Cross-Party Group on Dementia April 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and ... with worsening symptoms of dementia and poorer physical health, which means that discharge to a care home becomes more likely and that antipsychotic drugs are more likely to be used. The misuse of anti-psychotic
Me More Report on the care home resident engagement project The aim of the Tell Me More project funded by Welsh Government in line with the Care Home Action Plan Care homes action plan: final update [HTML] ... in care homes during the Covid Pandemic. The outcome will be a written report and short animated film featuring the voices of care home residents. Initially, we worked closely with two care homes, one in
year on we wanted to know if the changes local authorities told us about last year were making improvements to older people’s access to social care. Conclusions 1. A picture is emerging of a less healthy ... 3. Communication with older people waiting and the information they receive continues to need improvement. 4. Data collection systems are still not able to effectively monitor and report on the levels
Preserving what matters : integrating mental health into care home transitions Mental health affects us all, regardless of age or ability. Like physical health, it’s something we all manage throughout ... research into the mental health of older adults in care homes in Wales. Our report produced in March 2023 showed that many people living in care homes in Wales regularly experience poor mental health. The
are dealt with in inappropriate ways, often resulting in dying in hospital or short stay in a care home. 1.3. A failure to understand multi-morbidity and frailty and the trajectory of people’s health living ... changing priorities so that people can have as good a quality of life for as long as possible. 1.4. Improving end of life care is central to the NHS as a whole, not just those responsible for specialist palliative
AgeUKIG17 Ways to help you stay living at home. Adapting your home. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ ... reviewers. Published: August 2024 3 Contents What this guide is about 4. Thinking about your home. Accessing your home. 7. Getting around. 8. Using the stairs. 9. Getting up and dressed. 10. In the kitchen
the priorities that people in later life tell us matter to them – money, wellbeing, health & care, home and community. Our achievements are set out under each of these ambitions. 2 Our international arm ... Services Commission, working with leaders from the financial services sector to recommend ways to improve older people’s financial resilience. We’d like to thank our Trustees, staff, supporters, volunteers
of people in late life. Our vision is a world in which older people flourish. Our mission is to improve the lives of older people, wherever they live. We are a registered charity in the United Kingdom ... support then they risk losing money through an inability to shop around, may not be able to remain at home and are at increased risk of financial abuse. Yet the past years have seen banks disregard the needs
chronic conditions. This principle applies to all older people whether they are in their own homes, in care homes or in hospitals. Health services should be designed to support people’s well-being and independence ... coordinated and preventative approach to allow more people to be cared for closer to, or in, their own home. It is also essential that we get the basics
Age Cymru Advice 0300 303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 29w July 2022 Finding care home accommodation in Wales Factsheet 29w July 2022 ... Definitions and terminology – local authority social services departments and care homes 5 2 Legislation covering the social care system in Wales 10 2.1 The Social Services and Well-being