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All eyes on Wales
- Author:
- DOBSON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 25.01.05, 2005, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at early ideas for the role of an Older Peoples Commissioner. Also highlights progress in Wales whose Commissioner for Older People is scheduled for appointment in 2007.
Hearing older voices
- Author:
- SOUTHGATE Jaki
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 126, January 2012, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Older Voices, is a three year project funded by Comic Relief that is working with 17 people with a learning disability over the age of 50. The project is running a series of workshops to make the older people aware of their rights to services and give them the confidence and skills to change things, such as discrimination. This article provides a brief overview of the project which is being run by Mencap Wales.
Coming of age: first report of the Older People's Commissioner for Wales 2008
- Author:
- OLDER PEOPLE'S COMMISSIONER FOR WALES
- Publisher:
- Older People's Commissioner for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The Commission launched Coming of Age, its first report to the First Minister for Wales, Rhodri Morgan on 1st October 2008, on the UN International Day for Older People. The Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 requested the publication of a report at this stage, but as the Older People’s Commission for Wales has not been in existence for a full year, the report does not contain the typical financial and corporate statements you would expect to see in an Annual Report. The report instead contains information on why and how the Commissioner role was created, how older people have and will be involved in the work of the Commission, as well as what the Commission intends to achieve in the forthcoming year
Ready to make her mark
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.03.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author talks to the new commissioner for older people in Wales about what the job is likely to entail.
A youthful step
- Author:
- WILLIAMS John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.7.04, 2004, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Considers the proposal by the Welsh assembly for an older people's commissioner. Considers the arguments in favour of the initiative and some of the problems. Discusses the proposed remit and functions of the commissioner, and the role's relationship with other statutory bodies.
Strategy for an ageing society: delivery plan 2022
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 23
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This strategy document sets out the Welsh Government's delivery plan in 2022 to create an age friendly Wales that supports people of all ages to live and age well. The strategy has two top level domains: supporting local authorities to work with partners to create age friendly communities; and promoting a rights based approach. The strategy has four aims: enhancing well-being; improving local services and environments; building and retaining people's own capability; and tackling age related poverty. Priorities are themed around: improving support for unpaid carers; Improving access to health, social care services and mental health services; improving local services and environments in relation to housing; open spaces and buildings and transport; community participation; preventing abuse of older people; planning for the future; skills and lifelong learning; commencing the socio-economic duty; increasing take up of pension credit and investing in Wales' foundational economy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Dignity in care: notable practice resource compendium
- Author:
- SOCIAL SERVICES IMPROVEMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Services Improvement Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Lists examples of notable practice in the area of dignity in care. Each case example gives brief summery details, an overview of the project and contact details. The document aims to support the Welsh Assembly Government’s Dignity in Care programme.
The strategic direction for social services in Wales
- Author:
- THOMAS Gwenda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 2(3), April 2008, pp.210-215.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The author, Deputy Minister for Social Services, Welsh Assembly Government, provides an overview of where the long-term residential care sector should be heading in Wales and how this will be facilitated with partner organisations in Wales. The article includes discussion of the Strategy for Older People in Wales, the Commissioner for Older People in Wales, and dignity in care settings.
Link-Age in Wales: a consultation report
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government. Social Services Inspectorate for Wales
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Link-Age in Wales is an initiative led by the Department for Work and Pensions in collaboration with the Welsh Assembly Government, showing how services can be joined up to meet its key priority, the maximisation of uptake of benefits and entitlements by older people.
Declaration of rights for older people in Wales
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 19
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This declaration has been produced to help older people understand how key rights apply to them, how they can be accessed more effectively, and how they relate to current equality and human rights laws. The declaration is specifically drafted in the first person so that people can immediately relate it to themselves and contains speech bubbles with the thoughts of real older people living in Wales. The rights are: the right to be oneself; the right to be valued; the right to make decisions and exercise free will; the right to decide where to live, how to live and with whom to live; the right to work, develop, participate and contribute; and the right to safety, security and justice. (Edited publisher abstract)