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Age Concern Hamilton

Friday Morning Programme
Eat Well-Live Well
Raglan Symposium
Health Education Training Programme
Active Age on Air

Age Concern Hamilton is situated at the Celebrating Age Centre, 30 Victoria St Hamilton.

If you would like to know what's happening at Age Concern give them a call on telephone 07 838 2266 or you can view their website at www.ageconcern.gen.nz

The Friday Morning Programme is hosted by Age Concern on Fridays 9:30am - 11:30am at the Celebrating Age Centre in 30 Victoria Street, Hamilton unless otherwise stated.

Donation of $2.00 for all sessions.

Bookings essential - telephone 838 2266.

July Series on Lifelong Learning
July 2	Wisdom, Knowledge and learnings - how do they all connect	Jan Canton
July 9	Standing up to falls. Safety at home and in the community	Liz van Wilie ACC
July 16	Adding colour to your life. Be inspired by local artist	Lynne Sinclair Taylor

Eat Well - Live Well is a free four week Nutrition course for older adults. There are five regional venues this year:

Matamata: June 1, 8, 15, 22

Contact the office (07) 838 2266 for further information and to register your attendance

Raglan Symposium

Age Concern Hamilton and Population Health/Waikato District Health Board are hosting an Older Persons Symposium in Raglan on Thursday 24 June 2010. They have identified several service areas of commonality and have united to undertake a joint older persons project within the Raglan community. Any older persons group or provider is invited to attend this event.
RSVP to Makerita (Age Concern Hamilton) (07) 839 6716 by Friday 11 June

Heath Education Training Calendar

These workshops are aimed at Rest Home staff, Support Groups, Carers looking after family members and Health Professionals.

Workshops for 2010:

Challenging Behaviour of Older People
Communicating with Older People
Elder Abuse and Neglect Prevention
Sexuality in Older People
Stress and Fatigue in Older People

All courses are three hours and cost $25.00 per person per session. (Family carers who are Age Concern Hamilton members can attend at no cost).

Contact the office (07) 838 2266 for workshop dates and venues.

Active Age on Air

Age Concern Hamilton's radio show on Community Radio Hamilton
The show is a combination of great music, interesting guests and topics of interest to a mature audience.

Broadcast every Monday morning from 11.00am - 12noon on 1206 AM across the Waikato and 106.7 FM in Hamilton. Sponsored by Panacea Health Care.