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using health and social care services A resource pack for professionals 2 Foreword ‘The staff in the home very rarely gave us any time alone together and on one occasion Arthur was taken seriously ill and ... of hiding. She didn’t push but she gave plenty of positive messages that she didn’t have a problem. At 78 I finally feel I’m safe to be me.’ Julie The contrast of these two experiences highlights the importance
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UK and the Malnutrition Task Force I’m delighted to have been asked to write the foreword of this book. We all seem to find it difficult to have conversations about dying and death. It’s an intergenerational ... This book is designed for everyone; to help us start to talk to our family and friends, grown up children, and our grandchildren. Coping with death is an intergenerational challenge – this book provides
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largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this. We help more than 5 million people ... increasing digital inclusion in later life and many local Age UKs across the country run services that help people learn digital skills and benefit from using the internet. However there are many older people
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Background – the policy landscape and quality outcomes 6 How is Age UK responding? 8 How Age UK services help people with dementia to say: 1 ‘I was diagnosed in a timely way. I get the treatment and support ... Sheffield 26 3.7 Parker Day Centre – Age UK Enfield 29 4 I know what I can do to help myself and who else can help me.’ ‘I understand, so I am able to make decisions.’ 30 4.1 Dementia Support Service
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increases. The current older cohort is a diverse group. While some are financially resilient, many are at risk of poor standards of living in later life. This paper explores some of the reasons for this precariousness ... of living in later life. The percentage of people actively contributing to a pension has fallen, and at present, over two-thirds of people in low and middle households have no pension or a frozen pension
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healthcare services as the wider community. The Welsh Government must provide stronger direction to care homes in Wales to improve access to health and care services for residents, such as regular access to dentists ... incontinence, podiatry, dental needs, strokes and falls can result in maintaining independence at home and delay the need for high-end residential care.1 We support the use of technology such as the
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year. To help us with our evaluation of the project we encourage a member of staff and residents to complete this consent form. If you have any questions, please contact: Suzy Webster, Care Home Network ... the information gathered could be used in a short film/ animation describing the experiences of care home residents during the Covid Pandemic. (This will be sent to person’s involved before being made public)
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This planning form guides you through the steps you need to consider when you write your will and it helps you gather your thoughts and plans in one place. Will planner form If you already have a will If you ... including our advice line and telephone befriending service. They help us to expand our work and look for new ways to tackle the issues facing people as we get older, such as poverty, loneliness and isolation
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arts in care homes project, will continue until August 2021. Phase 3 is focusing on empowering care home staff to improve the range and quality of creative provision in their care home, raising public ... public awareness of the benefits of creativity in care homes, building capacity by sharing learning within the arts sector, and building sustainability. Thanks to the further funding from the Baring Foundation
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and screening: Konstantina Vasileiou About us Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK provides a wide range of services and its information ... Bristol 47 23 Royal Voluntary Service 48 24 Culture Champions – Age Friendly Manchester 50 25 My Home Life – Community Visitors 52 26 HenPower 53 27 New Beginnings – Migrant and Refugee Communities
