YOPEY Dementia Befriender #BeaconForBefriending

@YopeyCharity

YOPEY runs award-winning befriending in where young visit lonely elderly. Founder Tony Gearing MBE speaks up when he feels Establishment fail young

UK – mainly in #EastofEngland
Vrijeme pridruživanja: svibanj 2010.

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  1. COMPARING LIVES Edna told me about her life in Wales & about her son's civil engineering career. We talked about my future. I also took part in the care home's song & dance.

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  2. ELDERLY STILL INTERESTED IN WORLD Got talking to 3 care home residents about . It was very interesting to see all 3 women express opinions on the matter & wonderful to see they are still so interested in the world. The time flew by.

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  3. RESIDENT WANTED COMPANY, NOT CHAT The lounge was nearly empty with only Sheila watching TV. The carer asked if she wanted to talk to us. Sheila said no. But she did want our company. We watched Tipping Point with her.

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  7. FIRST-TIME NAIL PAINTER I came in and painted a few of the ladies' nails. i was pretty bad at it but we all had a joke about it anyways.

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  8. MAKING MARY'S DAY Spoke with Mary about general things, like TV, our birthdays, driving, Christmas. Nothing in particular. But we enjoy speaking with Mary as she remembers us & says that we make her day.

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  9. They have appeared in 2 local newspapers. Now has put them online. Young dementia friends from Wickhambrook are ready to help

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  10. 4. velj

    A lovely testament from one of our Dementia Befrienders from about her experience spending time with one of our wonderful residents.

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  11. COMPARING GENERATIONS i spoke to Sheila, Majorie & Helen about education today compared to education in the past & the punishments they got if they misbehaved. We spoke about their past jobs & how jobs today are very different to the ones they had.

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  12. DISTRACTING FRUSTRATED RESIDENT Spoke to two residents, one of whom found it difficult to talk which was upsetting her, so I comforted her & distracted her by looking at her photographs with her.

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  13. FORGETTING THE TIME 2 other YOPEY Befrienders & I had a long extremely enjoyable conversation with 3 residents. We lost track of time & the lovely residents had to remind us that we had to leave.

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  14. Discussed politics with Margaret & what was going on in the world. Found out she shares my love of books so discussed favourite books. Then found Jean & had a lovely catch-up.

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  15. Royal representative recognises top YOPEYs Many photographs of the visit by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk to an Ipswich care home to recognise 'retiring' YOPEY Befrienders from Northgate High School – our best scheme this year!

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  16. Talked to a new resident. Eila acted quite confused, worrying about where she was & such, which was difficult to support. But she was talkative & easy to get along with. I hope she settles in comfortably.

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  17. Fun photos from the 'Who Is Right' exercise as we made about 40 8-10 year-olds in West into . is now looking for a local care home with a minibus that can collect groups of children to visit its residents...

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  18. Women studying medicine can expect to earn 78% more than non-graduate women. Biggest winners and losers from degrees

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  19. I had a conversation with a wonderful lady who was reminiscing about the past & comparing it to today. She was also telling me how she enjoys the exercise classes held in the care home and invited me to join in next time.

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