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- BLOG SERIES: KNOWING WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT – PT.6
Posted on September 10, 2021
The penultimate question in our survey put respondents in the hypothetical situation of having to provide recommendations and advice concerning the use of positive language.
Project Updates - BLOG SERIES: KNOWING WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT – PT.5
Posted on September 10, 2021
PART 5: How can we promote more open and informed discussion? by Richard Kilborn Opening up the discussion The majority of the questions that we included in our survey were of the multiple-choice variety. This was to make the questionnaire more user friendly and to encourage a greater response. The last five questions in the… Read more »
Project Updates - BLOG SERIES: KNOWING WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT – PT.4
Posted on September 3, 2021
PART 4: Obstacles to overcome by Richard Kilborn Most of us are already familiar with the difficulties of talking about certain topics with a loved one. Indeed, some people find they are able to talk more freely about intimate aspects of their lives with a total stranger than with someone from their close family circle…. Read more »
Engagement Project Updates - BLOG SERIES: KNOWING WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT – PT.3
Posted on September 3, 2021
PART 3: Talking about sensitive issues by Richard Kilborn One of the aims of our project was to discover more about how people might broach the topic of a loved one’s failing memory or compromised hearing. Given the sensitivity of some of the issues involved, we decided that it would be best to adopt a… Read more »
Engagement Project Updates - BLOG SERIES: KNOWING WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT – PT.2
Posted on August 27, 2021
PART 2: Response to the survey by Richard Kilborn (Part 1 of this blog series accessible here) Having put together a questionnaire made up of twenty questions, the next step was to approach a small number of local organisations whose members might be reasonably supposed to have an interest in hearing loss and memory loss. … Read more »
Engagement Project Updates - BLOG SERIES: KNOWING WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT – PT.1
Posted on August 27, 2021
PART 1: Aims of the project by Richard Kilborn This is the first of a series of blogs presenting the findings of a project recently undertaken by “Our Connected Neighbourhoods” and “Ideas for Ears”. The main aim of the project was to establish the degree of cross-over between the experiences of those living with dementia… Read more »
Engagement Project Updates - Walking Audit Workshop at the Falkirk Wheel this Friday
Posted on August 24, 2021
Join us for an experiential dementia-friendly audit session, organised in collaboration with Architecture Fringe and Scottish Canals. Our Connected Neighbourhoods has worked with people living with dementia and their unpaid carers to develop and design a range of tools for neighbourhoods to become more dementia friendly, creating a whole neighbourhood approach. A key part of… Read more »
Engagement Environment - COMMUNITY & DEMENTIA: CREATING BETTER LIVES IN FORTH VALLEY
Posted on May 20, 2021
The Life Changes Trust is holding its latest Community & Dementia event on Thursday 27 May (10am to 12.30pm), this time focused on the Forth Valley area. It will be co-chaired by two unpaid carers. The webinar will look at local priorities, which are key to people living with dementia and unpaid carers, and which… Read more »
Engagement - OCN launches Alloa pilot group
Posted on May 6, 2021
The first session of the OCN Alloa pilot group, to test and develop collaboratively the tools designed as part of the Our Connected Neighbourhoods (OCN) project, will be held on Zoom on Wednesday 12th May from 10am to 11.30am. In this session, led by OCN staff, we will work through the first stage of the… Read more »
Engagement - Memory and Hearing – Knowing What To Say and How to Say It
Posted on April 26, 2021
Two Stirling-based organisations have joined forces to explore how people talk about common health conditions, focusing in particular on hearing and memory. They are keen for people with an interest in these issues to support their efforts by completing an anonymous survey. It will take about 10 minutes. The survey is relevant to everyone, irrespective of… Read more »
Engagement - Fred and Jo
Posted on January 17, 2021
This blog recounts a carer’s thoughts and actions following his partner’s diagnosis.
Living with lockdown - Sainsbury’s Citizen Environment Audit
Posted on December 21, 2020
Here we provide an overview of our Sainsbury’s Raploch citizen’s environment audit.
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