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A practical guide to healthy ageing
The advice in this booklet will help improve the health and general fitness of people of any age, but it is written to be particularly relevant for people who are about 70 years or older.
A practical guide to healthy caring
The advice in this booklet will help someone who looks after a friend or family member or have any form of caring responsibilities, but it is written to be particularly relevant for those who are about 65 years or older and are new to caring.
All about dementia
The information in this booklet is for anyone who wants to know more about Alzheimer's and dementia.
Are you 65 or over? (A3 poster)
Flu can be serious and lead to hospitalisation. Anyone over 65 can speak to their GP surgery or pharmacy about getting a flu jab. It's free.
Are you a visitor? Are you feeling unwell? (A4 poster)
A poster for use in care homes, aimed at visitors. Residents in a care home are at risk of becoming seriously ill. So if a visitor is feeling unwell they should postpone their visit.
Are you entitled to a free flu jab?
A credit card sized engagement tool with messaging on why the flu vaccination is important and who is eligible for a free vaccination.
Ask LILY (A4 poster)
Living Independently in Later Years (LILY) is an initiative designed to help older people (over 50s) in West Norfolk and Swaffham continue to live safely and independently at home.
Ask LILY: living independently in later years
Living Independently in Later Years (LILY) is an initiative designed to help older people (over 50s) in West Norfolk and Swaffham continue to live safely and independently at home.
Avoiding scams - smart ways to protect yourself
This guide explains the different ways people might be contacted, some of the most common scams and what to do if someone falls victim to a scam. Download only.
Be active for life
This booklet is aimed at people aged 65 and over. It explains how moving more often and being active can help and reduce your risk of developing coronrary heart disease (CHD), and why that is important. Download only.
Bereavement - support after a death
This guide gives you some idea about the range of experiences many people go through when bereaved. Throughout this guide you will find suggestions for organisations that can offer further information and advice about your options.
Bladder and bowel problems
This guide looks at different types of bladder and bowel problems and what people can do to help themselves. Download only.
Care at home - getting help to live independently in your own home
There are lots of ways we can get help at home - it could be with personal care, making our home more suitable for our needs or financial assistance from benefits or elsewhere. This guide is filled with sugestions for organisations that can give further information and advice about your options. Download only.
Carers Handbook 2018/19
Are you looking after someone in your family, or a friend? Carers Matter offer support 7 days a week. We speak to carers, who often leave seeking support until they, or the person they care for reach crisis as they often find it difficult to see themselves as a carer. Getting information, advice and support at an early stage can enable to continue caring with confidence and help you prevent crisis.
Caring for someone with dementia - a practical guide to help you
This guide will be helpful for a carer who is looking after someone with dementia.
Dealing with depression - how to recognise the signs and the action you can take
Our mental health is just as important as our physical health. As we get older, changes in our lives, such as bereavement, illness or retirement, can make us more vulnerable to depression and anxiety. This can mean we need a bit of extra support, but it's important to remember that poor mental health is not always part of ageing. Everyone feels sad from time to time, but if someone is struggling to cope, help is available.
Dementia Friends (blank)
By becoming a Dementia Friend, you can understand a bit more about Dementia and the little ways you can help.
Dementia Friends: Hello, can you give me a little help? (man, A3)
By becoming a Dementia Friend, you can understand a bit more about Dementia and the little ways you can help.
Dementia Friends: Hello, can you give me a little help? (man, A4)
By becoming a Dementia Friend, you can understand a bit more about Dementia and the little ways you can help.
Dementia Friends: Hello, can you give me a little help? (woman, A3)
By becoming a Dementia Friend, you can understand a bit more about Dementia and the little ways you can help.
Dementia Friends: Hello, can you give me a little help? (woman, A4)
By becoming a Dementia Friend, you can understand a bit more about Dementia and the little ways you can help.
Dementia: your questions answered
This booklet gives answers to some commonly asked questions about Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Do you have a long term condition or are you 65 or over?
Some important information from the NHS to help people to stay well this winter.
Do you have a lung disease.....? (A3 poster)
Cold weather can make someone more likely to catch a winter illness that could become very serious. So if someone starts to feel unwell, even if it's just a cough or cold, seek advice from the Pharmacist before it gets more serious.
Do you have either of these symptoms? Tell your doctor (large print)
This leaflet tells the patient about why it is important to see a doctor if they have had a cough for more than 3 weeks, and why it is important you see a doctor if they get out of breath doing things they used to be able to do.
Do you have sight loss?
Action for blind people is a national charity with local reach, providing practical help and support to blind and partially sighted people of all ages.
Do you know or look after someone over 50? (Carers briefing)
This pdf is a carers briefing with details of the messaging for the campaign and what carers can do to advise whom they are caring for.
Exercise and arthritis
Find out about the benefits of exercise and the more common forms of safe exercise to help motivate you to start on the road to fitness and well-being.
Feeling under the weather? A quick guide for people aged 60 and above
Getting help for managing minor winter ailments.
GOLD - Guidance for the older driver
The Guidance for Older Drivers (GOLD) programme is for anyone concerned about their driving and aims to help older people continue driving for as long as it is safe to do so or support with alternative choices.
Have you still not had your flu jab? (A4 poster)
This poster promotes the flu vaccination for the over 65s.
Healthy eating - your guide to eating well
This guide looks at maintaining a healthy weight in older age, including tips on eating well if you find that you've only got a small appetite. There are also suggestions for organisations that can offer further information and advice about your options. Download only.
Healthy homes, healthy lives
A leaflet with information and advice to help the residents of Norwich to stay healthy, warm and safe in their own homes. PLEASE NOTE THIS LEAFLET IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO ORDER (AND RELEVANT) FOR THE NORWICH CITY CENTRE AREA.
Healthy living - maintaining a healthy body and mind
It's never too late to think about adopting a healthier lifestyle. Just making a few small changes can make a big difference. This guide highlights changes you might like to consider and the benefits they can bring.
Home safety checker - staying safe around the home
It’s important that we feel safe in our homes, yet more accidents happen at home than anywhere else.
Housing options - different types of housing to suit your needs
This leaflet provides information on the different housing possibilities available to older people, and explains how to find out more about your options. Download only.
How to look after your mental health in later life
One in five older people living in the community and two in five people living in care homes experience depression or poor mental health. Research shows that there are five key issues that can have an impact on the mental wellbeing of older people : discrimination, participation in meaningful activities, relationships, physical health and poverty.
I've had my flu jab (Sir Trevor McDonald - A4 poster)
An A4 poster featuring Sir Trevor Mcdonald encouraging those aged 65+ to get a flu jab.
In the driving seat - what you need to know to stay driving for longer
Many people enjoy the freedom and independence that driving gives them, and they don't want to give it up. The entitlement to a driving licence expires at the age of 70, so an application needs to be made to the DVLA to renew it.
Independent living and arthritis
Achieving the level of independence you want can be a challenge if you have arthritis.This booklet looks at how to overcome these barriers to independent living by managing your condition, organising your life both inside and outside the home and, if necessary, enlisting help from friends, family and professionals.
Living well with long-term health conditions
This guide is intended for people living with one or more long-term health conditions. These are conditions that can't be cured but can be managed with medication or other treatment. This guide looks at how to live well with long-term conditions.
Living with dementia - large print
Being diagnosed with dementia can come as a shock. This factsheet explains more about the different types of dementia and the help available to you to support and maintain your independence. It also contains helpful information about dementia for your family and carers. This is a large print version.
Living with early-stage dementia
Living well in the present and planning for the future.
Living with osteoarthritis
If you have osteoarthritis, there is a lot you can do to make daily living easier. Osteoarthritis (called OA throughout this booklet) is a condition of the joints affecting almost everyone as they get older.
Living with rheumatoid arthritis
This booklet is for anyone who is living with rheumatoid arthritis (called RA throughout this booklet), or anyone who is interested in finding out more about this condition.
Managing pain
Pain is one of the most common symptoms of arthritis. It can seem difficult to manage, but we aim to help by outlining some effective pain management techniques in this booklet.
More money in your pocket
This leaflet helps people to understand which benefits they may be eligible for and how to claim them. Download only.
Norfolk - your guide to care and support for adults 2018/19
This free comprehensive guide to adult social care in Norfolk provides you with information covering falls prevention, safety in the home, accessing help from social care and much more. There is lots of useful information and details of organisations that can help you and anyone you know or care for to stay independent, safe and well for as long as possible.
Over 60 and feeling under the weather? (A3 poster)
Over 60 and feeling under the weather? A minor illness can get worse quickly.
People over 50 - relationships and sexual health
Whether you’re male, female, heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, if you are over 50 this guide is for you.
Problems with your memory?
This introductory booklet aims to help someone understand the possible causes of memory problems. Someone can also find out what to do if they are worried about their memory or someone else’s, and how to get more information.
Questions about dementia (A3 poster)
This poster signposts to the Dementia Research Infoline. Someone can have their questions about dementia answered, and find out more about dementia research.
Reducing your risk of dementia
This booklet is for anyone interested in reducing their risk of dementia.
Shingles eligibility (A3 poster)
The shingles vaccination can now be offered to all eligible patients. In order to simplify the delivery of the programme, eligibility has been changed to the date a patient turns 70 years (routine cohort) and 78 years (catch up cohort). Patients who attain the age of 70 or 78 can however be opportunistically immunised at any point in the year. Patients remain eligible for the vaccine up until their 80th birthday.
Shingles vaccination - who's eligible? (A3 poster)
A poster showing who is eligible for the shingles vaccination in 2017 to 2018: for GP surgeries, hospitals, care homes and primary care settings.
Speak up - hand money (A4 poster)
Adult abuse is when someone hurts an adult at risk. Safeguarding is preventing the physical, emotional, sexual, psychological and financial abuse of adults who have care and support needs, and acting quickly when abuse is suspected. It can also include neglect, domestic violence, modern slavery, organisational or discriminatory abuse.
Speak up - if you or someone you know is being abused then we can help (hand money)
Adult abuse is when someone hurts an adult at risk. Safeguarding is preventing the physical, emotional, sexual, psychological and financial abuse of adults who have care and support needs, and acting quickly when abuse is suspected. It can also include neglect, domestic violence, modern slavery, organisational or discriminatory abuse.
Speak up - if you or someone you know is being abused, then we can help (older woman)
Adult abuse is when someone hurts an adult at risk. Safeguarding is preventing the physical, emotional, sexual, psychological and financial abuse of adults who have care and support needs, and acting quickly when abuse is suspected. It can also include neglect, domestic violence, modern slavery, organisational or discriminatory abuse.
Speak up - older woman (A4 poster)
Adult abuse is when someone hurts an adult at risk. Safeguarding is preventing the physical, emotional, sexual, psychological and financial abuse of adults who have care and support needs, and acting quickly when abuse is suspected. It can also include neglect, domestic violence, modern slavery, organisational or discriminatory abuse.
Staying cool in a heatwave - tips to keep you cool when it's very hot
High temperatures and humidity can present a risk to health, and older people can be particularly susceptible to heat-related illness. It’s important to remember that high temperatures in the UK can be just as dangerous as high temperatures abroad. Inside this guide, you’ll find some helpful tips on how to protect yourself from the heat, how to recognise heat-related illness and what to do if someone shows signs of struggling to deal with high temperatures.
Staying safe - personal security at home or out and about
This leaflet explains some simple steps that you can take to make you feel more secure both at home and when you're out and about. Download only.
Staying steady - keep active and reduce your risk of falling
There are lots of simple things that you can do to help you stay steady on your feet.
Supporting a person with dementia (easy read)
This Easy Read factsheet is for people with learning disabilities. It is about how you can support someone you know who has dementia to live well.
Supporting your independence and wellbeing with Telehealth and Telecare
This leaflet contains information and advice about equipment that can help people with a long term condition to live independently and manage their condition better.
The dementia guide - living well after diagnosis
This guide is for anyone who has recently been told they have dementia and their friends and family. It includes information about living as well as possible with dementia and about making plans for the future.
The flu vaccination winter 2018-19 - who should have it and why
This leaflet explains to patients how they can help protect themselves and their children against flu this coming winter (2018/19).
There's a vaccine to help protect you from the pain of shingles (postcard)
From 1 April 2017, people who are or will be 70, 78 or 79 years of age on that date are eligible for the shingles vaccination.
Top tips for keeping warm and well
This leaflet gives advice on staying well in cold weather, covering issues such as financial help, healthy lifestyle, flu jabs and heating.
Treatments for dementia
This booklet gives an overview of the treatments currently available for dementia.
Understanding intermediate care, including reablement
A quick guide for people using intermediate care services.
Urgent unplanned care needs? Fallen but unhurt? Call Norfolk Swift Response
This 24-hour service provides help, support and reassurance if someone has an urgent, unplanned need at home but don’t need the emergency services.
We're here to help you stay well this winter (A3 poster)
Downloadable A3 poster for over 65 and people with longer term health conditions with first signs messaging.
We're here to help you stay well this winter (leaflet)
This leaflet contains some important information from the NHS to help people to stay well this winter.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
This booklet aims to provide an overview of Alzheimer's Disease.
What is dementia with lewy bodies?
This booklet is for anyone who wants to know more about dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB).
What is dementia? (easy read)
This Easy Read factsheet is for people with learning disabilities. It is about what dementia is and how it affects people.
What is vascular dementia?
This booklet is for anyone who wants to know more about vascular dementia.
When stroke strikes - act FAST (A3 poster)
When stroke strikes, act F.A.S.T. This poster provides vital information on what to do when stroke strikes.
Winter wise - ways to look after yourself during the coldest months
Winter can bring extra challenges. Dark evenings and icy pavements can make it hard to get out, while cold weather can make us vulnerable to illness. It's not just severe weather that can cause problems - even average winter temperatures can affect our health.
Winter wrapped up - a guide to staying warm and well this winter
This guide explains what someone can do to get themselves and their home ready for winter, as well as where to go for further information and support.
Your mind matters - ideas and tips for emotional wellbeing
Mental health is just as important as physical health. But it change with our circumstances, or as we move through different stages of life. This guides looks at the things that someone can do to look after their mental wellbeing, as well as steps to take if someone thinks they need help.