SLIDE 1 Welcome Older People’s Assembly
30 October 2018
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SLIDE 2 Agenda
- 1:30pm: Registration, refreshments and Stalls
- 2:00pm: Welcome
- 2:05pm: Update from the Older People’s
Champion
- 2:20pm: Presentations: “Preparing for Winter”
- 3:05pm: Questions & Answers and Discussions
- 3:20pm: Agenda planning for future Assemblies
- 3:30pm: Close
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SLIDE 3 Reporting issues and service requests
- Council Main Switchboard and out-of-hours
service: 01895 250111
- Key Contact Numbers - inside back cover of
Hillingdon People
- Do it online 24/7 at www.hillingdon.gov.uk
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Cllr Ray Puddifoot
Older People’s Champion
SLIDE 5 Staying Social and Active Over the Winter
Priscilla Simpson Sport and Physical Activity Team Manager
SLIDE 6 Why does it matter?
- Darker days and nights, colder weather
- Fear of falls
- Fear of hypothermia
- Less likely to go out
- Increased feeling of being lonely
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Staying warm, staying active, staying social
SLIDE 8 Planning for it...
- planning for a winter that is still active
and fun
- Develop a schedule, invite friends
- It will be different for every person
- Evidence shows that there are certain
factors that can help to increase everyone’s wellbeing
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SLIDE 10 What’s good for the body is good for the heart and the brain
sports, walking, gardening, yoga, cleaning...
salt intake, sugar intake, healthy eating, cholesterol...
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Routines, things to look forward to, learning, culture... Stress Relief Identifying the stress, understanding it and releasing it... Feeling safe, financial stress, security of the basics food, home, warmth... Cup half full Enjoying, being thankful, reframing...
What’s good for the head is good for the heart…
SLIDE 12 Relationships Combating loneliness, family, friends, colleagues… What’s good for the soul Volunteering, feeling useful, giving back, having a role, a purpose, beliefs...
What’s good for the soul is good for the heart...
SLIDE 13 How can I achieve this?
- Through staying active
- By being social and engaging with others
in a variety of ways
SLIDE 14 What does this mean in Hillingdon?
- What opportunities are there locally?
- What changes and activities are within my
reach during the winter months?
SLIDE 15 Keeping Active
- MOVES exercise classes (over 65s)
- Dances - Tea, Line & Desi
- Healthy Walks
- Leisure centre: Young at heart
- Free swimming (over 65s)/swimming lessons
- Bowling clubs
- Cycling
- Active 50+ Brunel
- Allotments
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SLIDE 17 Keeping Active through MOVES
- This includes chair based & zumba gold
exercise in libraries & community centers
- Check out your local library to find out
time and day of all the session
- Uxbridge Tuesdays at 11:30am
- Botwell Thursdays at 10:00am
- Manor Farm Monday 10:00am
Cost £1
SLIDE 18 Keeping Active through Dance
- Tea Dances monthly at the Civic Centre
and Winston Churchill Hall (3rd Monday & Thursday month)
- Tea Dances and Line Dances at West
Drayton Community Centre (First Monday
- r Tuesday of the month)
- Desi Dance at Botwell (last Wednesday of
each month)
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Emi Tea dance
SLIDE 20 Tea Dances
- “I live on my own, it gives me something to look
forward to”
- “Everyone is happy, it lifts your spirits”
- “I’ve made new friends”
- “I was depressed now I come here and I feel better”
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Drumming at Uxbridge Coffee Morning
SLIDE 22 Socialising
- Social Clubs
- Dining Centres and Lunch Clubs
- U3A
- Library Coffee Mornings
- Resident AssociationS
- Dementia Coffee Mornings (Uxbridge,
Botwell, Northwood Hills, Ruislip Manor, Harlington, Yiewsley)
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“I live alone, I look forward to coming here every week. We have a laugh. It gives me something to look forward to.” Patricia, 75
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Day of the Older person 25th September
SLIDE 25 Attend Events
- Day of the Older Person (September 2018)
- Christmas Extravaganza (December 2018)
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Christmas Extravaganza
SLIDE 27 Stress relief, enjoying Life
- Green Spaces and Parks
- Theatres: The Beck, Compass,
Northwood Arts
- Rent a Canal Boat: Harefield
- Southlands Art centre
- Libraries, Culture Bite
- Bunker Museum
- Take trips (freedom Pass..)
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Line dance session
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A new project: Tovertafel (Magic Table)
To offer a meaningful and accessible activity to people living with dementia that they are able to share with their family and friends at the leisure. To offer groups the opportunity to utilise Tovertafel in Hillingdon libraries for free.
SLIDE 30 A new project: Tovertafel (Magic Table)
- Purchased four for Hillingdon Libraries:
Uxbridge, Botwell, Ruislip Manor and Northwood Hills
- Contact your local library to book a
session
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Tovertafel
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Tovertafel
SLIDE 33 Keep your mind active
- Hillingdon Adult Learning Centres
- University of the Third Age
- Brunel University
- Museums
- Travel
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Uxbridge Art Workshop
SLIDE 35 Feeling useful and contributing
- Volunteering for Age Uk, Hillingdon
Carers, a charity shop..
- Become a Dementia Champion
- Join a group (Resident Association, Town
Action groups…)
- Help out in a school (Time Travellers...)
SLIDE 36 ‘People from the group see me on the bus
- r when I am out shopping and say hello
to me’
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“I’ve met people here in the same situation as me. I don’t feel so alone.” Anne,70, a carer of someone with dementia
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“I haven’t laughed this much in years”
SLIDE 39 So what now?
- What activities do you think you might be
interested in?
- What contributes towards your wellbeing?
SLIDE 40 To book or for questions
- Sport & Physical Activity Team 01895 250 453
sportandphysicalactivty@hillingdon.gov.uk
- To book dances: 01895 556 688
www.hillingdon.gov.uk/teadance
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Questions & Answers and Discussion
SLIDE 42 Next Assembly
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Registration and refreshments at 1:30 to 2:00pm
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SLIDE 43 Thank you for attending today
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