Health Events
Living well with dementia cafe
A new café aimed at those with memory problems has opened its doors at Motherwell Football Club.
The living well with dementia cafe is aimed at those with dementia as well as those with memory concerns, and will provide an informal and relaxed environment where they can ask questions and get information and advice from health professionals about any memory issues they may have.
The café is a pilot initiative which will run for the next year in the club's Centenary Suite on the first Friday of every month.
Among those who will be present enjoying the tea, coffee and biscuits, will be specialist doctors, memory service nurses, an advocacy worker, an occupational therapist as well as representatives from Carers Together and care home liaison nurse. We hope that by hosting the café inside Fir Park we will be providing a comfortable environment in which patients, carers, and organisations can come together and get some help and support.
One of the cafe organisers, NHS Lanarkshire community nurse Hazel Boyle, said: "We want to reduce the stigma of a dementia diagnosis and give those with dementia – and other memory problems – their families and informal carers, a place where they can gather, share their experiences and get some practical support in a friendly setting.
"Visitors will be able to pop into the café at their leisure and speak informally to a wide range of professionals and discuss all aspects of memory problems and get signposted to relevant services." The café is yet another example of the longstanding partnership between NHS Lanarkshire and MFC to promote positive mental health.
Charlie Bennett, head of adult Learning and Motherwell FC in the Community, said "We're always happy to work with NHS Lanarkshire, and this initiative is of particular interest to me as my own mother suffered from Alzheimer's. "I'm well aware of its effect, not only on the sufferer, but the family as well.
"We hope that by hosting the cafe inside Fir Park we will be providing a comfortable environment in which patients, carers, and organisations can come together and get some help and support. "Hopefully for some, its location will also stir happy memories of them and their loved ones cheering on the ‘Well at Fir Park."
The café will open the first Friday of every month in Fir Parks Centenary Suite from 1pm to 4pm. Community nurses would welcome any phone enquiries on any aspect of the café. For more information on the cafe, contact: 01698 269649.
Positive Choices Network
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Healthy Happy Humans - www.healthyhappyhumans.org
Healthy Happy Humans are a voluntary organisation, funded to help families access healthy living choices, with particular emphasis on weight management. The group who we understand have been nominated for a VOSCAR provide as much assistance as possible to parents who’ve been frustrated in their attempts to find support and information on the exercise and weight management issues affecting so many families. Amongst the services they offer includes, 2 groups they run for kids on a Tuesday and Thursday evenings 4-6pm, Free to kids in the area.
Tuesdays held in New Stevenston Community centre and
Thursdays in The John McCormack Community Centre, Carfin.
Check out the website here.
Active Schools North Lanarkshire
Arts Festival in Ravenscraig sports centre
Active Schools has organised an arts festival in the Ravenscraig Sports Centre. The festival is open to p1-p3 kids in the area, held over 2 days (9.30-12 noon and 12.30-2pm) Thursday 24th and Friday 25th Nov.
YOGA - Braidhurst High School
Yoga classes on a Wed night, open to S1-S3 kids (6-6.45pm) and adults and kids (7-7.45pm) As this is part of the community sports Hub, costs are £2 per person
Health in my Language – Access to NHS Services in Scotland
Reflecting the increasing multi-cultural diversity of our communities and taking into account that for some English is not a first language, the NHS in Scotland has created the Health in my Language website that lets you find information about health related services in Scotland in many different languages. You can access the website here.
