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Prested Hall is home to a boutique wedding venue, bistro and health club.

Facilities at Prested Hall Health Club include a 20 meter indoor pool which is home to SwimWise Essex.

The organization rents pools and provides swimming lessons to children ages three and up.

Occupation – Another image of Prested Hall (Image: Newsquest)

Prested Hall now wants to expand its health club and provide its members with access to the pool during “prime time” hours, when swimming lessons take place.

Rachel Hobbs is a member of Prested Hall and has two children aged three and six who attend SwimWise lessons on Mondays from 3.45pm to 5.15pm.

An email from SwimWise informed Rachel and other parents that swim lessons were being eliminated.

The email, which has been seen by the Braintree and Witham Times, says lessons are to stop at the end of July.

It says SwimWise has been looking for a “suitable” alternative pool, but hasn’t found anything local or with “the same amazing facilities.”

Rachel said: “My youngest son was afraid of water until he started swimming in September and his confidence has soared and he loves his swim teacher – she is amazing.

Lesson – Pictorial image of a child learning to swim (Image: Pixabay)

“Everyone is disappointed. What will we do with our children when there is nowhere else? “We’re kind of stuck.”

Katie Heron, 45, from Kelvedon, has been a member of Prested Hall since 2022 and her children also swim there.

She said: “I think it is really sad and disappointing that Prested Hall has decided to close SwimWise swimming classes at the club.

“In four hours, over four days, 200 local children learn to swim – a vitally essential life skill.

“Changing lessons not only takes away this skill from these kids, it also takes the club further away from the heart of the community, which is why so many people join.

“I hope the club realizes its mistake and learns the lesson so that potential future members do not grow up unable to stay safe in the water.”

Health club director Jatin Bathla said the decision “has not been taken lightly”.

But they fear the A12 road widening plan could lead to a huge loss of customers over the next five years.

This will impact weddings and events, so he wants to expand the health club side of Prested Hall to ensure the survival of the business.

He said: “My son goes to the same swimming class every Monday, this is not a decision we have taken lightly.

“Prested Hall has gone through a lot of turmoil.

“We went through liquidation. I’ve taken it upon myself – I’m borrowing money to make sure the business stays afloat.

“It is a difficult decision. When children arrive, members are not allowed in the pool.

“My hands are tied and we have a business to run.”

Santa Barbara, California – UCLA Health opened a location in Downtown Santa Barbara to help the community respond to its growing health care needs.

Below is a press release from UCLA Health on its newest location:

UCLA Health has opened a new location in Santa Barbara in response to the region’s growing demand for the health system’s world-class care, including primary and specialty care and cancer care – in a downtown Santa Barbara location.

The Santa Barbara Primary and Specialty Care Clinic, which includes primary care and rheumatology with additional specialties to be added in the future, is the third UCLA Health primary care location in the area – the others are located in Montecito and Goleta – giving residents expanded access For easy access to care and appointments.

The UCLA Health Cancer Care Clinic was previously located at 309 Quintero Street in Santa Barbara.

Both clinics are located at 111 East Victoria Street in Santa Barbara. Primary and specialty care services are on the second floor while the UCLA Health Cancer Care Clinic and its dedicated infusion center are on the third floor. Cancer services offered at the clinic include medical oncology, hematology, genetics, breast cancer care as well as access to UCLA clinical trials and psychosocial support services provided by The Sims Mann Center for Integrative Oncology.

“We are extremely grateful that UCLA Health has been so enthusiastically embraced by the Santa Barbara community,” said Adam Cavalero, MD, ambulatory regional medical director and primary care physician at UCLA Health. “The new office on Victoria Street will significantly expand our available space for patient care and provide a central location in the heart of the city for our generalists and specialists.”

The Victoria Street Mission-style building is located just off State Street in downtown Santa Barbara and offers free parking on site.

The UCLA Health Primary and Specialty Care Clinic opened Monday. – Vesper. From 8 am to 5 pm. To make an appointment or for more information, visit www.uclahealth.org/santa-barbara-primary-specialty-care or call (805) 564-3233.

The UCLA Health Cancer Care Clinic opened Monday. – Vesper. From 8 am to 5 pm. Infusion center hours have been extended. To make an appointment or for more information, visit www.uclahealth.org/santa-barbara-cancer-care or call (805) 563-0051.

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Researchers know that fine motor skills decline with age, but despite the many daily tasks performed by the hands — dressing, grooming, taking medications — there hasn’t been much research on hand health in older adults.

Susan Brown, associate professor of movement science at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, hopes to change that. Through her Motor Control Lab, Brown oversees the Hands & Health at Home program, where kinesiology students visit older adults in the Ann Arbor area twice a week to perform exercises to improve hand function. .

Hands & Health at Home began as a grant proposal for Ann Arbor Meals on Wheels. The UM Health Department of Community Health Services, which includes Meals on Wheels, had funding available to community organizations to address priority areas including obesity and related diseases.

Meals on Wheels and Brown’s lab sought to address this issue by improving older adults’ hand function and thus increasing their ability to access and consume healthy foods.

From there the initiative evolved into a for-credit experiential learning course where students would meet with older adults in their homes and teach them exercises focused on improving the dexterity and strength of their hands.

Rachel Logue Cook has run the program for five years. She recently successfully defended her doctoral dissertation.

“When I heard about the program, I thought, ‘Oh, it’s got teaching, it’s got aging in place, it’s got all these different aspects that I really enjoy in a project,'” she said.

Before sending students to clients’ homes, Log Cook teaches them how to practice and monitor their clients’ progress, and how to keep the session on track while engaging in meaningful conversations.

Program benefits students and seniors

Log Cook collected data on each client’s first and last session, which was also used for her dissertation and larger work in Brown’s lab. A small pilot study of eight individuals who took a six-week training program was published in December in the Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics Education.

The study found:

• 75% of clients reported improved upper limb mobility after training.
• Significant improvement in pinch strength was seen in most customers.
• Many clients experienced improved dexterity and grip strength.
• There was slight improvement in psychosocial well-being in three clients.
• 88% of trainers saw improvements in their client’s performance.

George Valenta volunteered for this program because, at the age of 90, he had lost the strength in his arm. By the end, he saw significant improvement, opened water bottles that once gave him trouble, and gripped the handles of the rowing machine with more strength.

“I had absolutely excellent students,” he said, praising their dedication to developing a tailored program for them. “We were the only group in the project that had perfect attendance. I had a lot of respect for him.”

Researchers know there are disparities in hand health, with older black and Hispanic adults experiencing greater decline than older white adults. They also know that more than 90% of older adults living at home require assistance with at least one activity of daily living, so this type of training is of particular interest to this population, even though it is not only for home Not for adults living in.

We now have enough evidence to say that we can make recommendations. You know, ‘Here are activities you can do yourself.’ It could be going to a nursing home. It doesn’t have to be one-on-one in a home setting.”

Susan Brown, Associate Professor of Movement Science, University of Michigan School of Kinesiology

The program needs funding

Brown and Logue Cook are now working to secure a long-term funding solution to maintain and expand the Hands & Health at Home program within U-M’s Movement Science curriculum. They’re looking at ways to share their training with other organizations — from memory care facilities to rural senior centers — that could benefit.

“We currently have funding to run the program next autumn. In the absence of previous support, it will be difficult to continue,” said Brown, who is looking for a part-time coordinator to work with Meals on Wheels programs and students.

Long-term goals include taking the program to local long-term care/memory care facilities and expanding to other Meals on Wheels programs. Brown would also like to reach people in the community with age-related hand disabilities such as stroke and Parkinson’s disease.

While it may not result in improvements in HAND functioning in specific clinical populations, the intergenerational model could help with mood and feelings of isolation, Brown said.

“There are a lot of different directions this program can go, so right now it’s just, ‘How do we make this happen?’ Because we know it works,” she said.

Thousands of patients miss appointments each year, meaning others have to wait longer to be seen and this also costs the NHS money.

In April alone, 1,000 patients missed blood test appointments at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, the Princess Royal Hospital and the Community Diagnostic Center in Telford and Whitchurch Community Hospital.

We understand that there are many reasons why patients miss appointments, often for reasons beyond their control, but if you know you will not be able to make it, please let us know.

We can then make an appointment with another patient and ensure they can be seen more quickly.

If you can’t make an appointment for a blood test, please let us know on the community booking line 01743 492510.

Last Sunday was International Midwife Day, this Sunday is International Nurses Day and Tuesday 14 May is Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) Day. To mark these days, I want to recognize our incredible colleagues across the county’s health and social care system who make a difference to our communities every day.

As a nurse, I know the pressures and challenges they face, but also how rewarding the role can be.

You may not know that the ODP is the person who will provide skilled care to you or your loved one from the time you arrive in the operating theater department until you leave the recovery room.

Every nurse, midwife and ODP plays a vital role in the care of our patients and I would like to thank them for their hard work and commitment.

I would also like to thank Copthorne Seekers for their support – they are to close the charitable arm of their organization after raising almost £60,000 for our cardiology department.

We are always very grateful to those who raise money for our faith and it is a very lovely story of how the group was formed 32 years ago.

It began as a social group when, in 1992, a group of patients spending time together in the coronary care ward and rehabilitation department of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) wanted to keep in touch and at the same time raise funds for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). ) wanted to increase support for heart patients after spending time in hospital.

It is affiliated with the BHF and has raised almost £60,000 for RSH cardiac and rehabilitation units since the group was formed.

They have provided several donations of vital equipment, which have made a huge difference to our patients’ experience.

Copthorne Seekers recently made the final donation of £6,000 to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Charity’s Cardiology Department Fund, donating £3,000 to the Telford Coronary Ward and £3,000 to the Rehabilitation Unit at Royal Shrewsbury.

We wish them well as they continue their social group, which is open to anyone who has a heart problem, including their friends and family. The group meets every third Thursday of the month from 2-4pm at Crowmoor Baptist Church in Shrewsbury.

You can find out more about Copthorne Siker via their website: https://www.cickers.com/

Hattiesburg, Miss. (WDAM) – A South Mississippi mental health awareness organization and a local church teamed up to host a free health fair Tuesday.

House of Blessings (HOB) Community Development Corporation and the Pine Belt Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) hosted the fair at House of Blessings Church on Oak Grove Road.

“It’s the merging of a faith-based community and mental health awareness, which is so important to get the word out to the community,” said Mavis Creagh, president of NAMI’s Pine Belt chapter.

The event focused on mental health and wellness, but also included free blood pressure checks.

It was held in recognition of National Mental Health Awareness Month.

“We just want to be a helping hand in the mental health awareness area, to let people know that it doesn’t have to be a stigma, but it’s just a healthy thing for them to do,” said Melissa Carpenter, Outreach Event Administrator for HOB Community Development Corporation. There is awareness.”

Organizations participating in the fair included Hope Clinic, Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative and Dream of Hattiesburg.

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UCLA Health is set to host a unique symposium this week that will explore the evolving research into psychedelic therapy and how reconnecting with the natural world can help enhance their mental health benefits.

The full-day symposium on May 10 on the UCLA campus will bring together the expertise and insights of filmmakers, psychiatrists, urban planners, Indigenous peoples, along with researchers from UCLA Health’s Psychedelic Studies Initiative and the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Will bring. Health experts, authors and environmental leaders from around the world.

Promising clinical trials of psychedelics such as psilocybin, ayahuasca, and others for depression, substance use disorder, and end-of-life anxiety have led to increased interest in and research support for their clinical use. We are committed to equitable dissemination, bringing these treatments to those who need them most. To do this, we need to rethink the way medicine is practiced, and shift where it is practiced.”

Dr. Helena Hansen, Interim Director of the Jane and Terry Semel Institute

“Cultivating Connections: Ecological Medicine Meets Psychedelic Therapies” will feature seminars, breakout sessions and film screenings on a variety of topics, including the integration of psychedelic therapy with ecological medicine; Nature prescriptions, designing ecological medicine laboratories; and social and health justice in human-environment relationships.

The full agenda can be found online https://reconnect.ucla.edu/activities/

Clinical research of psychedelic therapy has found potential for treating mental health disorders such as depression, substance use disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety, as well as pain disorders. The results have led to increased interest and support for clinical use in medicine. The California Legislature is currently considering a bill that would allow psychedelic-assisted therapy for individuals 21 years of age and older under the supervision of a licensed, trained facilitator.

Ecological medicine is a relatively new field of research into the interrelationships of the environment, ecosystems, and the health of living organisms.

UCLA Health is proposing to integrate these two areas of study through the creation of a “Living Ecological Medicine Laboratory” on the enclosed roof deck of the Semel Institute on the UCLA Health campus. Envisioned as a lush green space with gardens of native plants and a refuge for pollinators, the proposed outdoor laboratory will allow researchers to test efficacy and the safety of psychedelic-assisted therapy in greenspace exposure. Additionally, researchers and physicians will have access to neuroimaging and research facilities within the same building.

How to attend contacts and press

The May 10 symposium will run from 8am to 6pm PDT on May 10 and will be livestreamed via Zoom. Attendees and members of the press can register to attend https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ld-morT0rHdzxlji2jv1zGIUJ1JsyFEu0#/registration

Personal Appearance is currently full, but a waiting list is available for those who wish to attend in person.

Dr. Helena Hansen and Dr. Charles Grob, founders and clinical directors of the UCLA Psychedelic Studies Initiative, are available for interviews before and after the symposium to discuss the Living Ecological Medicine Laboratory and current research.

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Will Houston, UCLA Health media relations officer [email protected] or 310-948-2966.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Accused murderer Rogelio Canilao must undergo another mental health exam to determine if he can stand trial.

Canilao appeared in court today virtually from the OCCC.

He pleaded not guilty Murder of his estranged wife Teresita,

Canilao was charged after 76-year-old Teresita Canilao was found beaten to death in her Sheridan Street apartment in October 2022.

He allegedly attacked her with a wooden stool and repeatedly hit her on the face.

In 2023, a judge ruled that Caniloa was “mentally unfit” to stand trial.

A panel of three experts will now review it again for updates.

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WICHITA, Kansas (KWCH) – Forbes ranks Kansas ninth in the nation for mental health treatment. The ranking is based on factors including the cost and availability of mental health care treatment. Another factor is the percentage of adults with mental illness who do not receive adequate treatment.

Eric Litwiller, director of development and communications for the Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas, said people who struggle with substance abuse are less likely to get mental health treatment.

“Only about 10% of them want and are getting treatment,” Litwiler said. “So that’s one reason why this number is so high. “90% of those people are not reaching out for help, while 60% of people with depression or anxiety are not getting help.”

The list shows that more than half of people under the age of 18 do not receive mental health services and Litwiller wants parents to see that mental health has no age limit.

“When parents start to realize that mental health issues can really impact children at a young age. I mean, the Centers for Disease Control keeps track of suicide statistics for children as young as 5…”

He also says that people should take their mental health as seriously as their physical health.

“Nobody’s still talking about ‘Oh, I was fighting my bipolar disorder over the weekend.’ You’ll talk about your seven-year-old son (who broke his arm when he crashed his bike into a tree), but no one is talking about how their seven-year-old son felt like killing himself over the weekend. Was trying. So, there is still a big gap between physical health and mental health.”

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New research from the City, the University of London and the University of Southampton highlights the importance of Healthy Start for low-income families and outlines a number of recommendations for local and national governments to improve the scheme.

The study was led by Professor Christina Vogel, Director of the City Center for Food Policy, University of London. The aim of this work is to evaluate the Healthy Start scheme in England and understand how the scheme can be improved to reach more eligible families.

The Healthy Start scheme was launched in 2006. it offers financial help and free vitamins pregnant women and families with children under the age of four who are living on low income as defined by the eligibility criteria. Before March 2022, households were offered paper vouchers, but the financial component of the scheme is now a digital prepayment card.

Research shows that digitization has improved the utility of the scheme for most people. Currently approximately 366,000 households have received the prepayment card; A total of 506,309 families who are currently eligible. Cardholders get £4.25 per child or per week of pregnancy (or £8.50 per week per child from birth to 1 year) and can use their Healthy Start prepayment card to buy fruit, vegetables, milk, infant formula and beans. Can.

Millie Barrett, project manager and lead author of the paper, said, “Healthy Starts has been described to us as ‘life-changing,’ ‘transformative,’ and a ‘lifeline’ for families who cannot afford basic healthy food.” Given that a fifth of all children in the UK are living in food-insecure households, the Commission’s work has inspired us to hear from a wider range of people so that we can do better. understand why healthy starting intake is not optimal and identify what can be done to increase it.”

The work involved hearing from over 100 people across England who promote, implement or use the scheme. health professional, retailers and eligible households. The findings show that people across the system universally support Healthy Start and see it as an important support for pregnant women and families living on low incomes.

But with 3.5 out of every 10 eligible people still not using Healthy Start, those interviewed believed the scheme should be reframed as children’s right to good food and healthy development– Instead of benefits, vouchers or handouts – could improve uptake. They also wanted outreach efforts to be better coordinated and adequately resourced to help eligible families complete applications with people they trust and in places they regularly visit. from, such as community or children’s centers or places of worship.

Full details of the study, including seven recommendations, are presented bmc medicine,

Professor Christina Vogel, Director of the Center for Food Policy at City, University of London, said: “Our study highlights the importance of this scheme and ways in which efforts to implement Healthy Start at local and national level can be better coordinated. So that more families can benefit.” In the context of ever-increasing health inequalities in the UK, there should be no delay in implementing the recommendations emerging from our study. Healthy Start is a much-loved and appreciated scheme which helps to give all children the best start in life.”