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I've Got Soul

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Every now and again on our blog we showcase good practice from other parts of Wales. This week we found out more about a dementia initiative in Pembrokeshire. As part of the Gwanwyn Festival in July 2017, Live Music Now Wales was funded by Age Cymru to deliver a week of performance and loop pedal workshops with elderly residents living in care homes across Pembrokeshire. Claire Cressey, Director of Live Music Now Wales, told us more: Care home residents aren’t the usual chart topping performers you’d associate with a potential hit single, but with the rapid rise of older people in society and a continual increase in those living with dementia, our national charity has made the most of their musical talents and done just that. Residents in six Pembrokeshire care homes have demonstrated their songwriting and vocal talents, with the help of Bridgend based musician John Nicholas (performing as John Llewelyn) through the work of musicians' development and outreach charity, Live Music N...

Back to the Floor: Superintendent Jon Cummins at Felindre Ward

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Superintendent Jon Cummins, Staff Nurse Melanie Fletcher, Dr Frank Medford Years ago there was a BBC TV documentary series called Back to the Floor, where bosses returned to the shop floor to find out what life was really like as a worker in their company. This turned out to be both intriguing and extremely useful for the managers who took part. Here in Powys the approach has been adapted by the Powys Mental Health Planning & Development Partnership* to give Chief Officers, Service Directors and other high level staff the opportunity to experience a day in the life of a member of staff at the operational end of a service. They have chance to find out what is really happening on the ground, and what consequences strategic decision making can have on people who are in receipt of a service. For someone experiencing mental distress in Powys, that service could be provided by a voluntary organisation such as a Mind centre or Kaleidoscope, or the statutory sector such as the NHS or the...