For the last two years Ive attached myself to The Birmingham 1000 - TopicsExpress



          

For the last two years Ive attached myself to The Birmingham 1000 Elders group linked to Prof Janet Lords Centre for Healthy Ageing at the QE Hospital in Birmingham. A few times a year we answer questions following the series of tests - physical and mental - I did at the hospital about two years ago (took three hours) and get tea, coffee cakes and buns in a seminar suite at the new QE Hospital once a year and Ladybird level lectures on the state of the research and the meaning of our own data for our health. Its great because it takes you underneath the scare stories in the media and shows what is known and not known about getting old without becoming over-preoccupied with the likely problems of ageing. I love research and Im egotistical enough to be intrigued with how it applies to me. Theres also a useful network of old people equally interested. Its a good way to stay informed by latest research about ones health without trying to have the kind of chat with ones GP practice that these days would be a recipe for being regarded as a bit of a time waster or even a hypochondriac, meanwhile Im contributing to medical research. I enjoy the suggestion that collecting street rubbish for Handsworth Helping Hands or digging our allotment is helping to blunt the wiry edge of my fretfulness
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:35:22 +0000

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