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.
- This link takes you to ordo collections where all 6 talks from the last year are deposited: https://ordo.open.ac.uk/collections/Ageing_Well_Public_Talk/4716437
- this link takes you to an open learn create course on ageing well (very similar content to the above perhaps better structured): https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/course/view.php?id=5016
- this link takes you to the Ageing Well landing page on OpenLearn: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/the-ageing-well-public-talks
- this link takes you to the open learn article with embedded 5 mini lectures on Five Pillars of Ageing Well https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/mental-health/five-pillars-ageing-well
- this takes you to an article with an embedded mini lecture on How to age well, while self-isolating (2020) https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/how-age-well-while-self-isolating
- this takes you to my OU profile that I keep up-to date in terms of research, publications, etc. http://www.open.ac.uk/people/jv2595
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
