Upcoming Events

Launch Event:

Health and Wellbeing Across the Life Course (HWLC) Hub, part of The Centre for the Study of Global Development (CSGD)

The event will introduce the HWLC Hub by the hubs leads Dr Philippa Waterhouse & Professor Cathy Lloyd and include It will provide an opportunity for us to hear from you and find out what your priorities are and how we can support you.

Keynote Speaker: a keynote speech from Dr Victoria Mutiso a Clinical Psychologist and researcher from the Africa Mental Health Research & Training Foundation (AMHRF), on ‘Approaches to Research in Underserved Populations’.

  • Date: Wednesday 23rd June
  • Time: 14.00-15.30 (BST)
  • Platform: Zoom
  • To register for the event click here

For more information about The Centre for the Study of Global Development (CSGD) please click here

 

SRA Virtual Writing Day

When: Friday, 22nd January 2021

Where: ONLINE Microsoft Teams

Time: 9.45am to 4.15pm

The Health and Wellbeing SRA Writing Days have been organised to offer the opportunity for individuals or groups to meet ONLINE via TEAMS.

The days are designed to support you, to dedicate some time for writing with a group of like-minded health researchers

If you are interested in participating in these online meetings and to secure your place, please email healthwellbeing@open.ac.uk

 

 

Ageing Well series of public talks

As part of the ‘Ageing Well Public Talk Series’ we are exploring how important it is, over our lifespan, to maintain well-balanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in the older age, also known as the ‘Five Pillars of Ageing Well’. As we know we start ageing the moment we are born. It demonstrates more significantly when we reach a certain age, the usual benchmark being 65+, but our ageing starts much sooner and the way ageing demonstrates when we are over 65 depends on decisions we have been making over our life span.

With ageing naturally occurs muscle atrophy, which means that our muscles are decreasing in size/volume. We may become and feel weaker. Being mindful of the ‘Five Pillars of Ageing Well’, we support our well-being and protect the functions we don’t want to lose for longer. This means we feel better, stronger, can enjoy being active, are less prone to falls and falls related injuries and in the long run, we maintain our independence and better health for longer.

The series and related materials such as ‘The Five Pillars of Ageing Well’  (Nutrition, Hydration, Physical, Social and Cognitive Stimulation) became the cornerstones of further engagement with the public, specifically around COVID-19 and the relating self-isolation, which are now available on the Open University website and the Internet.

Creating bridges between communities (in this case: research community researching sometimes in an ‘Ivory tower’ and community of ageing population (for whom it is sometimes very difficult to reach the findings that ageing related research produced) was the starting point. The overall aim of this series of interventions is to facilitate a step change in user behaviour and support service provision. Self-management and becoming partners in our own health care is an important aspect of these talks. This may have a wider impact in healthcare economies, as ageing and related co-morbidities have a substantial health and economic burden footprint.

 

 

Dates and Times:

Nutritional needs while ageing – January 28th, 2020 – 11:30 – 1 pm
Pharmacotherapy while ageing – February 25th, 2020 – 11:30 – 1 pm
Move it and breathe – March 24th, 2020 – 11:30 – 1 pm POSTPONED
Standing tall – April 28th 2020 – 11:30 – 1pm POSTPONED