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Me, Myself & Autism Programme The North East & Cumbria Learning Disability Network is working with stakeholders across the North East North Cumbria Integrated Care System looking at how women with a learning disability are able to access reasonably adjusted care around assessment, treatment and support for the perimenopause and menopause. We know people with […]
Our Age Without Limits campaign has launched and we hope you are continuing to follow our work and are getting involved and supporting in your own way. If you have personal experiences of ageism and are still keen to talk about how ageism affects you, we would love to hear from you further. We now
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Researchers at Northumbria University are conducting a study to explore the long-term impact of widowhood during Covid-19. This study aims to explore widowhood experiences during and following Covid-19, including the challenges and facilitators to adaptation. The findings will provide evidence to enable recommendations to influence policy, inform practice, and support services. We are looking to
What we need: volunteers to support people to learn to travel around South Tyneside and/or Gateshead. We want to enable people to access public transport and meet and walk to new areas with a view to increasing independence to travel without support when confident. Our ideal volunteers will have a friendly and positive outlook and
Travel buddy volunteers required Read More »
Hi All, I would appreciate it if you could share the following with your networks. Public, patients and carers are being asked ‘what does high quality care mean to you?’ through a 10-minute survey that will help develop a new Quality Strategy for the region. The survey, which can be accessed here will help develop
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We need your help to develop a balance training intervention which is suitable for people with lung disease. Please get involved if you… · Work (or have worked) with people with lung disease and/or balance problems · Are a carer for someone with lung disease and/or balance problem · Have a lung disease and/or balance
Teesside University are looking to recruit research participants in a new study Read More »
Using the internet and apps on smart phones is commonplace for many older people. Yet Age UK’s campaign ‘Offline and Overlooked’ highlights that 2.3 million older people in the UK aren’t internet users and this can make tasks such as banking, managing NHS appointments or even paying for car parking harder to access. It’s also
Age UK’s campaign ‘Offline and Overlooked’ Read More »
One in four adults in the UK are living with multiple long-term conditions – two or more mental or physical conditions lasting for 12 months or more – which can result in complex care pathways and longer stays in hospital. Despite this, there is limited understanding of how people with multiple long-term conditions experience hospital