The unmet social care needs of 2 million people
Today Age UK have released their research identifying 2 million people have an unmet need for social care. The research comes a day after I sit and listen to my partner off-loading after a full-on day supporting people [...]
Your Carers Personal Budget
This week I had a chat with Rowena and Mary at the Age UK Salford Dementia Café, both have had a recent carers assessment and asked to use their Carers Personal Budget to pay for Empowered Carers sessions. [...]
We were making her situation worse!
Tony lives with his wife Patricia, they have grown up children, and support Patricia’s mum who lives with dementia. Their daughter encouraged them to go on the Empowered Conversations course at the end of last year. “We knew something [...]
What’s a death doula?
I'd heard of a doula to support people coming into the world but I'd never heard of one helping those about to leave the world! Vic is an end of life or death doula, we had a conversation so [...]
Empowered Conversations has been developed by Six Degrees Social Enterprise and The Institute of Dementia at the University of Salford. It is supported by the Big Lottery Fund and Innovate UK.