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essential throughout the year. Black History Month is an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of stories from Black older people, including the Windrush generation, to ensure respect is given to the past, and ... a six-month creative writing project, with the aim of allowing older people from all backgrounds, but particularly those from Black and minoritised ethnic backgrounds, to share their personal histories
now calls for regular chats. Whoever she speaks to, Emily loves that they always sound happy to hear from her. Like Emily, Betty* found that losing her husband left her feeling desperately alone – and ... lives on his own, and hearing about other people’s experiences is a way to distract himself from his own reality. Confidential support Our volunteers and helpline officers can also provide callers
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Health Influencing Manager, explores how NHS services can better support older people and recover from the COVID-19 crisis. Every year, Age UK publishes a briefing on the health and care of older people ... care, and in particular care homes, found themselves at the centre of an unfolding disaster. The state of play had shifted. However, there is a great deal that we can draw from understanding where things