual. By contrast, non-specialist
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success of prevention should be monitored Summary findings • The outcomes of prevention often form a two stage process with first stage outcomes ‐ ‘intermediate determinants of health’, for example b ... rence’ techniques are commonly used, comparing the differences between the intervention group and a comparator group (perhaps the general population) before and after the intervention. 2 Centre for
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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 ... support with paying for their energy or accessing emergency support during this time. Some guidance is below: Emergency measures were agreed by all UK domestic suppliers to prioritise those already in need
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Statement Safeguarding older people June 2017 Summary All older people in Wales have the right to a life free from abuse. There are ‘few more basic human rights than that of being protected from violence ... experienced abuse or neglect. Legislation is an essential component of safeguarding adults; it has the capacity to set statutory duties and powers so that adult protection is undertaken effectively by all key
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this Self Assessment Tool is to ascertain organisational readiness to comply with the Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy) and its strategic intent. The Self Assessment Tool itself is structured in four sections ... the commissioning cycle: analyse, plan, do, review.It should be noted that this is not an audit instrument through which a ‘performance management’ assessment might be made, but rather it should help the
