Today Pat McCarthy from KPAIS tells us about Advocafe: Advocacy is a serious business….. Except when it’s not! Here at KPAIS we have been trialling a new initiative for older people in Knowsley. We’ve called it Advocafe. It’s a way of getting older people together in a social setting to encourage peer advocacy and peer … Read more
Today Janet Cullingford, Services Manager at ICANN, wonders how we can best relay the stories of those we support: Alongside our participation in the Cancer Older People and Advocacy programme, ICANN is a delivery partner and member of the Older People’s Cancer Voices project steering group. I have been musing of late on the subject of … Read more
Kathleen Gillett from programme partner Dorset Macmillan Advocacy writes in the second of two posts about how our peer advocates can support older people affected by cancer achieve voice, choice and control in their cancer journey: Whilst getting to grips with the notions of ‘health literacy’ and ‘patient activation’ that I read about in a report by Macmillan Cancer Support I … Read more
Kathleen Gillett from programme partner Dorset Macmillan Advocacy writes in the first of two posts about how our peer advocates can support older people affected by cancer achieve voice, choice and control in their cancer journey: I recently read the terms ‘health literacy’ and ‘patient activation’ in a report by Macmillan Cancer Support and found them useful labels … Read more
Today’s post is from Rosie Young a peer advocate at Getting Heard (formerly Oxfordshire Advocacy). Rosie is also a local and National Cancer Champion and an older person affected by cancer who has used the Cancer, Older People and Advocacy service herself: I read with interest the final report from Patty Doran, Cathie Marsh Institute … Read more
Susan, one of our volunteer advocates, gives us a moving account of supporting one older person affected by cancer: I am a volunteer advocate from Getting Heard (formerly Oxfordshire Advocacy) and a Cancer Older People and Advocacy volunteer, and one of my partnerships had significant interactions with the multi-disciplinary and multi-professional team. At each interaction, I … Read more
In today’s post Karen Pigott, from programme partner Dorset Advocacy and Dorset Macmillan Advocacy, tells us about some recent training delivered after a range of delivery partners identified a need for support on complex case work: On the 16th and 17th February 15 brave souls from a variety of projects across the country attended Complex Case Training in … Read more