Age Cymru is working with the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales on research to hear the voices and experiences of older people with dementia, their families and carers.
They ask for your assistance in identifying people who would be willing to speak to them about their day to day experiences of living with dementia, the impact it has on their lives and the support currently available to them.
They are looking to speak both to people living with dementia themselves and the people who care or support them. These conversations can be conducted separately or together.
The conversations will be conducted by our fully trained engagement team and will be extremely informal. Their staff are alert to the sensitivity of the topics which might be covered and will take a flexible approach based upon a person’s situation. They are using a framework based on the ‘Talking Points: personal outcomes approach’ developed in Scotland, in which the participants guide the conversations wherever possible.
They are seeking to hold these conversations between now and the end of September 2015 with a report to be produced by the end of the year.
The experiences they gather will help to shape public services and assist policy makers in taking the action needed to meet the needs of older people living with dementia in Wales and make our communities truly dementia supportive.
If you are able to help please contact Kathy Lye at Age Cymru on kathy.lye@agecymru.org.uk or 029 2043 1570. If you would like to discuss this research further or have any questions then you can contact Graeme Francis, Project Manager, on 029 2043 1547.
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