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During the summer of 2020, the How to Stay Healthy at Home booklet was evaluated and a new and updated edition: How to Stay Healthy This Winter was produced.
The Keeping Well this Winter resource is specifically targeted at those who are currently self-isolating and/or shielding, or the any people who have limited or no access to online resources.
The updated brochure contains practical information on:
The new edition also includes a short film made through older adults on verbal exchange tips for initiating a positive verbal exchange at the door or over the phone, as well as a two-page directory of verbal exchange advice consultants with the questions from the film with signage data. verbal exchanges with older people.
It has been designed in close collaboration with members of the Greater Manchester Older People’s Network and Talking about My Generation, as well as other key local and national partners.
You can download and print a copy of the updated Greater Manchester brochure and watch the film on the Greater Manchester Combined Authority website.
You can download the assessment report Maintaining Well-Being at Home (PDF document, 1. 95 MB) which highlights older people’s personal tastes in published materials, even when they have access to the internet. As a result of the evaluation, the brochure was published. to date to come with more sections.
You can also download the original national Keeping Well at Home booklet (PDF document, 3MB) to print and share with a loved one.
If you would like to adapt the Maintaining Wellness at Home/This Winter booklets to create a localized print or virtual version, please email Task Manager, Jane McDermott.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become mandatory to keep the public informed of the latest government advice and provide information to those asking to self-isolate. The shift from face-to-face interaction to virtual communication disproportionately excludes other older people. one of the teams most affected by COVID-19, many of whom do not have access to the web or have not been trained to use it.
According to a report by NHS Digital, around 11. 5 million people in the UK lack virtual skills and 4. 8 million people never access the internet, with about a portion (51%) being over the age of 65. While a separate report on virtual exclusion found that older people in the UK, low-income groups and marginalised communities are particularly affected.
As a result, there is a growing need to find non-digital tactics for those who are currently isolated.
We produced the published booklet Stay Well at Home for Digitally Excluded Seniors. We also evaluated the first edition by asking other older people about the utility, content, and effect during lockdown. To date, the brochure will include more content, as defined in our evaluation report.
Staying well at home is listed as an article by the World Health Organization.
The Stay at Home campaign came to life in the following two videos:
Learn more about how others at the University are contributing to the COVID-19 response.
Help our researchers scale up a new, life-saving vaccine for this devastating disease.
Our commitment to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is second to none, adding SDG 3: Fitness and well-being. That’s why we’re the only university in the world to make the top ten most sensible in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. for five years in a row.
Learn more about how the SDGs influence our work