Supporting People in Later Life Annual Evidence Update 2010

NHS Evidence - later life's Supporting People in Later Life Annual Evidence Update 2010 aims to provide healthcare professionals with a clear path to the most important recent evidence about caring for older people who are experiencing difficulties with independent living due to health problems. Click here for further information.

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A New Website to Improve Services for Older People

This new website will help public sector staff to better understand the needs of older people. The website launched on Older People's Day (1 October) will help professionals to tailor their work so older people have greater choice and control over the support they receive. The website is part of the government's Independent Living Strategy. This new resource was developed by the Office for Disability Issues, working with the Centre for Policy on Ageing and the National Development Team for Inclusion. Click here to view the website.

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Alzheimer's Society and BUPA launch Dementia Champions Programme

The new programme aims to develop in-house leaders to champion good dementia care in their place of work and was successfully piloted in six Bupa care homes before the launch. By changing the culture of the workplace, the Dementia Champions programme aims to further improve quality of care and quality of life for people with dementia. Click here for further information.

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Working with Older Prisoners

The Nacro and Department of Health Working with Older Prisoners pack was created so that peer support workers, disability liaison officers, older offender and wing officers could use its contents to implement good practice ideas and set up activities in their establishments for older prisoners. It is also intended to act as a useful reference on different organisations to encourage prison workers to contact other agencies for information and improve the quality of their information, advice and guidance service for older prisoners. The pack should also be used to raise awareness among colleagues of the health problems the older prisoner population is prone to and of some of the practical things they can do to make their lives easier.
Each pack consists of a Resource Pack full of information, a Workshop Pack, which will show readers how to run awareness sessions on the issues facing older prisoners and four identical resources and activities discs, packed full of leaflets from well known organisations who have an interest in this population. Click here for further information.

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Offering Better Housing Related Support for Older People with a Learning Disability

This course aims to look at how people working in housing and advice organisations can improve how they work with older people with moderate or mild learning disabilities, both to manage a crisis and also prevent recurrence. The training is taking place on 13th & 14th October 2009 for further information and to book your place click here!
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Reforming Care and Support: Learning from Japan

Counsel and Care the national charity, working with older people, their families and carers for the best care and support, calls for a care debate that recognises the global impact of an ageing population. The Government's forthcoming green paper on the future of care and support in England must look at how care for older people has been successfully reformed in other countries if it is going to have a real impact in the long term. Japan has the world's fastest ageing population, highest life expectancies (79 years for men and 85.8 for women in 2006 and a declining birthrate. The Japanese government's implementation of a national long-term care insurance system has ensured all Japanese older people get the care and support they need, despite the demographic timebomb. This experience should inform England's own long-awaited reform of social care. Read the full report from Counsel & Care here.

FirstStop for Advice (Older People)

FirstStop is a single gateway to free, independent information and advice about all aspects of care, housing and finance for older people. FirstStop will offer advice on a wide range of topics including: care fees and funding care fees; choosing the right care home; and social care provision, benefits and rights. It will equip older people, their families and carers to understand their rights and options and make informed decisions.

Depression in Older People - Free Guide Available

Read this free guide for more information and tips on how you can recognise depression in older people and how you can help you relatives and loved ones if you think they are feeling depressed.

EXTEND Exercise Instructors Available

EXTEND exercise instructors provide exercise to music for older people and those who are less able. There are 12 newly qualified freelance EXTEND exercise instructors available from September 2008. The instructors are able to run regular sessions with older people’s organisations/projects in Leeds. If you are interested in setting up a regular class or want to hear more about the new instructors please contact Ayeesha on: 0113 3057664 or Ayeesha.charles@leedspct.nhs.uk. To coincide with the qualification of a new cohort of EXTEND instructors we would like to offer a total of 10 free taster sessions to older peoples organisations/projects. The free sessions will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Catering For Older Vegetarians and Vegans

This guide provides information and advice for those providing meals for older people who are vegetarians and vegans. A practical guide for care homes, retirement schemes, and others catering for older people, this 32-page full colour guide includes tips, menu planner and recipes.

Putting Older People First Events

These are a series of landmark events to promote health, well-being and independence in later life. Through the Partnerships for Older People (POPPs) and LinkAge Plus pilots, Local Authorities, in partnership with a wide range of statutory and voluntary partners have worked together to develop effective, innovative approaches and solutions to key issues affecting older people. These conferences draw on these practical experiences and showcase award-winning projects. Find out more and register here.