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Confident2care
- Authors:
- HENDERSON Mary, comp.
- Publisher:
- Dargan Publications; Care2Share NI
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- Newtownabbey
This booklet provides information and resources to help carers build their confidence and skills. It has four main sections. These cover the Caring role, including; Dealing with Change, which highlights the importance of self-care, assertiveness, managing stress and good communication; Managing financial and legal issues; and Future Caring Options. It is one of a series of three booklets developed specifically for carers of friends or relatives and those working in the caring profession. The series aims to help meet the challenges of caring, whilst also balancing these responsibilities with a carers own wellbeing.
Lived experience: voices of older people on the COVID-19 pandemic 2020
- Author:
- AGE NI
- Publisher:
- Age NI
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This report highlights the experiences of older people in Northern Ireland living through the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on feedback from the Consultative Forum at Age NI, it reflects key concerns and experiences through four key themes: support, health and care; communication and connection; loneliness and isolation; and grief and loss. The report finds that the pandemic and lockdown forced changes to many of the everyday care and support systems older people depend upon –restrictions on acute and community services made managing existing health concerns more difficult for many older people. Accessing sources of clear, up to date information has been very important during the lockdown – older people would like to access support and services online; they have concerns about using public transport for getting out and about again; and want safe ways to get back to their interests and activities. Older people are especially vulnerable to the effects of loneliness – older people shielding and not able to maintain movement and activity lost physical and cognitive fitness rapidly; and lack of connection and being unable to visit care homes caused some to worry about the risk of abuse and neglect. The COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for a significant increase in the number of excess deaths in Northern Ireland and older people feature disproportionately among them – families were distressed and concerned when advanced care planning was raised during the early stages of the pandemic; and people were worried and anxious about older people living in residential and nursing homes. The report provides a set of specific action points to help improve older people’s experience in relation to each of the four themes. (Edited publisher abstract)