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Monaghan Age Friendy Keep Well Booklet

Age Friendly Ireland

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WHO Theme: Communication And Information, Community Support And Health Services

Health & Wellbeing Theme: Nutrition Eating Well, Physical Activity, Positive Mental And Emotional Health, Staying Connected, Switching Off And Being Creative, Your Body Your Health

Funding Stream: Keep Well Campaing funding

Resources Required: Financial, Paid Staff, Volunteer Staff, delivery of 10,000 booklets

Cost: 0-500

Description

Monaghan Age Friendly Keep Well booklet is an easy to read 50 page booklet providing information on each of the five key themes of the governments Keep Well Campaign. 1. Keeping active 2. Staying connected 3. Switching off and being creative 4. Eating well 5. Managing your mood The booklet also includes important contact information for key services in the community. The information is laid out in a easy to read format and provides suggestions and tips that are achievable and accessible to older people who don’t have access to online information and opportunities.

Aim of Initiative

The booklet is aimed at older people who may have literacy difficulties, who don’t have skills or access to online supports, opportunities and information

Who is it aimed at

The booklet is aimed at older people who may have literacy difficulties, who don’t have skills or access to online supports, opportunities and information

Steps critical to success

  1. Easy to read information
  2. identifying opportunties to keep well intiatives that are achiveable for older people with no access to online opportunities
  3. funding to design and print booklet

Challenges in Planning / Delivery

  1. Delivery to the target groups during public health restrictions
  2. collating and rewriting information into an easy to read format

Outcomes / Benefits

  1. provision of infomration in printed format to people with no access to online information
  2. establishing contact with isolated older people not previously engaged with the Age Friendly programme
  3. opportunity to get contact information to isolated older people

Evaluation / Report:
https://monaghan.ie/monaghan-age-friendly-programme-keep-well-booklet/

Contact:

Website:
https://monaghan.ie/monaghan-age-friendly-programme