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benefits to your company too. Why partner with us? Thousands of older people across Wales are facing some of the hardest challenges imaginable. We need enterprising corporate partners to work with us to help ... help make a real difference to the lives of these older people. Working together in partnership, we can make a difference. Ways we can work together As a corporate partner, there are many ways we can work
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practitioners supported care homes with the induction of volunteers and coached them in the Tell Me More Approach. Alongside this we evaluated the impact of volunteering on the wellbeing of residents, staff and ... and volunteers, and looked to understand what is needed to make volunteering sustainable. Read our full report Watch our video to hear about the experiences of the volunteers.
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older people to develop forums as a way to share views, develop local agendas and shape how communities work together. Age Cymru has developed the Forum Resource Manual to help forums and groups to develop ... develop and grow. The Manual looks at the background of the forum movement, provides information and advice on how to set up and run a successful forum, offers guidance on how to campaign, provides advice on
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Accessing health services and finding your way around the system can feel complicated. Read our information and advice to get the help you need. For more information call Age Cymru Advice on
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The documents on this page show which advocacy services are available in each local authority area in Wales. They've been compiled by Age Cymru with support from the advocacy providers who attend the various ... The information will be updated regularly at network meetings using the template developed by the Alzheimer’s Society. If you're aware of updated information that needs including in the documents
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Advocacy Counts 8 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 ... emphasis on older people. The report shows an increase in the number of advocates, people supported and the number of services providing advocacy support across Wales over the past two years. Age Cymru
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Wales Support groups and charities As part of being a ‘Friend’ you could help the person you’re supporting connect with support groups that are relevant to them. This could help them get support for a health ... health condition or help them connect with people from a similar background to them to combat isolation and loneliness. Health related organisations Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Connect, from Alzheimer’s
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information bulletins from the Engagement Team. As a member of the Older People's Network you can also respond to consultations, surveys and questionnaires receive information to attend events, conferences
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remember -the moment brings that hour again, and the summer child alive inside you dips a brush in gold, then blue for dark. You colour what you heard: children at play; the evensong of birds. Or winter, by ... by the fire long ago, watching your mother sifting flour like snow. Tell it in words, or paint-box poetry: Rose Madder, Ochre, Lapis, Indigo, colour-names that waken memory, a lamplit room, groan of a wind-blown
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older adults living in care homes in Wales. During the pandemic, care home residents were among those most acutely impacted by daily restrictions to their lives. Projects such as Age Cymru’s Tell ... had impacted upon the mental health of care residents. It’s also consistently reported that major life events are a precipitating factor for most psychiatric disorders. Moving to live in a care home
