Resources

Published 2018. We visited the Causeway RAMH group to speak with them about their human rights and the issues they face in their community. This is what we heard.

Creating Inclusive Communities

Sensory Changes presentation from Living Well with Dementia event – March 2019

Published 2019. Agnes Houston was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s 13 years ago and found the biggest challenge to be changes to her senses. Agnes now campaigns for better awareness and care around sensory changes and the impact of this. This presentation, which includes some handy hints and tips was created by Agnes Houston and Kate Robertson for our Living Well with Dementia event on Tuesday 12 March in Birnam.

People Having More Choice in their Lives

Keeping Connected in Winter

Published 2019. Tips to help people and community groups in rural or isolated communities to think about how to keep connected and carry on during winter.

Creating Inclusive Communities

Food Buddies – Tips For Days Out

Published 2018. Food Buddies is a project which involves sharing ideas and practical tips around food that people living with dementia, other older people and their families and friends have found make life easier. These tips are about how to enjoy going out and about. They have been shared with us by older people, people living with dementia and their families. We hope this booklet will be useful for days out - going further away or for a special visit - and the more regular things that people can do closer to

People Having More Choice in their Lives

Personal Social Care – what works for older people living in rural areas?

Published 2018. This is a background and discussion note for the Rural Wisdom project and everyone else who is interested in making rural communities work well for older people. It draws on conversations with people in the 5 demonstration areas in Scotland and Wales and what we are hearing from people in other rural areas.

People Having More Choice in their Lives

Hints and Tips for Parents experiencing Poor Mental Health

Published 2018. We spoke to different groups of parents across Scotland and put together some hints and tips that we hope will help people in a parenting role who may be struggling with poor mental health. We hope these will help you and make it easier to know where to start when it comes to looking after your health and wellbeing.

Having Different Conversations