Just finished the Action for Happiness six week course and wanted to thank Cathy Pennicott for finding us links to all the shared resources and to Silke Rehman for facilitating and ending with- ‘we had all the ingredients but we made a cake with it’ Mark Williamson

Clinicians involved in mental health care. Free online training to increase your confidence in PA conversations 'Physical activity in the prevention and management of long term conditions'
#MomentsForMovement @AWRC Chartered Physiotherapists in Mental Health AGILE Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK forms.office.com/e/kA1g3HMMv6

A meta‐review of “lifestyle psychiatry”: the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders - Firth - 2020 - World Psychiatry - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wp…

Making your garden dementia friendly- free resource KATY JENKS Just a care home girl Yvonne Manson RN-MH QN Jane Mimnaugh Susan Holland Siobhan mccluskey

'Most people believe #frailty is inevitable & irreversible. This clinical trial showed that a simple, low-cost, home-based intervention can reverse frailty and significantly improve muscle strength, bone mass, activity levels and slowness in 3 months.' bgs.org.uk/blog/twenty-mi…

💪🧓Grip Strength Predicts Cause-Specific Mortality in Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons

#StrengthSavesLives

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DrawMyCare This is how a #care home can look when tasks are no longer the focus & there is no sense of ‘us and them’
To see the whole film landermeads visit youtu.be/4gcaElkEFfE?fe…

Every older person can benefit from rehab in some way: age alone should not bar access. The approach, intensity & pace of rehab should be flexible and adapted if needed for people with delirium, dementia, depression, sensory or communication impairments. bgs.org.uk/rehab

I am sure you will have lots of interest in your book and meet some inspiring people Alzheimer Scotland

Do you know Why We Don’t Go Into the Garden more? This resource is designed to help #care settings understand the barriers to using outside spaces & how to overcome them. So often it’s not the state of the #garden but more abt changing mindsets on risk, weather, purpose & freedom

10 Keys to Happier Living | Action for Happiness actionforhappiness.org/10-keys

Just ordered a copy for our Beatles fans living in Care

A book about one of Matt Singleton dad’s favourite bands The Beatles designed by a gerontologist to include rhyme and rhythm, illustrations and questions using principles of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy. Lovely clip of them demonstrating how they use the book together.

Recommended reading on #healthinequalities from The Health Foundation. Very helpful summary from Jo Bibby.
Patrick Vernon
Rob Webster 💙
Andy Knox
Clare Gerada
Sir Chris Ham
Pedro Delgado
yve buckland
Sohail Abbas
Ruw Abeyratne
Rukshana Kapasi💚
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🫶We're off to the Nordoff and Robbins #NothernMusicAwards !
🧠Our Music in Mind programme, which helps people living with dementia, has been shortlisted for the Music and Culture for Wellbeing Award.
⭐️ Find out more about our work here: manchestercamerata.co.uk/community/musi…
🤞 Wish us luck!

Demonstrating impact in your practice - CAHPR Webinar | Council for Allied Health Professions Research cahpr.csp.org.uk/news-events/ev…

Our new report on a topic that's proved stubborn despite 3 decades of improvement strategy in health & care. It's about demonstrating & defining the value arising from quality or continuous improvement (CI) activity, particularly economic value. In the report, we summarise the

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Associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and cognitive domain performance of people living with mild cognitive impairment in the community - Hopkins - Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

This is definitely a bucket list moment..being featured on the iconic BBC Newsround CBBC!! It’s been lovely getting messages from teachers saying that they watched this in school yesterday. Hopefully inspiring the pupils to sing nice and loud in assembly! 🙌