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health and wellbeing The Cascade Training Programme supported organisations to empower their volunteers and staff to help older people from ‘hard to engage’ groups to improve their physical, mental and social ... peer buddies and mentors, to motivate and encourage vulnerable older men to take part in new activities. Moving Movements Training for volunteers in the importance of understanding faith and culture when
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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 ... qualities and skills: • Good, positive communication skills • Understanding of confidentiality • Understanding of and empathy with the needs of older people • Reliability, patience, and sensitivity
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participate and engage) Notice to submit a tender to undertake work to deliver an independent external evaluation of the HOPE Project SECTION I: CONTRACTING ORGANISATION I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT ... CONTACT POINT(S): Contact: Louise Hughes, Head of Safeguarding and Advocacy Address: Age Cymru, St Andrew’s Park, Queen’s Lane, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 1XB Tel: 07931 904 734 Email: louise.hughes@agecymru
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FEAR OF CRIME AND ITS EFFECTS ON OLDER PEOPLE: COMPARING SIX COUNTRIES. Peter Lloyd-Sherlock and Sutapa Agrawal Research about older people from the UK and other high income countries shows that fear ... with low quality of life, limited mobility and poor health status. There is no systematic research comparing fear of crime and its potential effects across low and middle income countries. This brief presents
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knowledgeable and appreciated just explaining things that you consider second-nature.” “Amazed at her skill and knowledge. Inspired me to buy a laptop” “I really enjoy my volunteering and I really feel and know ... know that I'm making a difference. The people I've helped have been really nice and I've met new people at the same time” “They know so much about computers, at first it was a bit daunting but turned out not
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of Rail and Road January 2018 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled ... adequate income, access to high quality 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
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healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality 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 ... Objective 4: Access to services and our environment We welcome Public Health Wales’ proposal to ‘work to reduce physical and other barriers from our places of work and practice’, and the examples listed as to
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healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality 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 ... would highlight that digital exclusion is a major challenge for older people. As more information and services are made available mainly or exclusively online, there are real risks of excluding older people
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darganfod sut brofiad cafodd breswylwyr cartrefi gofal yn ystod cyfnod anodd y pandemig. Gan ddefnyddio Zoom, gofynnwyd i breswylwyr ledled Cymru am eu profiadau, ac maent wedi rhoi o’u hamser i rannu eu straeon ... allu dibynnu ar wefus-ddarllen na gweld pobl yn gwenu. Mae cyfathrebu gydag anwyliaid o bell dros Zoom yn golygu er ein bod ni methu bod wyneb yn wyneb, mae siarad ar-lein wedi ein helpu achos rydyn ni’n
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that friends and / or family are keen to be able to return to visiting their loved ones. This volunteering opportunity will play a key role in supporting care homes as they welcome visitors and help facilitate ... masks and sanitiser as appropriate • Other activities that support smooth and safe visiting • Assisting staff and residents with refreshments and planned activities • Encouraging gentle exercise and helping
