How to look after your mental health in later life
This guide provides you with tips on how to look after your mental health in later life.
Read : How to look after your mental health in later lifeMental health later life content
Booklet about dementia for children and young people
This booklet explains how people with dementia might behave and feel, and provides young people with information about the illness and how to cope if someone they know has dementia. There are also a number of exercises in the booklet which make it ideal for use in the classroom, as part of a PSHE lesson.
Read : Booklet about dementia for children and young peopleLoneliness - the later life toolkit
Loneliness for people in later life can be a real challenge on a daily basis. Many older people may become lonely due to the loss of a loved one or spouse, relocation to new settings or it may be due to having developed an illness or a disability.
Read : Loneliness - the later life toolkitOlder people: statistics
The UK population is ageing rapidly, with the number of people aged 65 and over growing by nearly half in the past 30 years.
Read : Older people: statisticsOlder people’s mental health under threat as pandemic continues
The mental health of many of the UK’s 12.5 million older adults could deteriorate in the coming months as high infection levels and the Omicron variant leave some fearful and isolated at home, two charities are warning.
Read : Older people’s mental health under threat as pandemic continuesIs it wrong to lie to a person with dementia?
We need to give much more consideration to the values we use when supporting and caring for people living with dementia, especially as they are a group that can be at high risk for developing wider mental health problems.
Read : Is it wrong to lie to a person with dementia?Dementia
The symptoms of dementia, treatment for dementia, and how to support someone with dementia who has mental health problems.
Read : DementiaTV and later life
In this blog, Jolie Goodman takes us through why TV is important to some people in later life and how it can help with feelings of isolation and loneliness.
Read : TV and later lifeOne day in lockdown - the Creating Communities Project
The Creating Communities Project began in April 2019 and aims to increase social connections and good mental health among people living in later life housing schemes in Hackney.
Read : One day in lockdown - the Creating Communities ProjectResponse to Scottish Government’s strategy on tackling loneliness and isolation
The Mental Health Foundation Scotland has welcomed the publication of “A Connected Scotland”, the Scottish Government’s strategy to tackle loneliness and isolation, but has warned that urgent action must be taken to address mental health problems like depression and anxiety in both young people and older adults as a consequence of feeling lonely.
Read : Response to Scottish Government’s strategy on tackling loneliness and isolation