After many adventures, Bilbo moved from his independent life at Bag End to a retirement home. The House of Elrond in Rivendell provided him with a welcome and a safe space to age, write his memoirs and build his friendships before taking ship to the Undying Lands. It was his Last Homely House.
Our recent Housing Round Table in Newcastle discussing people’s equal rights to live independently in communities brought together a great range of voices of those living in supported housing as well as those providing and regulating it.
Guest Blog from Jonathan Senker, chief executive, VoiceAbility. VoiceAbility have worked with others to help improve the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – but the new form is still flawed, explains Jonathan Senker, chief executive of VoiceAbility. Find out more about next steps and what it might mean for the people you support.
As NDTi Celebrates 25 Years of making change happen, we talk to associate Dorothy Runnicles about what she thinks still needs to change in our society.
At NDTi we’re proud to have been working with older people and local communities for the last 25 years - to understand and act on their priorities for a good later life, and to encourage the development of services and supports that can help make these things happen.
Case Study: As part of NDTi’s Time to Connect programme, Chris Moore from Fair shares talks about how Eileen has reconnected with her community.
NDTi’s Mental Health Lead, Kate Linsky responds to today’s BJGP Study which evidences the difficulty for older people to access psychological therapy services.
We are pleased to introduce a guest blog about attitudes to ageing by Dorothy Runnicles who is an NDTi Associate & a well known campaigner for older people's rights.
Both the Francis Report on the neglect, abuse and deaths of predominantly older people in Mid-Staffordshire hospital and this week’s CQC report on wider hospital failure telling a sorry tale.
OK, this is a longer blog than usual, but Monday night’s Panorama programme about an elderly lady with dementia being abused and neglected in a care home made me angry