Caring about Falls Prevention - East Renfrewshire Council

In Health and Social Care East Renfrewshire Issue 04

January 2018

Caring about Falls Prevention East Renfrewshire Care Collective supports local people and organisations to work together to get the best possible results for carers. They are hosting a month of activities in January around the theme of Falls Prevention. Trips, tumbles, slips and slides are much more likely to happen to people in the winter months, although they can happen anytime. You will be able to find out: 

What sort of things might make it more likely that a fall might happen to you.

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What effect a fall can have on your physical and mental wellbeing.

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How you can support people who are at risk of having a fall.

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How you can prevent falls from happening in the first place.

Free Activities on offer include Body Boosting Bingo, Card-Making, Football Memories Group, Chair Based Exercises, Deaf Awareness Workshop, Dementia Friends Workshop, Sewing Workshop, Fire Scotland Drop in and much more. You can even make your own anti fall slippers. Venues will be Voluntary Action, Barrhead, Eastwood Health and Care Centre, Clarkston and Mearns Baptist Church, Newton Mearns. For more information about the activities and a programme of events please: Call: 0141 876 9555 Online: carecollectiveeastren.com Facebook: /carecollectiveeastren Twitter: @wecareeastren Email: [email protected] Contacting Your Voice: Phone 0141 451 0757 Email: [email protected]

Website: www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/yourvoice

East Renfrewshire Council Prevention Team are supplying free “True Call” nuisance telephone call blocking equipment to residents living with dementia. The True Call equipment has already made a huge difference to over 600 local residents. True Call:     

Stops unwanted nuisance and scam calls. Stops people losing money to telephone scammers. Prevents the stress and anxiety nuisance calls can cause. Reduces trips and falls caused by rushing to the phone. Is installed by the Prevention Team and works very simply.

Feedback on True Call has been very positive. A recent report (above) goes into much more detail about this. This is available from the Prevention Team. Demand for the units is high and priority is given to residents living with dementia although others can apply if they have a health condition. To find out more and apply please: Go online at https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/ callblockerrequest Email [email protected] Phone the Prevention Team on 0141 577 3211

East Renfrewshire Domestic Abuse Project is a service open to all women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse in East Renfrewshire. Support workers travel throughout the area providing practical and emotional support in schools, homes, refuges and other suitable safe and confidential settings. The service is confidential and you choose if and how you’d like it to stay in touch with it. If you or your children have experienced domestic abuse the Project is there to help and listen. Every day it assists women, children and young people who have made the difficult decision to get in touch. For more information: Helpline – 0141 404 0015 Email – [email protected] 54 Main Street, Barrhead, G78 1RE Opening times – Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm 24 HOUR HELPLINE - 0800 027 1234 Contacting Your Voice: Phone 0141 451 0757 Email: [email protected]


Building a Better Barrhead Money is being made available for projects to improve priority areas in Barrhead through East Renfrewshire Council and a grant from the Scottish Government's Community Choices Fund. This initiative is being driven by a group of local community members who have formed the Better Barrhead Steering Group. Any local community, voluntary or non-profit organisation can apply to the fund, even informal groups. Funding of £250 to £5000 is available to put each idea into action. Projects must benefit the target areas of Auchenback, Dunterlie, East Arthurlie, Dovecothall, Dalmeny or Springhill. The Steering Group will gather all proposals put forward. The deadline is Monday 15th January. Application forms are available from Barrhead Council Offices, the Library in the Foundry and Auchenback Resource Centre or you can contact [email protected] or call 0141 577 3309 to request a form. Once all applications have been received, a community event (called participatory budgeting) will take place at St John's Church Hall on Saturday 3rd March. Applicants will be asked to present their idea or project to the community in attendance and the community will then vote for the projects they feel should receive funding.

The West of Scotland Breast Screening Unit will be arriving in Barrhead at the end of January. It will be situated in Barrhead Health and Care Centre for a few months and women from Barrhead and Neilston who are registered with a local GP and are eligible for screening will be invited along for a mammogram. East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership Health Improvement Team will be working with the West of Scotland Screening team to raise awareness of the benefits of screening and the importance of detecting cancer early by going along for your mammogram. There will be information stands in various locations in Barrhead during late January and early February and staff will be available to help answer any questions you have about the screening process and encourage uptake of screening appointments. Breast cancer remains the most common cancer for women in Scotland but it’s also treatable when caught early. For information on all aspects of breast cancer and breast health go to https://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/ Contacting Your Voice: Phone 0141 451 0757 Email: [email protected]


Voices Scotland is a free and flexible workshop that supports people, groups and communities to explore issues that are important to them. It provides communities with the knowledge, skills and confidence to have their voices heard in the shaping of local and national health and social care services. The Scottish Health Council delivers these workshops with members of the public, community groups and staff working across health and social care. The next Voices Scotland event is on Thursday 1st February 10am-12.30pm at Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle St Glasgow. It will explore storytelling techniques and look at how personal experience can shape service improvement. It will also examine the benefits of and barriers to getting involved. These sessions are open to anyone with an interest in community engagement. For more information please contact: Lorna Bonaccorsi-McILreavy on 0141 429 7545 or Email: lornamcilreavy@ scottishhealthcouncil.org

Talking Points are places in your community where you can come and find out about information that can help you. A regular weekly Talking Point has started in Eastwood Health and Care Centre, Clarkston. This takes place every Thursday from 11am - 2pm. You can pop in anytime between these hours and speak to people who can help and give you advice on any questions you have about health and social care services. You can also find out about activities that are going on where you live.

How can I get involved? A Talking Points Development Group is currently being planned. The aim of the group will be to work together with the local community to help shape how Talking Points develops for people in East Renfrewshire. It will be looking for involvement from local people and local support organisations. For more information about this please call 0141 451 0866 or Email: talkingpoints @eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

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