Keeping Healthy and Safe
Keeping Healthy and Safe in North Lanarkshire
Fire Safety in the Home - Self Assessment
A new online fire safety quiz has been launched by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to support people to stay safe at home – and potentially save lives.
The 'Fire Safety in the Home - Self Assessment' survey asks a series of simple questions and then automatically generates a home fire safety report. To complete a self assessment please visit this website.
Long Covid information
My Long Covid Self-Management Workbook PDF
COVID-19 Physiotherapy Advice
This PDF contains advice for your recovery from COVID-19 through physiotherapy.
COVID-19 Physiotherapy Advice Leaflet PDF
Lanarkshire Mind Matters
A new website run by NHS Lanarkshire Adult Psychology Services. It aims to link you to mental health information, advice and help.
Lanarkshire Macmillan
Virtual & telephone support service, along with cancer packs service, available for people affected by cancer in Lanarkshire.
"We’re still here for you"
Lanarkshire Macmillan information
Ask Adam
Helping you find technology products matched to your needs. Based on unbiased, trusted recommendations from the dementia community and from our team of experts. This is a free service funded by Alzheimer Scotland and the Scottish Government.
Visit the Ask Adam websiteNHS Scotland waiting List
Confirming your place on the NHS Scotland waiting List PDF
Active Outdoors North Lanarkshire
Your guide to parks, green spaces and nature.
Food Train in Lanarkshire
Food Train makes hundreds of grocery deliveries every week, ensuring those most in need have access to fresh groceries.
A team of local volunteers help with household jobs, deliver books through their library service.
They also provide friendly social contact and meals through their Meal Makers and befriending services.
Sharing food and friendship with an older neighbour PDF
Food Train Connects leaflet PDF
Let’s Talk
There's lots of different types of support available but taking that initial step to talk to someone is the first move to feeling better.
Let’s Talk - Suicide Prevention
Your Health
This section provides a range of local services and well-being information for you to find advice or seek further assistance to support your health.
General Health Information
Free general health information provided by NHS Inform
NHS inform provides a co-ordinated, single source of quality assured health and care information for the people of Scotland.
View General Health Information
Trading Standards Scotland
Trading Standards Scotland provide advice and support to consumers when buying goods and services and to the business community to comply with consumer protection legislation.
They also share weekly scam alerts through their bulletin service. For more information please visit the Trading Standards Scotland website.
Aura in North Lanarkshire
Aura is a new service, supporting people affected by domestic abuse across North Lanarkshire.
Mental health in later life
At any age, painful events or changes in your situation may affect your mental health and make you more vulnerable to problems, such as depression or anxiety. Find out more about mental health in later life.
Stories you may be interested in
Advice for your well-being and mind
Please view the information from the English and Scottish NHS services to help you to maintain a positive well-being during this period.
82 year old the first UK cyclist to ride 1 million miles
In November, octogenarian Russ Mantle became the first person in the UK to ride 1 million miles. The 82-year-old from Hampshire completed a five-mile trip from his Aldershot home to a cafe in Mytchett, Surrey, to reach the feat. Mantle rolled into Canal Cafe in Mytchett recording his millionth mile flanked by fellow cyclists.
read moreSecrets To Healthy Ageing
104-year-old woman says continuing ed, dancing and positivity have kept her feeling young. Some say the secret to a long life is staying physically active, others say that it's maintaining a healthy diet. But 104-year-old Virginia Leitner, of St Charles, Missouri, says the real key is keeping up-to-date with the changing world and being creative. Leitner has taken classes to learn how to use a computer, sews, showcases her paintings and has even competed in a pageant.
read more700 Miles in 7 days at 72
Chilton resident Rod Alexander, aged 72, is planning to cycle 700 miles in seven days in memory of his wife Jacky, to raise money for Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity. Rod, who has lived in Chilton near Thame for the past 31 years, will complete the first 600 miles in six days around the undulating Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire countryside. The final 100 miles will be completed on a static bike on Saturday July 27 th outside the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity Shop in Thame where he volunteers two days each week.
read moreMeet France's oldest doctor at 98
'What keeps me going? My patients,' says France's oldest doctor at 98. After 70 years, Dr Christian Chenay still wants to help people in the ‘forgotten’ suburbs of Paris. Christian Chenay, who celebrated his 98th birthday last month, is France’s oldest practising doctor. “I couldn’t possibly give up work,” he said in his small consulting room in Chevilly-Larue after treating his final patients of the day, an unwell toddler and a woman suffering from high blood pressure.
read more90 Year Old Graduates
90-year-old woman graduates and proves it’s never too late to study. One inspiring lady has proved that you’re never too old to pursue your dreams. Lorna Prendergast graduated from the University of Melbourne last week, at the age of 90. The Australian received her Master of Ageing degree at the awards ceremony, accompanied by her granddaughters.
read more80 Year Old Gymnast
This 80-year-old gymnast is probably more flexible than you! When you think about hobbies for the elderly, gymnastics probably isn’t high on that list. But Marjorie Scholes is defying all expectations and is still leaping, tumbling and balancing on the gym floor – at 80 years old. The grandmother only started gymnastics when she was 76, and this month she came second in the 2019 Adult Gymnastics British Championships – over 45s category.
read moreMeet Iris: 97 year old fashion icon
With her eccentric style and quick wit, Iris Apfel was always destined for fame – even if it took more than eight decades to get there. "Retiring at an early age is a fate worse than death," says fashion icon Iris Apfel. And at 97, with no sign of slowing down, she's become a bit of an authority on the subject. "Just because you are older doesn't mean you have to stop living or working or roll up into a ball and wait until you pass on," she says.
read moreLand's End to John O'Groats at 78
Cycling the infamous Land's End to John O'Groats route is a tiresome and gruelling challenge for anyone. So for an OAP to be taking on the ride that's nearly 1,000 miles long is seriously impressive. But for 78-year-old Neville Maggs, who lives in Oadby and has already completed five Tough Guy challenges, 26 full marathons and has crewed in the Round the World yacht race, it's nothing too out of the ordinary.
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