latest edition of Age Matters. We hope that this newsletter will give you a taste of some of the work we’ve been doing in communities across Wales over the last few months and bring you up to date with ... So please check and encourage others to do the same. As we head towards Spring, we are once more working with our partners in the national older people’s organisations to conduct a Wales-wide survey to
categories. They help us make sense of the world and feel more comfortable. And so we have ‘young people’; ‘middle aged people’ and ‘older people’. These familiar categories automatically entreat us to consider ... consider differences. Yet an extra moment’s thought might redirect us to a view that any differences are actually smaller than the similarities of shared humanity between the groups. An older person is not an
the voices of care home residents. Initially, we worked closely with two care homes, one in South Wales and one in North Wales, to discover what worked well for them in terms of how to connect virtually ... and Port Talbot. What we’ve learnt so far: Timing • The care home managers felt ready to engage with us. They stated that they were starting to relax, look for connections outside of the home and engage
necessary to help people prepare for later life. We recommend that the Government looks at how it can use behavioural economics to build appropriate ‘triggers’ for advice taking throughout the life course ... body focussing on financial capability is needed. Separation from the regulator also allows it to work across government. We believe that MAS should not only provide information directly, but also act
policy items for discussion, chosen by Age Cymru. Join the Consultative Forum Would you like to help us to create an age friendly Wales? We're recruiting for new members aged 50+ who live across Wales and
report and Executive summary of the latest Advocacy Counts 6. Advocacy Counts 7 - survey closed and work is now underway on the final document. Age Cymru Resources A guide to different types of advocacy ... care professionals as part of their everyday roles. Toolkit The Toolkit is designed to support the use of the Framework by: Providing guidance on implementing the framework Signposting to
individual’s mental health. Over autumn 2023, Age Cymru ran a project focusing on how care homes can use their transitional process to identify the specific things that give an individual meaning in life ... staff, clinicians, researchers, professionals and third sector organisations who generously provided us with their time, expertise and insights throughout this research process.
the residents so they can share their experiences and hopes for the future. Tell Me More has given us the most valuable insight to the lives of care home residents during the Covid pandemic. We’ve
This edition you can find out how to get hold of a copy of our Winter Wrapped Up guide and about the work Nest are doing in Wales to help with energy issues which is particularly pertinent when energy prices ... improvement. If you are affected by delays in care please let us know, together our voices for change are stronger. There are some great stories on the work of all local Age Cymru partners and opportunities for
then handled by the document management system built into Gifts. Who else uses GIFTS? In England more than 1,000 organisations use the system including some of the largest Trusts and Foundations / grant ... ‘self service’. Users can reset their own passwords and change their email addresses. They can also use the collaboration tools outlined at the end of this document to manage their applications and reports