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23.5.13
The Framework for Action outlines the Commissioner’s priorities and the changes she expects to see for older people, as well as the role she will play in delivering these changes.
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21.5.13
There is a simple message behind this year’s Dementia Awareness Week – we need to talk about dementia. I couldn’t agree with this more.
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09.5.13
“I welcome the announcement that the long planned move to a flat rate state pension will be part of the UK Government’s legislative programme this year. In the long term, the new system should reduce complexity and provide a better incentive for people to save for retirement.
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07.5.13
I welcome the publication of the findings from the latest NHS Wales staff survey, the first survey of its kind in five years. Feedback from staff working across the NHS in Wales is vital to drive forward improvements in NHS care and I am pleased that the Health Minister has made a commitment to ensure that the findings are taken seriously and responded to by Health Boards in Wales.
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02.5.13
In 2010, I published my ‘Dignified Care?’ Report, which found that many older people were not treated with dignity and respect while in hospital and that, in some cases, the care provided was ‘shamefully inadequate’.
In September, I will publish a follow-up progress report, to assess how things have changed for older people in hospitals since I issued my recommendations to the NHS in Wales and the Welsh Government.
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01.5.13
It is frustrating that, once again the debate around financial entitlements for older people is so narrowly focused on whether or not a small proportion of ‘wealthy’ older people should receive universal entitlements such as winter fuel allowance and the concessionary bus pass.
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24.4.13
“I welcome the Health Minister’s strong leadership around these issues and his firm commitment to improve access to healthcare within Wales. Older people are the single largest group that use health services and raise consistently with me the issues that the Minister has now given a commitment to address.
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17.4.13
Today I launched my new four-year Framework for Action, which highlights the importance of a greater focus on older people’s quality of life within public services and the importance of recognising and responding to the needs of all older people. My Framework for Action outlines my priorities and the changes I expect to see for older people, as well as the role I will play in delivering these changes.
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25.3.13
On 1 October 2012, Age Cymru, the Older People‟s Commissioner for Wales and the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales held a joint conference in Llandrindod Wells, Powys, to explore the most effective ways of delivering dignity in health and residential care settings.
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25.3.13
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales (the Commissioner) strongly endorses the proposal to establish a public health bill. Welsh Government has a significant opportunity under its legislative powers to develop unified approaches and duties which can and should lead to significant improvements in the lives of older people within Wales. However, the Commissioner strongly suggests that the focus of this bill be widened to the broader concept of wellbeing and that this be used as the overriding concept that is used to drive the debate and action in years to come in relation to public health.
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