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Life during Covid – 19

Status: Ongoing

Salford United Kingdom
Print this page City population: 23390011% over 60Practice started in 2016

Summary

http://https://youtu.be/k5C60OSePWI

During the pandemic we have been working with older people in Salford through a programme of virtual activities. One such activity Ready to Go has a focus on key issues raised by older people and provides space for experts and older people to come together to explore these issues further.

As the country moved to a position where the vaccine was starting to be offered to older people there was a number of questions and concerns being raised particularly as the media was at times sharing negative stories.

To help older people make informed decisions about what was right for them Age Friendly Salford  was able to bring health care professionals to the virtual meetings to discuss the vaccine and how the programme was going to work

This short video shares the life experience of some older people living in Salford during the Pandemic. The video explores what life has been like and the fears and hopes having the vaccine brings. The video ends with older people share their experience of having the vaccination

Key facts

Main target group: Older people in general

Sector(s): Health, Information and communication

Desired outcome for older people:
Learn, grow and make decisions

Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Ageing in place
  • Disasters and emergencies
  • Healthy behaviours (e.g. physical activity)

Contact details

Name: Bernadette Elder

Email address: bernadette@inspiringcommunitiestogether.co.uk

Age-friendly practice in detail (click to expand):

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Civil Society Organisation

Others involved in the project:
  • Local authorities
  • Volunteers

How collaboration worked: Age Friendly Salford is a programme of work funded by Salford City Council and Salford Clinical Commissioning Group. The work is delivered by a Voluntary Sector partnership led by Inspiring Communities Together along with Age UK Salford and Salford CVS. The work uses person-centred co-design principles and follows the five ways to wellbeing.

Older people’s involvement: Older people were involved in the age-friendly practice at multiple or all stages

Details on older people’s involvement: Old people have shared their personal experiences in creating the age friendly practise. They felt it was important that their voice was heard during the Pandemic

Moving forward

Has the impact of this age-friendly practice been analysed: No

Do you plan to evaluate your age-friendly practice? No

Feedback:
Older people enjoyed being part of the process They felt the video not only provided a valuable insight into a variety of views about the pandemic and the difference the vaccine can make to individuals lives.

Expansion plans:
Yes we are working with Salford University to explore funding opportunities to carry out a long term research project on the life of older people post the pandemic

Looking back

Reflections:
The personal stories shared by the older people provided information that we may not have been aware of including fears and believes about the vaccine. Whilst we did bring experts to virtual meetings with older people if we have been more aware we could have started the conversations earlier to enable wider discussions on the vaccine.

Challenges:
The video was made during a period of lockdown which meant we had to find a way of collecting stories by virtual means We had been running virtual sessions for over a year and those who were happy to share their stories are people that have been engaging in these virtual meet ups.