Passion for Life - invitation to participate in a free workshop

This is an exciting opportunity to participate in a workshop being led by the Jönköping Community, Sweden in partnership with NHS Doncaster and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.
Jönköping County Council is often referred to as the highest performing health community in the world. In the early 1990’s their performance against a basket of national quality indicators in Sweden was unremarkable and they were significantly financially challenged. Since then, the Jönköping community has focused on improving the health and healthcare of their population through the rigorous application of quality improvement programmes. They are now consistently rated as the top performing county council in Sweden against 11 national quality metrics and lowest but one for the costs of health care.

Passion for Life is an excellent example of the work of the Jönköping Community. The programme focuses on empowering over 65 year olds (seniors) with the knowledge and skills to be able to systematically make small changes in their daily behaviours and routines to enable them to live a happier, healthier, longer life.

The programme offers training to volunteers around 4 key areas;

– food and drink,
– physical activity
– safety at home
– social networks.

With training and support, the volunteers deliver Passion for Life messages to groups of seniors in their own communities. The idea is that people from those groups will also want to become volunteers in delivering Passion for Life to other groups and so the message spreads. Passion for Life has been successfully rolled out in Sweden and has transferred equally successfully to the USA. NHS Doncaster is seeking to become the first pilot site in the UK.

The NHS Doncaster programme is being launched on 8th September at the Keep Moat Stadium in Doncaster. The launch event is both for seniors to find out about the programme and for professionals involved in promoting the health and well being of older people.

Seniors and colleagues from across NHS Yorkshire and the Humber are welcome to participate in the day and are encouraged to consider introducing the programmes in their communities too. The event is free to attend. To register to attend the event or to find out more please contact Elaine.thompson@doncasterpct.nhs.uk or on 01302 566031.

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