Forum Meeting at the Place, June 2008
186 members attended the forum meeting and everyone enjoyed sessions of Short Tennis,
Short Mat Bowling,a Salsa workshop and a cookery demonstration. The Age Concern
Computer Training Bus was parked outside The Place which give out information and some
hands on experience of the Internet and computers in general. A representative
from PC World gave members the opportunity to try out a Wii board which is a wonderful
interactive tool for exercise and good fun. All the usual stalls were there to give out
information and assistance.
Full Report.
Dementia
The Forum Health and Care Action Group together with the local branch of The Alzheimers
Society are joining together in an investigation to find out as much as possible about
the current experiences of those affected by dementia in the Telford & Wrekin area.
We have been funded by the Primary Care Trust to carry out this work to guide an improvement
in the quality of care for dementia and to submit our findings to the government consultation
in October 2008. We hope that you will agree that it is essential to have as much
reliable information as possible about the current position in dementia diagnosis,
treatment and care. We want to collect the thoughts and experiences of those
experiencing dementia themselves or caring for a person with it. To carry out
this task we would like dementia sufferers or their carers to contact us for face-to-face
meetings, telephone interviews,write to us or fill up a questionnaire.
We can assure anyone who takes part that this will be totally confidential.
If you, or someone you know, has been diagnosed with any form of dementia
(Alzheimer’s, Vascular, Pick’s disease, etc.) and you are willing to help us to
improve services in the future please phone Kester on 01952 582931 or
Email: kester.black@ageconcernshrops.org.uk. You can also write to Kester
at Age Concern, Access House, Halesfield, Telford, TF7 4PW .
Development of Forum Activities
The Forum has recently been allocated a sum of money to carry out three projects to
help the PCT to help 'hard to reach' older people, to find the service gaps and
evaluate the current service for black and ethnic minority groups and to work
with other organisations, who offer residential care to find meaningful activities
for their residents. These are very important areas for improvement and
will involve the Forum in a lot of work - if you would like to help,
especially if you have some experience in these matters, we would be very pleased
to have a chat with you and give you a more detailed explanation of what these
projects will involve. Please phone Kester on 01952 582931.
Distraction Burglars and Bogus Callers
If you are concerned about distraction burglars or bogus callers you can get
helpful advice and information from
Care Directions
Intergenerational Projects
Would you like to help set up an activity with youngsters?
Projects and plans here....
Use it or lose it!
Find local opportunities
here
to learn computing, painting, family history and a wide range of other subjects - free
or at reduced cost for pensioners. With links to local centres.