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Ageing Well: Memory and spending time outdoors
January 24 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
In this talk, Ellie and Jitka will discuss memory and how we can preserve our memory while staying outdoors.
The speakers
Ms Ellie Broad – Project Engagement Officer, The Parks Trust. Ellie has been working at The Parks Trust as community engagement officer for the Great Linford Manor Park Heritage Fund project, which focuses on engaging people living with dementia in our community.
Dr Jitka Vseteckova – My role with the Faculty of Health and Social Care in the Open University is multi-faceted and enables me to be involved in research, teaching, supervision and external collaborations. My research is oriented in four main directions:
a) Health policy and planning: evaluation and improvement of health service delivery; and addressing the future health needs of communities.
b) Public health / health of citizens and populations domain: improvement of outcomes for elderly persons & evidence base used for improving patient / student outcomes in health care.
c) Education and improvement of skills, specifically, in mental health professionals.
d) Development of evidence base in several areas of health and social care.
About the Series
The Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series explores how important it is, over our lifespan, to maintain well-balanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in older age, also known as The Five Pillars of Ageing Well.
Ageing demonstrates most significantly when we reach a certain age, the usual benchmark being 65+, but ageing starts much sooner and the way ageing demonstrates when we are over 65 depends on decisions we make over our life span.
The AWPT series and related materials such as The Five Pillars of Ageing Well became the cornerstones of further engagement with the public, specifically around COVID-19 and the relating self-isolation, which are now available on the OU website and the Internet.
The overall aim of these series of interventions is to facilitate a step-change in user behaviour and support service provision. Self-management and becoming a partner in our own healthcare is an important aspect of these talks. This may have a wider impact on healthcare economies, as ageing and related co-morbidities have a substantial health and economic burden footprint.
