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questions you may have. Contact us Please get in touch if you would like to find out more about how you can help Age Cymru by leaving a gift in your will: Call us: 029 2043 1555 Email:
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are going to do with donations we receive We will be clear about who we are and what we do We will give a clear explanation of how you can make a gift and change a regular donation Where we ask a third party ... so We will work with the Telephone, Mail and Fundraising Preference Services to ensure that those who choose not to receive specific types of communication don’t have to. We will be fair and reasonable
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AgeUKIL1 How to stay safe when it’s hot. Staying cool in a heatwave. 2 High temperatures and humidity can present a risk to our health – especially as we get older. Here are some helpful tips on how to stay ... exercising during the hottest part of the day (between 11 a m and 3pm). Try and keep in the shade when you can. • Wear a sun hat and carry a bottle of water with you. • Light-coloured, lightweight cotton clothing
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People’s Alliance (COPA), Welsh Senate of Older People, Active Wales, National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales worked together to gather the experiences of people aged 50 or over ... regarding a lack of facilities in public places. Many respondents mentioned concerns about places they can rest and whether public toilets would be open: When able to go out [I need] toilets around and seats
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well as their home. These changes can have an immense effect on an individual’s mental health. Over autumn 2023, Age Cymru ran a project focusing on how care homes can use their transitional process ... residents, care home staff, clinicians, researchers, professionals and third sector organisations who generously provided us with their time, expertise and insights throughout this research process.
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monitoring purposes in line with our commitment to equality and diversity. Please note that applications can only be considered if all the documentation is complete. Please send your application, preferably ... the role / organisation or if you have any other questions to help you decide whether to apply. You can contact me on 029 2043 1555. I will also be able to arrange for you to speak to our former Chair,
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more than 5 million people every year, providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. In February we published a report entitled Older people and power loss, floods and storms: ... pages 5-6 of our report, many of which relate to how energy companies can improve their support for, and reach to, older people who need extra help in a crisis. Key points Broadly speaking, we support
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Creating the right space is important when participating in arts activities. There are simple things you can do to create the right environment for older residents to feel relaxed and creative: • Make sure the ... know they can come and go as they please. No pressure Creating an age friendly Wales cARTrefu Leading a creative session Enabling residents to be creative has many wonderful benefits and can give you the
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Figure 2 shows that fear of crime among older people is also associated with frailty. Box 1. The WHO Survey of Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) SAGE is a collection of nationally representative ... 2008 and 2010, and include 35,125 people. More information about the SAGE survey is available at www.who.int/healthinfo/systems/sage. This policy brief mainly draws on two items in the questionnaire: i.
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independence. A fall can hasten a move into residential care. After a hip fracture, 50 per cent of people can no longer live independently. The after-effects of even the most minor fall can be catastrophic ... an older person’s physical and mental health. Fear of falling again, among older people and those who care for them, reduces quality of life and well-being, even if a fall does not result in serious consequences
