DIGITAL PROJECT? • Aim: understand if Digital Champions are an effective approach to motivate older people and equip them with the skills and confidence to safely use digital technology • Two partners: ... encourage older people to develop their digital skills and confidence. ACHIEVEMENT THE NUMBERS 95 intermediary organisations engaged 160 Digital Champions recruited & trained 3858 older people reached
Foreword Many people experience loneliness at some point in their lives. For some it may be short-lived whilst for others it can become long term. It can have a devastating impact on people’s health and quality ... still carries a stigma and people may not want to admit to feeling lonely, so our latest work has been focussed on finding the best ways to reach and truly engage older people who are lonely: being eyes
are we? Age Cymru is the national Charity for older people in Wales, we work with our five local Age Cymru partners to improve the lives of older people in Wales. We’ve a shared vision of an age friendly ... friendly Wales and together we work to make life better for older people in Wales through our influencing and campaigning, through free, high quality information and advice and through a range of services
will also consider giving more responsibility to councils in England to support older people with care needs – including people who, under the current system, would be supported through AA. This will protect ... given through AA to councils. Reforms to business rates are not a reason to deprive future older disabled people of a valued and important system of support that promotes and often sustains their independence
2 The OFT is conducting a study into the issues relating to the supply of goods and services for people living in remote communities. The call for evidence does not define ‘remote communities’, but captures ... exacerbate the challenges older people may face accessing goods and services. Rural communities are ageing faster than their urban counterpartsi. While the image of affluent older people moving to the countryside
South Tyneside and Teeside), the Community Energy Programme team (in particular Nicola Hart) and older people participating in the project who shared information for this evaluation. Author Vinal K ... ......... 17 Number of Older People Supported ......................................................................................................... 17 Needs of Older People Supported .............
Where we live and its immediate environment sets the tone for our daily life and while many older people continue to play an active part in their community, problems with mobility, vision and memory ... All neighbourhoods are different and the older people who live in them have diverse priorities and needs. But there are common issues that many older people report need to be improved to make their neighbourhood
don’t need to do anything yet - your phone company will get in touch with you. For lots of people, the change will be as simple as plugging their phone into their broadband router. Can I keep my ... will be affected by the change. If your device is relatively modern, it should still work fine - but older devices may need to be reconfigured or replaced. What if I don’t have, or don’t want,
Age Cymru is the leading national charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access ... services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond
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