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This group has been running on a weekly basis since 2014 at Hafod Care Housing Association. The Balanced Lives program supports residents at Golau Caredig and the surrounding area. This very successful group appreciate the benefit of specific exercise techniques to improve their mobility and balance as well as the work done to reduce the chance of falls. The group have a fantastic rapport and look forward to seeing each other every week. Each individual has a thorough health check; including blood pressure and weight management along with nutritional advice. We are very pleased to report great progress in all of these areas. In fact, the vast improvement in general health, confidence and wellbeing for the Balanced Lives participants has been nothing short of remarkable.

There is a difference between a ‘care home’ and an ‘Independent Living Scheme’ – the latter being simply a series of self contained flats with a communal area for eating and relaxing/getting to know the other residents. It may appear that being in a care home or independent living scheme is the solution to older people’s care, but there is a certain degree of loneliness and alienation, due to many surprising and different factors. The Balanced Lives programme has been hugely successful in Barry in bringing residents together, helping them to get mobile and increase social interaction.