Thursday coffee mornings as busy as ever… Thursdays are still the highlight of the week for many of our older people so we try and have as much variety as possible during the morning. This includes an art table where tutor Susan Parry encourages people to have a go at drawing and painting using differentContinue reading Thursday coffee mornings – a lot has been going on
Chorlton Good Neighbour’s exercise classes
The value of Chorlton Good Neighbour’s exercise classes
BBC1’s “Holding Back the Years” come to Good Neighbours
Balance testing at Chorlton Good Neighbours At the Good Neighbours Coffee Morning on 7th Dec 2017. A BBC team led by Dr Rangan Chatterjee came to interview and film some members for the programme series “Holding Back the Years” which was aired on Friday 23rd of March on BBC1. Here is the clip from theContinue reading BBC1’s “Holding Back the Years” come to Good Neighbours
The importance of exercising
The importance of exercising at an older age Some facts and figures from Age UK (Later Life in the United Kingdom, Dec 2017) Of women aged 65-74, 35% are overweight & 28% obese.Of men aged 65-74, 53% are overweight & 23% obese Of people aged 75+ plus, only 7% take the minimum levels of physicalContinue reading The importance of exercising
“Holding Back the Years” – BBC at Good Neighbours
At the Good Neighbours Coffee Morning on 7th Dec 2017. A BBC team came to film some members for the programme series “Holding Back the Years” which will be broadcast as a set of 10 programmes over a 2 week period at 10am on BBC1. This is the 2nd series of the programme, the firstContinue reading “Holding Back the Years” – BBC at Good Neighbours
Pharmacy students visit coffee morning
Thursday 2nd November coffee morning saw 7 pharmacy students now in their pre registration year with Boots, come along to carry out various activities with our older people. The students were looking at bone health and offered simple advice . This included simple exercises, guessing the percentage levels of Vitamin D in certain foods and givingContinue reading Pharmacy students visit coffee morning
List of Community Groups and Social Support Contacts in Chorlton and Whalley Range
List of Community and Social Support Contacts for older people in Chorlton & Whalley Range This list has been drawn from a list of such groups in South Manchester circulated bythe Chorlton Dementia Support Group, As with all such lists it soon becomes out of date as some groups and services close and others emerge.Continue reading List of Community Groups and Social Support Contacts in Chorlton and Whalley Range
Session on Frailty at Good Neighbours
Talk on Frailty at Good Neighbours At the Good Neighbours coffee morning on Thurs July 24th 2014. Ken Rockwood, Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, came to give a talk about frailty. He was assisted by his colleague Judah Goldstein, a paramedic and PhD Student. Professor Rockwood and Judah Goldstein about to give their talk FrailtyContinue reading Session on Frailty at Good Neighbours
