providing creative activities for care home residents. Research demonstrates the positive effects of engaging in creative arts for older people that can improve their physical and mental health, and these benefits ... benefits are not limited to care home residents alone. Evidence shows the positive effects engaging in creative arts with care home residents has on care home staff’s own wellbeing and how creative arts
that they can request an alternative to an online application process if that’s how they prefer to engage with their local authority. Age Cymru’s chief executive Victoria Lloyd says “Putting up barriers ... And if they produce any posters or advertisements, they need to make it clear that people can still engage with them offline.” For more information about the research contact Michael Phillips on 07794 366224
people, resources should be directed towards why information is not shared and towards multi agency engagement and training on the importance of sharing the right information in the right way and at the right
direct our work’. We are supportive of the examples as to how this will be achieved, including engagement with service users. Wales has a population with the highest proportion of older people in the UK
the risk of people making ill-advised decisions. Such measures are set out in Age UK’s ‘eight point plan’i and in the 'Dashboards and jam jars' report. Consultation questions 1. (a) What should be the ... Charges on legacy productsii. The audit published at the end of 2014 recommends an implementation plan by the end of 2015 and a progress report by the end of 2016. Ensuring that these deadlines are met
Planning for the end of your life is a very sensitive and personal experience. It’s important you do what feels right for you, when it feels right. But being well informed can help you feel more in ... and Dementia UK have helplines for those affected by dementia Advance care planning is a specific form of end-of-life care planning. It means thinking about how you would like to be cared for in the future
Your name and company/corporate contact details; Where appropriate bank details. When you engage with us at events/use our website we may collect: Information about how you use our website ... Keeping you up to date with information about our services, including notifying you of changes to planned services Depending on the nature of the services we are providing, our lawful grounds for using your
a virtual series of five webinars arranged and organised by HOPE (Helping others participate and engage), held over a period of two weeks, between 19 October and 5 November. Break out rooms provided discussion ... those who are visually impaired as well as the impact of heavy medication on a person’s capacity to engage. For advocacy services themselves, groups felt that there had been assumptions made that they were
people, in terms not only of personal enjoyment, but also for physical and mental health, social engagement and ability to manage their lives.3 The value of nonvocational learning to older people must be ... asked participants ‘how well do you think your opinion is taken on board in community decisions and plans?’ Out of 970 responses to this question, 330 rated it as poor, 376 rated it fair, and only 264 rated
design and implementation of the service being delivered Seven helpful questions to consider when planning an evaluation are: What are the aims of the service to be delivered? What are the questions ... types of evaluation approaches. Both types of evaluation approaches should therefore be designed and planned at the same time to ensure all relevant information is captured. Vinal K Karania Page 5 of 14