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ID204697 Age UK - Salvation Army Professional Report.pdf

cognitive impairment. Some older people accessing services may be showing signs of cognitive decline or dementia. It is important that services adapt to meet the needs of people with memory loss, such as by offering ... For example, mental health services will not support people who are using drugs or alcohol, while dementia services will not conduct assessments. “When they go and see a doctor, that’s their answer: ‘Why

RB_Feb13_Understanding_the_oldest_old_Improving_Later_Life.pdf

46 Allow for some hard thinking at 85 and over Ian J. Deary 7 50 Help people live well with dementia Alistair Burns 52 Realise that exercise is still key for the oldest old Richard A. Ferguson 54 ... Professor of Health & Ageing at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre. Key messages Health and social care professionals, along with policy-makers, should

Mini-Cog_how to assess.pdf

Word Recall score + Clock Draw score. A cut point of <3 on the Mini-Cog™ has been validated for dementia screening, but many individuals with clinically meaningful cognitive impairment will score higher ... (soob@uw.edu). v. 01.19.16 1. Borson S, Scanlan JM, Chen PJ et al. The Mini-Cog as a screen for dementia: Validation in a population based sample. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:1451–1454. 2. Borson S, Scanlan

Ageing well - health and prevention Policy Position May 2019.pdf

physical and mental health, but this is significantly greater for people who care for those with dementia. Access to the right support, especially respite, can significantly reduce the burden on older carers ... the publication of the 2014 Care Actxix, NHS England committed to better identifying and supporting young carers and carers over 85xx. We would like to see the healthcare system taking “Out of a score of

Policy_Research_Update_Feb2018.pdf

V iew this email in your browser Policy and Research Update - February 2018 Being diagnosed with dementia is often seen as the start of an unremitting downwards path, but our recent report highlights that ... living with dementia don’t have regularly reviewed care plans. Age UK analysed data from 7,185 GP practices in England and found that, in total, 458,461 people had a recorded diagnosis of dementia in November

Index of Information guides (PDF)

2025 IG32 Bereavement Nov 2025 IG47 Caring for someone with dementia Jun 2025 IG48 Living with dementia Jun 2025 IG55 At home with dementia Jun 2025 IG56 Your mind matters Jul 2024 IG64 Feeling lonely

RB_April15_Vulnerability_resilience_Improving_Later_Life.pdf

incredibly diverse population. This kind of thinking is very well embedded in work with children and young people, where there has been a lot of policy and research work done around prevention and early intervention ... Phillipson Section 4 Cognitive and mental health 60 Overview Ian Deary 64 Cognition Marcus Richards 68 Dementia John Starr 72 Mental wellbeing Catharine Gale Section 5 Cross-cutting themes 76 Who Cares: Older

Technology_Together_Pilot_Evaluation-Presentation.pdf

Technology Together Pilot Evaluation 3 “It’s been an advantage to the organisation to be using young people. They have delivered very well and proved very popular.” “It’s [model] better at delivering ... always kept up to date and being involved in everything…which is really nice.” “Because they’ve [young people] been through YouthNet and done their bit of the training…they’ve already been primed for it

Technology_Together_Pilot_Evaluation-Survey_Findings.pdf

interviews conducted with older people Younger people sample = 26 Online survey conducted with young people Where did you hear about the Technology Together opportunities? Older survey respondents ... 5 out of 26 via Manchester Metropolitan University  2 out of 26 from word of mouth Of the 26 young people who responded, no one heard about the project via social media channels (e.g. Facebook, twitter)

Update newsletter, May 2019.pdf