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possible! • Print out photos of residents’ faces • Once this is done, talk to each resident about what they’d love to do most in the world • Residents can look through old magazines or images online ... collage from the images showing them doing the most amazing things! Residents could travel into space on a rocket, ride a dinosaur, or simply visit a relative in a distant land. 2 Creating an age friendly
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of Tai Chi. What difference to your life has volunteering made to you? Volunteering has helped professionally and of course, personally as I enjoy interacting with people on these levels. What do you enjoy ... experience? What I enjoy most about volunteering is the feeling and satisfaction of watching others gaining confidence with what they are doing to improve their own lives through Tai Chi. What would you
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Age Cymru, Age Cymru local partners and Age Connects Wales partners across the whole of Wales. 2. What are we marketing? (i) Our Hope Project We’re seeking to market our HOPE (Helping others participate ... decision making, to help them get the right support they need when they need it, to support them to say what matters to them and why, to understand information about services or their rights and to understand
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about residents’ lives and experiences? n Is there a manager in post and a senior member of staff on duty at all times? n Is there a suitable ratio of staff to residents during the day, at night and ... checklist 5 Do toilets have handrails, raised toilet seats and mobility aids? n Is there a policy on when incontinence pads and catheters are used? n Does the home link with a specific GP practice for
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perception not dependent on a person’s breadth of social interaction. He added that retirement can bring disadvantages, for example social isolation in men and women over the age of 50 was on the increase. He ... intergenerational scheme working to reduce social isolation that for every £1 spent, there was a £6 return on investment. Nusrat Ghani MP introduced the second speaker, Councillor Jonathan McShane, LGA Community
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Advocacy Newsletter Issue No 3, May 2021 HOPE Project news A word from one of our team volunteers ‘Just browsing through Facebook one evening I stumbled across a post describing a new advocacy project with ... looking at what they need and how I can best support them to achieve their desired result. Everyone has their own story, some very sad, some approached with humour and stoicism. This is what makes the
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Cymru? Everyone else stepped backwards and I thought the programme was important so I stepped forward. What difference to your life has volunteering made to you? I’m very happy to be involved with such great ... effort. What do you enjoy most about your volunteering experience? The people I meet What would you say to someone who is thinking of becoming involved with volunteering? Do it. Without doubt it’s one of the
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detrimental effects on older people, and there is increasing evidence of the negative impacts on physical and mental health. There is strong evidence that loneliness can increase the pressure on a wide range ... 13/14 Neptune Court Vanguard Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ Tel: 029 2043 1555 www.agecymru.org.uk Follow us on facebook.com/agecymru twitter.com/agecymru Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company
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you struggle on the stairs, in the bathroom, on steps, or find it difficult to manage in your home? Do you struggle to keep as active as you used to, to get about, and feel confident on your feet? Do ... individual, a family member or friend or whether you are someone providing a service and want to focus on health and wellbeing, why not do something that can make a difference in helping to prevent people
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quality information and advice and through a range of services available in our local communities. 2. What are we marketing? We are seeking to market our Dementia Advocacy project, funded by Welsh Government ... innovative ways to deliver our advocacy service until it is safe to return to face to face working. 3. What are we looking for? We are seeking support to develop a suite of marketing assets that raises awareness
