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Recognising pain in those living with Dementia

Pain is a natural human sensation. We experience different kinds of pain that produce different kinds of actions and reactions. Mental pain over loss is often known as grief, which can often make…

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What makes a Super OT?

Here at AKW we truly do support the community of Occupational Therapists, we even like to hand out T-shirts and all sorts of freebies to our Super OTs, because they are just that……

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6 main challenges #6: Younger people with disability

Currently 1 in 20 children in the UK are disabled and 99% live at home with, and are supported by, their families. Children under 16 are the fastest growing group of disabled people and currently,…

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6 main challenges #5: Sheltered housing

Did you know that a high proportion of sheltered housing needs updating? That’s right… More than two thirds of all sheltered housing are in the rented sector and most of it hasn’t been touched…

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6 main challenges #4: Dementia

How do we tackle the challenge? Dementia is presenting a growing challenge for social landlords. The number of people in the UK with dementia is currently over 800,000 and 50% live on their own.…

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6 main challenges #3: Movement of older & disabled people from other tenures

Judging by new information, social landlords cannot ignore the needs of other tenures.  2011 research highlighted that the private rented sector overtook the social rented sector in England and…

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Dementia Action Week – AKW Charity Day

We had a fantastic week last week celebrating Dementia Action Week. We were lucky enough to have Dementia UK representative Donna head to AKW headquarters on the 25th May to enlighten us on how we…

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Dementia Friendly Products

We are half way through Dementia Action Week and since our previous post, we have enjoyed seeing all the different actions taken to improve the lives of those affected by dementia and working to…

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Dementia Action Week!

It’s that time of year when AKW welcome Dementia Action Week. A week dedicated to encouraging people to take action to improve the lives of those affected by dementia and work to create a…

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6 main challenges #2: Poor health and disability

Did you know that a high proportion of social housing tenants are disabled or in poor health? That information is unfortunately correct, disabled people are at least twice as likely as non-disabled…

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Top 10 Products to Adapt Your Bathroom

An inclusively-designed bathroom or wet room, with appropriately specified equipment, has a host of benefits; from promoting independence and improving dexterity to assisting in the prevention of…

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6 main challenges #1: Our rapidly ageing population: Rise to the challenge

A major piece of recent research by the Smith Institute suggests that, in the social rented sector in England alone, there are over 1.6 million people over 55 years of age; representing almost 45% of …

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