ISSUE 39 | SPRING 2018
Inside P2 MEMORY LANE Livingwell P5 FOOTIE ACES P5 PANCAKE FUN P6 COOK SAFE News 24/7
GETTING INVOLVED
Live your life well! UR new Livingwell service host of activities that you can is all about helping you get involved with. Olive independently in We’re helping you get active, your own home for as long as meet new people and putting you can. you in control of the service Livingwell services are up and you receive. running in complexes across your There are lots of events communities. happening, so look inside to And from singalongs to selfie find out more about what has sessions, parties to pancakes, high been happening and how you teas to high jinx, there’s a whole can get involved.
Better homes, better lives
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CONVERSATION PIECE: Ida Gibson with her Glasgow Life Say cheese! Reminiscence Kit
PEOPLE have been doing it in space, in the jungle and celebrities and politicians love it. And now our tenants have got in on the selfie trend – with Box of memories a festive twist. Tenants got a selfie stick ENANT Ida Gibson took a about Glasgow and its people. and some Christmas-themed trip down memory lane Area Care Manager Liz costumes to take some T– with a little help from Smith said: “It was a joy to pictures. Glasgow Life. see how much Mrs Gibson Manager Bridget Martin said: Our staff helped her enjoyed the session. “We all had a great time.” borrow one of Glasgow Life’s “She had such genuine Reminiscence Kits made up of interest and enthusiasm in objects from their archive. learning new things.” The kits contain different items Meanwhile, tenants at the from the past, grouped into Wyndford, in Maryhill, also got in themes such as football, cinema, on the act with their tenement Glasgow tenement life or life memory box. They shared different decades. The boxes memories of growing up in spark conversation and memories Glasgow and everyone got a as well as giving people a Scottish tea cake to take home chance to learn new things and enjoy later.
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HANK you to everyone who got in touch to tell Tus what you thought of WEDDED BLISS: our proposals for your new Veronica and Bill Livingwell service. We listened carefully to what you told us during our YOUR VIEWS: We listened local events and through the Love is in the responses you sent us. We know you appreciated ■■a tried-and-tested OkEachDay air for our being able to tell us your views service where tenants press a and we found your feedback button to let us know everything Valentines! really valuable in shaping the is fine at their property and, if new service. not, receive a call from a friendly OUR Valentine’s Disco gave You’ll have access to daily person couples – and singles – the staff visits, a great range of ■■you’ll also have access to chance to get together to leisure and social activities, and your own local housing officer, celebrate the power of love. OKEachDay, a tried-and-tested a repairs team, including a Bill and Veronica service that gives you control handyperson service, advisors Muirhead, who have been over the levels of daily contact who can help with budgeting, married for 36 years, they want, as well as better benefits and fuel bills, great were one of the couples access to news and information online services and a 24/7 celebrating. and easier ways to report repairs. customer call centre. The couple met at St The full package of services The Livingwell services are Roch’s Football Club. available for tenants in our operated by Loretto Care, a Veronica said: “Bill asked Livingwell complexes includes: Wheatley Group partner and me to dance, but I told him: ■■daily face-to-face visits for one of Scotland’s leading ‘Why would I dance with tenants who want them from a care and support providers, you? I don’t like you.’ The dedicated mobile team on behalf of GHA, Cube and rest is history. ■■contact when it suits, for Loretto Housing. The OKEachDay “My advice for a happy example, in the evening and at part of the service is operated marriage is to put up with weekends by Alertacall. each other and have lots ■■our staff, or volunteers, on If you have more complex or of patience.” site at certain times seven critical needs, we would help May McFadyen shared days a week arrange an assessment for a her top tips for a happy ■■our Livingwell Advisors, working care package by the Glasgow marriage, saying: “Have lots in small local teams as part of City Health and Social Care of good humour, unite with wider area hubs, providing cover Partnership. your family and don’t forget 365 days a year Our Livingwell services your roots.” ■■a wider range of leisure and replaced our Sheltered Housing There was a lovely buffet social activities for tenants to take services at the start of April, cooked by Susan Gilchrist part in after funding was withdrawn and Veronica – thank you, ■■opportunities for tenants to by Glasgow City Health and ladies. take part in volunteering Social Care Partnership. 4 News
LET'S MOVE: tenants practice exercises
Sit less, move more
Exercise sessions ENANTS from across sure they get moving enough. Glasgow got together for People taking part have been show tenants Tnew sessions designed to kitted out with ‘activators’ – how easy it is to help them enjoy the benefits of pedometers to count their steps take a few simple getting more exercise. and encourage them to get The Sit Less, Move More sessions moving – as well as tips and steps to improve see researchers from the University ideas to make sure they don’t sit their mobility of Glasgow come to Moffat for too long. Street in the Gorbals to give tenants They also do practical exercises top tips on how they can make to gently move their muscles
Pupils serve up a treat for tenants
SCHOOL pupils dropped in to were joined by ladies from lay on a special afternoon tea Marfield Street, Smithycroft for our older tenants. and Elmslie Court. Students from Lochend It was the first in a series of Community High School events the pupils are putting in Easterhouse served on to get to know the older up soup, sandwiches people in their community. and cakes they had made Tenant Betty Brunton for people at Sandford said: “It was very good. Gardens. They were very well- The tenants at Sandford mannered kids.” News 5
Putting their best foot forward
IN STEP: Mary Thomson’s PATHFINDERS: Marie ‘activator’ is helping to and James were make a real difference thrilled with their certificates
KICKABOUT: The walking football team in action to help improve their mobility making sure I get up during the OUR Brockburn Road and boost their energy levels, ad breaks while I am watching football aces scored a prize improve their mood and combat television. I have found it really from a national charity for sore or stiff muscles. Older adults interesting to see how much their efforts to help their spend more than 70 per cent of more I have been moving. community get active. their waking day sitting down, “Even getting up every Tenants were given a but experts say you should try to 20 minutes makes a difference certificate from Paths for get up every 20 minutes. and it has been good fun All, which works to increase Mary Thomson, from coming here and trying the number of people Anniesland, said: “I have been something different.” walking in Scotland. Our football stars earned an award for their efforts at weekly walking football Shrove Tuesday is just pantastic! sessions, which are held every week at Dennis TENANTS at our Marfield Street Service in Donnelly Park in Corkerhill. Carntyne enjoyed a flipping good time as Walking football is a they celebrated Shrove Tuesday. slowed-down version of the They got together with staff to enjoy beautiful game that everyone the traditional teatime treat cooked can enjoy – regardless of up by tenant Marion Broadly. About 20 whether your best days are tenants came along for the event, which behind you or even if you was followed up by a First Aid talk. have never played before. Marfield Street Livingwell Advisor TEATIME TREAT: If you want to get involved, Marian Hassan said: “Everyone said it Pancakes at speak to a member of staff at was lovely.” Marfield Street your service. 6 News Tasty lesson in staying safe Tenants enjoy creating some delicious treats in the kitchen – while keeping out of harm’s way Protect yourself from trips and falls THE majority of accidents involving older people are falls. The most serious accidents involving older people usually happen on the stairs or in the kitchen. LESSONS: cooking in safety The bedroom and the living room are the most common locations for UR tenants are helping Rescue officer and a cooking accidents in general. cut the risk of fire by demonstration by cook safe staff Falls affect more than Olearning how to cook – including making soup, using a one third of people over 65 safely in the kitchen. chip pan safely and knocking up and 40 per cent of people Cooking incidents account for a delicious dessert. over 80. Follow this advice more than one third of incidents The programme is a good to stay safe: attended by Scottish Fire and way of educating people on the ■■avoid leaving items Rescue in our communities. dangers of fire, safer cooking on the stairs – they can Tenants at our Brockburn Road practices and healthy eating – become a tripping hazard complex in Pollok went to a and everyone who went along ■■ensure stairs are special cook safe demonstration. said they had a great time. well maintained, with They enjoyed a fire safety We’ll be holding more sessions damaged or worn talk from a Scottish Fire and throughout the year. carpet repaired ■■make sure landings, stairs and hallways are well lit ■■make sure banisters are MY STORY MARIAN HASSAN sturdy. Worn rugs, slippery floors Which complex do you What did I do or paths, uneven surfaces, work in? before you trailing flexes and items I work in Marfield Amenity in joined us? left lying around can Carntyne. I worked with increase the danger of slips an agency as housing support and trips. What do you enjoy about officer and home care. Spills on the floor should your job? be cleaned up immediately It is such a positive place to What is the latest news from to prevent slipping. work. I enjoy everything, from your complex? For more information organising activities to having Tenants had fun making pancakes on staying safe from trips a chat with the tenants. I love to celebrate Shrove Tuesday and and falls, visit the Royal getting the chance to get we also had a first aid talk. Before Society for the Prevention involved with all the different Christmas, we were visited by two of Accidents website at activities that are on offer at the Shetland ponies, who brought a www.rospa.com development. smile to everyone’s face. News 7 NHS’s vital tips Tasty lesson in staying safe to spot cancer
SIMPLE WAYS TO BE SAFE IN THE KITCHEN MORE fires start in the ■■keep your oven, kitchen than in any other cooker and grill clean room in the house. and make sure there’s The most important thing no fat on it to do is to make sure you ■■keep tea towels, cloths WE gave our tenants a helping have a working smoke alarm. and kitchen paper away hand with their health – with You should also consider from the cooker some help from our NHS friends. fitting a heat alarm in your ■■keep fats and oils away Elaine Murray, from NHS kitchen. from the cooker Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Follow our general cooking ■■cook with handles popped in to visit Marfield Street advice to help you stay safe turned to the side to avoid in Carntyne for an information in the kitchen. pans spilling session on spotting the signs of ■■make sure your cooker is or ■■use a flameless lighter breast cancer. has been fitted properly by a on gas cookers instead of Alice O’Neill said the session qualified fitter matches or a lighter. was “nice and very beneficial”, while Ann McCabe added that it was “very educational” and ■■THE fire officers from Calton fire she would also make sure her station popped along to the Sword daughters also went along for Street service in Dennistoun to make a screening. sure everyone had information they We also have a screening needed to stay safe from fire at programme in place, so home. Everyone who was there will make sure you come to your also get a free home fire safety visit. appointment. Tenant Jane Dryburgh said: “It was a very worthwhile event.” Singalong fun TENANTS at the Anniesland COMPLIMENTS, COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS service recently had one of their renowned ‘singalong’ WE want to do everything we service. People said they afternoons with some hot can to get things right the first enjoyed getting together and drinks and treats. time, but sometimes that isn’t having fun. We appreciate Local resident Benny, who the case. We received one you getting in touch - so also sings in the local area, said: complaint in December, which keep telling us about your “I love to get up was about the service. We experiences. and sing. I go to resolved it by talking directly a couple of local to the families involved. We CONTACT US pubs and sing – shared your experience with everyone enjoys staff and managers, so we can GHA: 0800 479 7979 themselves and learn from what happened so Cube: 0800 027 3456 it’s good to see it doesn’t happen again. Loretto Housing: all my friends We also received comments 0800 952 9292 come along and compliments on the Loretto Care: and enjoy activities we put on at your 0800 952 9292 themselves.” 8 News
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