AFOP

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Acronym	Definition
AFOP	Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc.
AFOP	Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
AFOP	acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia
AFOP	and for other purposes
AFOP	Association Française des industries de l'Optique et de la Photonique
AFOP	Action for Our Planet (est. 2009)
AFOP	Advocacy For Older People (UK)
AFOP	Association for the Freedom of Oppressed Plushies

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So far, the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Bill, which is going through its early stages, does not dictate that the provision of independent advocacy for older people at risk of abuse should be a duty imposed on local authorities.

Everyone reading this article can help by writing to their Assembly member asking for independent advocacy for older people at risk of abuse to become a right enshrined in law.

An independent advocate would transform old lives; Campaigners have called for a new law to protect older people at risk of abuse. As Age Cymru campaigns for independent advocacy, Gerry Keighley looks at what it would mean for some of society's most vulnerable people

I will produce guidance for local authorities and care home managers about the provision of independent advocacy for older people when entering, living in, or moving from, a care home.

Elderly are being let down by public services

Volunteers would be trained in advocacy for older people and then could support them by attending solicitors meetings and have expenses paid so they have a depth of knowledge and specialism coupled with enthusiasm and passion for the contribution which they are making, that is often not the case with paid posts.

Providing legal information and advice to older people: as much a question of accessibility as affordability