/ Mental health in later life
Most of us haven't experienced anything like the coronavirus pandemic in our lifetimes. So it's not surprising if you feel scared, exhausted, vulnerable or simply fed-up.
/ Mental health in later life
In this blog we are going to discuss the issue of digital exclusion in older people and set out what we are doing about it.
/ Mental health in later life
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.
/ Mental health in 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.
/ Mental health in later life
We are delighted to be launching the Standing Together Cymru project in Newport this March.
/ Mental health in later life
What is co-production? There are many definitions. For the Social Care Institute of Excellence (SCIE), co-production is about developing more equal partnerships between people who use services, carers and professionals.
/ Mental health in later life
It has been more than a year now since I first met with the Rotherhithe Babes, a group of southeast London cockney women in their late 80s and early 90s, sitting across from one another, reminiscing about the time Eileen had dressed up as a 'washer woman' to jump on top of Theresa's husband and embarrass him.
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.
