Working with VDU’s

Information and advice for people working with VDU’s and their employers. It provides a summary of the law, simple adjustments, and where to get further advice

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Older Men’s Health

Information about older men’s health, and the issues

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Care Quality Commission

The Care Quality Commission monitors, inspect and regulates health and social care services in England, and publish what it finds including ratings to help people choose care. Its websites provides more detail of how it fulfils its responsbilities.

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Health & Safety for Volunteers

Employers of volunteers have a duty of care towards them. This factsheet explains the legal obligations regarding their health and safety, as well as good practice

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Housing & Health – reducing health inequalities

This factsheet was produced jointly with Health & Housing, a charity which promotes the links between good health & good housing. It looks at Government initiatives and the work of RSL’s to reduce health inequalities, and asks what more can be done.

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Checklist for Sheltered & Retirement Housing Providers

Checklist, or tool, for sheltered housing providers to assess how well they work with health & social care services to meet the needs of residents. Useful for Best Value and Supporting People Reviews. A series of questions with tick boxes for answers.

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Older People & Mental Health

Comprehensive factsheet about issues related to mental health. Topics covered include Life Changes such as retirement, bereavement, Keeping Healthy & Staying Active through exercise, diet, medication, social life etc, Mental Health Issues such as insomnia

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Staying Healthy in Later Life

Advice and information about how to keep physically active, the importance and value of exercise and activities, healthy eating (foods to avoid & foods to eat), other healthy lifestyle issues, and health checks

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