After a two year ‘gap’ we’re getting back in the boats for the Annual Age UK Salford Boat Race. The event will take place during Dementia Action Week on Saturday 21st May, 1 – 5pm at Helly Hanson Watersports Centre on Salford Quays. The day includes boat races, stalls, the Salford Angels WI Cake stall, [...]
Cassie Eastham joined the Empowered Conversations Research team at the University of Manchester in November 2021. Tell us a bit about your background. I’m an occupational therapist by profession and have spent the last 10 years working in the Wigan Later Life and Memory Service. How did you start working with the Empowered Conversations trial? [...]
My name is Karen and I'm a newly trained facilitator with Empowered Conversations. I attended two Empowered Conversations courses over a couple of years to help support me with my mum. My mum has Parkinson’s and Dementia with Lewy Body disease. I quickly saw just how beneficial the course was and how it could help [...]
Meet Vicky a new member of the Empowered Carers team who will be working with family Carers in Bolton. Here Vicky tells us more about her passions and why she wanted to join the team. What attracted you to the Empowered Carers role? Everything! The role is about building trusting therapeutic relationships, by offering a [...]
Meet Mike a new member of the Empowered Carers team who will be working with family Carers in Bolton. Here Mike tells us more about his passions and why he wanted to join the team. What attracted you to the Empowered Carers role? I have a passion for psychology with a particular interest in the [...]
Meet Judith a new member of the Empowered Carers team who will be working with family carers in Bolton. Here Judith tells us more about her passions and why she wanted to join the team. What attracted you to the Empowered Carers role? I was very impressed by the Empowered Conversation resources for carers [...]
Empowered Carers expands its service into Bolton to support more family Carers We are delighted to be launching Empowered Carers in Bolton this April to work with family Carers who are supporting loved ones living with dementia. Empowered Carers provides one-to-one support to people of all ages who are caring for someone with dementia – [...]
Empowered Conversations has launched a new programme that is set to increase support for people caring for loved ones living with dementia from their peers. The Empowered Connectors programme invites carers who have been on the Empowered Conversations journey - whether that’s attending our communications workshops or receiving one-to-one support - to share their experiences [...]
The sun is shining in Salford. After months of rain and snow and very little of the blue stuff it feels like nature is finally a buzz with Spring. Colour catches my eye as I tread the usual path to the park with the dogs. It feels like we’ve been trapped in monochrome for months, now [...]
During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Age UK Salford Dementia Support Service team identified a need for bereavement support for some of their carers within the service. We realised that people who had been bereaved during this time weren’t able to access ‘traditional’ support from family, friends, and services. People found themselves isolated and grieving in a [...]