Caritas Leeds members are invited to a Caritas Learning Day on 11 July 2019 in Birmingham, to include:
– New theological reflection on care in an ageing society
– Improving the financial sustainability of provision
– Examples of spiritual care
– Opportunity to discuss how the regulatory landscape should be improved, to inform national advocacy
More information will be circulated soon. Please send indications of interest in attending to Lucy Jordan .
Dementia Action Week (20 – 26 May 2019) unites people, workplaces, schools and communities to take action and improve the lives of people living with dementia.
Almost all of us know someone affected by dementia. But too many people living with dementia report feeling cut off from their community, losing their friendships and facing dementia alone. Having dementia shouldn’t mean an isolated life. And it doesn’t have to. Simple actions from us all can create supportive communities – where people living with the condition can continue to socialise with others, hop on the bus, go to their favourite shops or take part in local activities for as long as possible.
We have a role to play in making the UK a dementia-friendly place to live and that’s what Dementia Action Week is all about.
Leeds Diocese is officially Dementia Friendly, as a member of the Dementia Action Alliance (Yorkshire & Humberside) and the Diocesan Action Plan is on their website here . Part of the Action Plan is to develop spiritual resources for parishes and individuals to use, which will be available online. Deacon Joe Cortis, Co-ordinator for Caritas Leeds, has led the development of short guidelines for priests, ministers and extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist for offering communion to a person with dementia which are available here.
Dying Matters is a coalition of individual and organisational members across England and Wales, which aims to help people talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, and to make plans for the end of life. For the last couple of years, Dying Matters Awareness Week has challenged us all to answer a question: What Can You Do? How can we help ourselves, or families and our communities face up to death and bereavement?
- Are We Ready to help others get their affairs in order?
- Are We Ready to help people we know who are caring for someone who is dying?
- Are We Ready to support someone who is grieving?
- Or even something as simple as “Are We Ready to talk about it?”
‘Who will help me when I’m no longer able to help myself?” is one of the key questions that worries people ageing without children.
One in five people over 50 in the UK don’t have any children and by 2030 there will be 2 million people over 65 without children. In Leeds there are 232,120 people over 50 which means there are likely to be approximately 46,000 people without children.
People may have questions about how to plan properly for their future, including arranging a Power of Attorney and thinking about Advanced Directives.
The Leeds Ageing Well Without Children group is hosting an information session about what happens when people need that kind of support but don’t have it easily available.
The session will include a presentation from Emsleys Solicitors and discussion about death doulas (what they are and how they can help).
Emily Axel, a volunteer with the Leeds AWWOC group said:
“We’re a small group but are keen to provide information and support to local people who are getting older and don’t have family to support them. We want to have a conversation about what people would find most helpful so that we can try to provide it.”
Open to all. Conference fee of £30 (£25 to CCoA Members) includes all preparatory material, lunch and all refreshments.
BEING OLD, BEING BOLD
Living by faith, seeking truth, and accepting challenge
Are you interested in making more of life for older people in the Church? You are invited to join CCoA for a conference.
This is a rare opportunity to hear what can be done AND to discuss what you are doing.
The day will include:
AND
Christians on Ageing is a resource to the Churches and a voice for older people. This conference will help to plan new ways of giving support, spreading ideas and promoting good practice.
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Talking ‘bout my Generation is an intimate conversational theatre show exploring what it means to be an older person living in the UK right here, right now. Devised by the company under the direction of Leeds Beckett University’s Teresa Brayshaw, and her team of creative practitioners ( Charli Veal, Steph Donohoe & Beth Milner )Talking ‘bout my Generation addresses issues around ageing and ageism: the personal, the political and the possible. Written & performed by a group of Leeds participants age 65 and over Talking ‘bout my Generation was developed at The School of Film, Music & Performing Arts through the CINAGE: Live project.
CINAGE: Live’s work and Talking ‘bout my Generation has been presented at a range of festivals including.
Ticket Price: Pay what you decide
Date/Time:
Register your interest in this event to be notified when bookings open during March.
Talking ‘bout my Generation is an intimate conversational theatre show exploring what it means to be an older person living in the UK right here, right now. Devised by the company under the direction of Leeds Beckett University’s Teresa Brayshaw, and her team of creative practitioners ( Charli Veal, Steph Donohoe & Beth Milner )Talking ‘bout my Generation addresses issues around ageing and ageism: the personal, the political and the possible. Written & performed by a group of Leeds participants age 65 and over Talking ‘bout my Generation was developed at The School of Film, Music & Performing Arts through the CINAGE: Live project.
CINAGE: Live’s work and Talking ‘bout my Generation has been presented at a range of festivals including.
Ticket Price: Pay what you decide
Date/Time:
Register your interest in this event to be notified when bookings open during March.
Time to Shine is offering an opportunity for staff 55 and older to attend a Transition into Later Life training course. Developed with funding from the Gulbenkian Foundation the two day course is aimed at anyone who is thinking about retirement soon, or in a few years, and wants to prepare positively for the coming changes.
Maybe you have chosen to retire, or are thinking about when you might leave your present job. Maybe you are glad to go, maybe you’re dreading all that freedom or perhaps you are planning a new career in something you love!
This course offers a gentle way to explore, with others going through the same thing, what the years ahead could look like to you and what you can do to make it happen.
Courses during 2019 will be on April 15&16th, and June 14&17th If you would like to know more please email or ring Jessica Duffy 0113 2441697 jessica@opforum.org.uk
The cost of the course is greatly subsidised by Time to Shine Lottery Funding so in 2019 will cost only £40 to those working for NGOs, £60 to those working for Public Bodies and SMEs and £80 to those working for those working for large businesses.
Inner Wheel Club of Aireborough
60th Anniversary Year
Inner Wheel Club of Aireborough are hosting a performance of DON’T LEAVE ME NOW by Brian Daniels followed by a discussion about the subject then tea and biscuits.
Inspired by two real stories, the play explores with humour and insight the impact of early onset dementia on two very different families – a journey of love, loss and duty.
‘the play is subtly powerful, sympathetic and sharp, sad and funny……. Where dementia is the villain, words are priceless’ Howard Jacobson, Booker Prize winning author (New Statesman, 2016).
This play has had more than 150 performances throughout the UK.
There is no charge for entry, but donations would be welcomed.
