Age Friendly Salford What difference has our Age Friendly Salford programme made? November 2019 Age Friendly Salford Older people are able to feel safe and travel to “I realise how valuable older people are in society, we clearly have a purpose Introduction places which help keep and a part to play in making our them healthy and engaged region a better place.” This short, easy to read leaflet summarises the tangible Older people are able to achievements for Salford since we embarked on our Age Friendly “As an individual it can be hard find opportunities for to get things to change but as journey. Further information about our work can be found on the a group, people listen and take paid and unpaid work as World Health Organisation Age Friendly Communities site: on board what we say.” well as ensure their voice extranet.who.int/agefriendlyworld/age-friendly-practices/ is heard to keep them 1 healthy and engaged For readers who are new to the Salford started using the World ON SI term ‘Age Friendly’ it’s about Health Organisation model back in I ON V ATI HOU ORT SI recognising the challenges of an 2014 as a way of bringing together SP NG AN ageing population and looking some ideas and projects which were TR V C at all the different ways that important to older people’s health I A V I S I E N C S together we can rise to those and wellbeing, such as Tech and C S D P I A G N E A P M O challenges, foster healthy and Tea classes and Social Lunch and S I R D P T R L L I N I C O O active ageing, make it possible Learn sessions. IE I U R N O F Y P B D M D E A 4 L T T for people to continue to stay D E G Y I U N These and many other practical N O A O A T in their homes participating in activities and events had been N the activities they value and C recognised as valuable local assets A O N contributing to their communities M D within Salford’s Integrated Care M H N for as long as possible. U E O Programme for older people, and it N I A L T L I S A T T A I A Y D P By 2024, more than 1 in 4 people was important their collective value H C LF R I S O O S U C E S I will be over 60 and our longer continued to be recognised. R P T V P R I O A lives are one of society’s greatest C R P Salford’s City Mayor publicly signed V E T S 3 achievements. But while many I up to the World Health Organisation S CO AN M D N already enjoy a good later life, I D MU N ON programme in 2015 committing O I N T A SI NF ICA PEC U O others risk ill health, poverty and N OR TION RES CL I Salford and its partners to an older MA L IN S TION SOCIA I loneliness – and in Salford, people led plan for change. 2 V we want to do better. Older people in Salford created The World Health Organisation the 4 Visions against which our provided an Age Friendly Model success in making Salford more Age Older people are able to find to help places around the world Friendly will be measured. The next information and services “I have made new friends look at their communities in a to keep them healthy and and get out of the house few pages sets out just what we more and I feel valued.” structured way, considering all the have achieved so far. engaged in activities different aspects that affect our lives. And it’s not just about cities, Age Friendly Salford Team “There are a number of people out there it’s about age friendly places – trying to live well with dementia, some Older people feel our streets, neighbourhoods and of them don’t have a voice or unable respected and included in communities – the definition to have their voice heard. As someone neighbourhood activities living with dementia I intend to be their is up to us. voice for as long as I have capacity.” to keep them healthy and engaged VISION 1 I would not have found out about this gardening group without being invited to come along to this social event. I Older people are able to feel safe and travel to places have met so many new people, some which help keep them healthy and engaged of which have become good friends (World Health Organisation Domains: Outdoor Spaces & Building, Transportation, Housing) and making a difference to how my area looks makes me feel proud. Through our Age Friendly approach, more older people in Salford have: tech A greater voice and Suggested and tea more influence with improvements to bus WORKBOOK over 700 older people routes, station facilities, actively participating and ‘staying seated in developing Strategic until it stops’ campaigns eent r name plans in Salford and and provided an older Taken part in Greater Manchester peoples voice on the interactive sessions basic computer skills namely, Housing, Planning, Greater Manchester with over 500 older for people over the age of 65 Clean Air and the Transport strategy. people sharing tips Case Study Locality Plan. on keeping safe at home, avoiding scams Edna joined the Tech and Tea course It was a huge pleasure to see the and doorstep crime. with some reluctance. She is in a complete change in Edna’s mood as she wheelchair and has problems with her became more engaged with the session. eyesight. Edna didn’t feel that learning Over the next four weeks Edna became about technology would be useful to increasingly interested in all that the Become more digitally Benefited from an Reconnected her as her son did most things for her. tablet could offer her. She wanted to aware and confident at additional of with their £65,000 She was quite detached during the early learn how to go shopping online and use using home technology , Ambition for Ageing outdoor space part of the first session and didn’t seem email to contact family. In week three through Tech and Tea through establishment investment testing to want to join in. she told us; classes, IT drop-in sessions of 7 local new, small scale Green and 21 As the discussion about the benefits and the provision of low (G&G) groups neighbourhood projects Growing of technology progressed Edna started cost equipment such as as part of a citywide with volunteers and 140 to look more interested. As part of the I’ve told my son he doesn’t need tablets, virtual digital green and growing participants. 1,200 icebreaker the tutor discovered that to do my shopping anymore as I assistants and door entry network enabling Edna liked Tom Jones so decided to can do it online now. I feel so much systems to over older people to find 2,000 show the participants that they could more independent. older people. out about parks, open use their technology to access music I look up all sorts of things online spaces and take part videos on YouTube, picking a Tom Jones in opportunities at the now, I use the tablet for reading video and passing the tablet around the new RHS site. eBooks, it’s so easy to increase the participants. When it reached Edna she font size so I can see the words. became transfixed and very excited. VISION 2 Older people are able to find information and services to keep them healthy and engaged SIX STEPS Being involved has enabled me to (World Health Organisation Domains: Community Support & Health Services, Communication & Information) TO PREVENTING FALLS feel I have a voice. I’ve enjoyed taking in later life part in focus groups and speaking at seminars, as well as meeting people which have inspired me. Sharing my Through our Age Friendly approach, more older people in Salford have: knowledge with people at church and my friends and neighbours is something I get joy from. Helped prevent malnutrition in Salford and Greater Manchester by squashing the myth Reduced risk of falling that losing weight in by co-designing the Case Study Improved knowledge of later life is a natural new falls ‘service’. Over S is 58 years old she has some nutrition and hydration part of ageing, 10 older 300 older people have additional learning needs and lives through Lunch and Learn people appearing on an attended the six steps in sheltered accommodation, S is a sessions, completing 200 awareness raising film. to preventing falls committee member in the scheme quizzes, with 258 people, The impact to date has training and over 200 H and was interested in setting up a over 6 months, sharing reduced the numbers of older people per year AV E breakfast club promoting eating meals as a social event, people requiring dietary have benefited from A together, however she needed designing and distributing supplements, postural stability and 107314.001 NHS Salford Age Well Falls Booklet FIN.indd 1 N 08/02/2018 17:56 E Y E a food hygiene certificate. We 1,000 information saving GP’s step up classes in local T E S T supported S to do the qualification Postcards. £300,000.