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older man at home when he breaks down in tears. He tells you that although he was married for over 40 years, he has always known he was attracted to men and he feels he has lived a ‘terrible lie’ and betrayed ... or a home: ‘After a number of nasty comments in our home about gay people, following a newspaper article, I had the idea to invite our local LGBT community choir to sing Christmas carols with our residents
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2010 the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a ‘State-of-the-Science Conference Statement’40 on the prevention of Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline, stating; ‘Currently, firm conclusions cannot ... obesity when they were aged between 30 and 39 years were at significantly higher risk than those aged 40 to 49 when obesity was first recorded. The relative risk 20 Dementia and Cognitive Decline Evidence
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Registration form for friendship callName Telephone number Email address Address Age Preferred method of commu nication (Telephone or video chat?)Emergency contact name and number Is this a referral on behalf of someone else? If yes, do you have the permission of the person you are referring. If yes, your name, contact number and relationship to the person you are referring For use for
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Care Home Volunteer profile This volunteering opportunity will play a key role in supporting care homes as they facilitate residents' wellbeing. Are you interested in an engaging and unique volunteering activity? This is a chance to make a real difference for care home residents, care home staff and yourself. It would suit someone keen to offer the following qualities and skills: • Good,
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Care home safeguarding training: background information The Age Cymru Basic Adult Safeguarding training is a mandatory training session delivered to all volunteers and can be delivered virtually over Zoom. Safeguarding is staff and volunteers’ responsibility; it’s everyone’s duty to keep adults who need care and support safe from abuse and neglect. This two-hour interactive session ensures that
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Risk Assessment - example document for volunteers The completed document must be shared with all volunteers and associated staff. For it to be useful, it must be shared with those involved. Your care home will have their own relevant risk assessment policy and documents. This is a suggested template only. Care home name Description of role assessed Care home volunteer supporting
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1 Supporting good mental health of older adults in care homes March 2023 2 Content ………………………………………………………………………… Introduction 3 Workstream one 4 Scoping of support and services - - - - - - Workstream two 18 Views from older adults living in care homes - - Good practice 23 Identification of the gaps in support, 25 and the needs identified
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Age at Work – case study guidance Older person Ideally this is 100 - 150 words summarising: • where the older person was before ( not employed/ employed /in need of support), • what they did with the Age at Work programme • what happened as a result. o attitudinal change - feeling more confident, less lonely, more engaged at work etc o behavioural change - got a new job, got promoted ,
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minority ethnic older residents 37 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and transgender older residents 40 Home for life 43 Security of tenure 43 Pets 43 Accessible structure 44 Space 44 Care and support ... process. This goes for all older people. We need to involve them in the way the service is provided.’ 40 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and transgender older residents Stonewall Housing has set up a
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way to help residents start to think more creatively. You could include: • Photographs • Newspaper articles • Food packaging • Natural objects (feathers, moss, etc) • Old keys • Pebbles and shells • Brightly
