Free community health festival for older people to take place in north Cork 

The health festival includes guest speakers on nutrition, singing for the brain, falls and frailty, and brain health.
Free community health festival for older people to take place in north Cork 

A free community health festival aimed at helping older persons connect, access information, and positive wellbeing is set to take place next week. Pictured is attendees at the Cork City event earlier this year. Photo: Michael English

A FREE community health festival aimed at helping older persons connect, access information, and positive well-being is set to take place next week.

‘Keep Well, Keep Movin’ will take place on Wednesday, November 15 from 10am to 3pm at Mallow GAA and Sports Complex.

Following from the successful ‘Keep Well, Keep Movin’ festivals in Cork city and Midleton, Cork Kerry Community Health Care’s Cork North Community Work Department is organising the ‘Keep Well, Keep Movin’ older persons Community Health Festival this winter in Mallow.

‘Keep Well, Keep Movin’ aims to connect older people with a range of community, voluntary and primary care services promoting enhanced physical, social, cognitive, mental health and wellbeing.

The health festival includes guest speakers on nutrition, singing for the brain, falls and frailty, and brain health.

There will also be a drum fit demonstration, a low-impact physical activity that aims to improve circulation, brain function and wellbeing, followed by relaxation exercises.

A wide range of statutory, community and primary health services will be present on the day and open to the public to browse and speak to professionals whom they would otherwise not have had the opportunity to do so.

HSE principal community worker with the Cork North Community Work Department, Sorcha Ni Chrualaoich, said:

“The ‘Keep Well, Keep Movin’ Community Health Festival is a great way for older adults to learn about the primary healthcare, community, voluntary and statutory services that are available to them.” 

Those who would like to attend the next ‘Keep Well, Keep Movin’ in Mallow GAA Hall can HSE community worker, Nicola Lucey, at [email protected] or phone 086 466 8484.

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