Please see the fifteenth edition of our Wellbeing Information & Tip sheet here which focuses on Mental Health and Older People. Looking after your mental health when you are older or looking out for older people that we know, has become even more important in the current context of the coronavirus pandemic.

We hope you find one or two new ideas in this tips sheet for how to look after your own mental health if you are an older person or how to care for and look after the wellbeing of the older people around you.

We would love to hear what’s worked for you. Please e-mail us at info@mindcharity.co.uk to share your tips with us. If you are happy for us to share these tips anonymously via our website and social media, please let us know in the e-mail.

Please click the following links for other editions:

Edition 1 – Five Ways to Wellbeing / Edition 2 – Connect / Edition 3 – Be Active / Edition 4 – Take Notice / Edition 5 – Keep learning / Edition 6 – Give / Edition 7 – Ecotherapy / Edition 8 – Kindness / Edition 9 – Sleep / Edition 10 – Food and Mood / Edition 11 – Anxiety / Edition 12 – Connecting / Edition 13 – Mindfulness / Edition 14 – Mental Wellbeing & Change

Please see the fourteenth edition of our Wellbeing Information & Tip sheet here which covers the subject of Mental Wellbeing and Change. We all experience changes in our lives and sometimes these changes can unsettle us and make us feel worried.  We hope you find one or two new ideas in this tips sheet for how to cope with change.

We would love to hear what’s worked for you. Please e-mail us at info@mindcharity.co.uk to share your tips with us. If you are happy for us to share these tips anonymously via our website and social media, please let us know in the e-mail.

Please click the following links for other editions:

Edition 1 – Five Ways to Wellbeing / Edition 2 – Connect / Edition 3 – Be Active / Edition 4 – Take Notice / Edition 5 – Keep learning / Edition 6 – Give / Edition 7 – Ecotherapy / Edition 8 – Kindness / Edition 9 – Sleep / Edition 10 – Food and Mood / Edition 11 – Anxiety / Edition 12 – Connecting / Edition 13 – Mindfulness / Edition 15 – Mental Health and Older People

You might be currently worried about coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) and how it could affect your life. However there is a lot of information available on how to look after yourself and where you can get help and support.

You can get information from the NHS on their website at www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ which contains updated information both on how you look after your general health and what actions to take if you have concerns you may have been affected. Your local G.P. surgery will also have information on their website. For more detailed information Public Health England also has  information available on their website www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Mind  www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus/ has information and advice on how to look after your mental health, such as: mask anxiety, managing feelings about lockdown easing, your rights to social care, coronavirus and work, and many others.

The UK government’s advice on the mental health and wellbeing aspects of coronavirus are available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-public-on-mental-health-and-wellbeing/guidance-for-the-public-on-the-mental-health-and-wellbeing-aspects-of-coronavirus-covid-19

If you’re a parent or carer, please see the latest government guidance about how you can support children and young people’s mental health:
COVID-19: guidance on supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing

Further information can also be found on the Mental Health Foundation’s website at  www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/looking-after-your-mental-health-during-coronavirus-outbreak and on the Samaritan’s website at www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/support-and-information/if-youre-having-difficult-time/if-youre-worried-about-your-mental-health-during-coronavirus-outbreak/

If you would like information about local services or to speak to someone about support for your mental health you can also contact our Advice and Information Service on 01273 66 69 50

Please see the thirteenth edition of our Wellbeing Information & Tip sheet on Mindfulness here. Mindfulness is about taking notice of the present moment, rather than the past or future. It is also one of the Five Ways to Wellbeing, developed by the New Economics Foundation, which you can read more about here.

We hope you find one or two new ideas in this week’s tips sheet for how to improve your wellbeing through mindfulness. We would love to hear what’s worked for you. Please e-mail us at info@mindcharity.co.uk to share with us your tips. If you are happy for us to share these tips anonymously via our website and social media, please let us know in the e-mail.

Please click the following links for other editions:

Edition 1 – Five Ways to Wellbeing / Edition 2 – Connect / Edition 3 – Be Active / Edition 4 – Take Notice / Edition 5 – Keep learning / Edition 6 – Give / Edition 7 – Ecotherapy / Edition 8 – Kindness / Edition 9 – Sleep / Edition 10 – Food and Mood / Edition 11 – Anxiety / Edition 12 – Connecting / Edition 14 – Mental Wellbeing and Change / Edition 15 – Mental Health and Older People