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Liverpool City Region invites dementia groups to special consultation on planning document
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has been inviting local residents and organisations to join a conversation about the future of the City Region.
"The Metro Mayor and Combined Authority have set out the ambition to address health issues by encouraging healthy and active lifestyles ... and by being an advocate for mental health and dementia." |
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Online Learning Modules for Change
Liverpool DAA member EQE Health is now offering on-line face to face training with the aim of ‘change after learning’. Each session is specifically tailored to the needs of clients with bespoke packages including one-to-one support, teaching or mentoring.
For full details visit our Training page here. |
Stars support call for government dementia funding Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry, Brian Cox and Dame Harriet Walter have called on the Government to fulfil its election promise to double investment in dementia research. During the last election, the Conservatives pledged to increase public investment to £160 million in what the party described as the “largest boost to dementia research ever” in the UK. Alzheimer’s Research UK claims that a year on, there has been no further commitment or strategy outlined and no mention of it in the latest Spending Review. |
Care home visiting pilot in Liverpool A TESTING pilot launched in Liverpool on 3 December which will pave the way for relatives to get closer to their loved ones during indoor care home visits. Staff at 11 homes in the city have been trained to give lateral flow tests (LFTs) as part of Liverpool’s wider community-testing pilot which will mean that protective screens are not necessary during visits. |
Healthiness receives Prime Minister award "We were delighted to receive the Prime Minister's Points of Light Award on 27th October 2020 for running online fitness classes throughout the lockdown."
Susannah Arrowsmith and Andy Ireland run free, daily online exercise classes to keep the people of Liverpool moving, ensuring access for all abilities and fitness levels.
They have been running Healthiness Ltd since 2011, providing a variety of exercise classes that have benefited over 3,000 participants. Since the start of the pandemic, they have been offering their classes for free to older people who have been required to shield or self-isolate, enabling them to remain active whilst remaining indoors. |
Due to coronavirus, many of us now wear face masks or coverings while out shopping or on public transport.
Some people with dementia may not like wearing a face covering, or understand why they should wear one. Alzheimer's Society have produced advice on how to help and who may be exempt from wearing a mask. Read it here. |
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Former prima ballerina Marta C. Gonzalez revisits her dancing days through the power of music
Former ballerina Marta C. Gonzalez - who lived with dementia - is taken back to her days dancing in Swan Lake thanks to the power of music. Ms Gonzalez, who was a prima ballerina with the New York Ballet in the 1960s, lived with dementia before passing away in 2019. The video was captured by Spanish charity Asociacion Musica para Despertar, who use music from a person's life to improve their mood and memory function after a dementia diagnosis. |
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