CRP Instruction Evening
The Michael Linehan Heartsafe Killarney Group + Killarney Cardiac Response Unit/Killarney First Responders have come together to present a special night of instruction for us on CPR [Cardio [...]
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The HeartBeat Strutters ended the year today with a walk followed by a Christmas Raffle and a Festive cup of tea in their regular spot Mug & Bean. They will break for now and will meet up again for the first walk of 2025 on Thursday 16th January. Thanks to walk leaders/organisers of the Strutters Mairead and Donal, and all who helped or attended walks throughout the year.
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The Strutters are a great group to meet to go walking with The benefits ⭐️ fresh air ⭐️ exercise ⭐️ company ⭐️ heart health And beautiful scenery
Last night's meeting was a great success with a Self Care workshop presentation from Michelle Foley, Health Promotion Officer with Network 3 South Kerry from the Cork Kerry Community Healthcare & HSE Wellness Centre office in Killorglin.
Here are a couple of points from last night to take away:
# Concentrate on controlling what you can rather than concentrating on what you cannot control.
# Water Advice - Fill a jug of water and take your liquid from it during the day. Then at the day's end you will know how your daily hydration plan is going.
# It is important to check in with yourself and see how you are doing.
# Be aware of what is around you. Remember the exercise with the pictures on the floor! Remind yourself of the positive / joyous things in your life.
Michelle messaged us to say THANKS A MILLION for the opportunity to deliver the workshop and especially for her beautiful plant, which she really appreciated!
Of the group she said "You’re a such an inspiration and as always great to work with you. I really hope the group enjoyed the workshop as much as I did."
Michelle also advised she will be sending us on a number of the self-care toolkit books and the "You & Your Mental Health" book for us.
Here is the link for the sleep hygiene webinar mentioned youtu.be/ci_Jq66bN4 and she also mentioned last night that HSE Health and Wellbeing have developed a series of online videos to help individuals to increase their physical activity levels. The series of videos include, Chair based Yoga for beginners, Yoga for beginners, Pilates for beginners and Strength and Conditioning. All videos can be accessed on the following link -https://www.youtube.com/c/HSEHealthandWellbeing/playlists.
Hope everyone finds this information useful! Please feel free to comment below your thoughts on the meeting and this information. We love to have feedback on our meetings and be able to pass on to our guest speakers.
Thanks!
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Great advice Michelle Foley
Well done Michelle Foley , mind that plant😀
Well done Michelle Foley 👏
Scary facts
💕 And Heart Disease can be preventable
✅ Diet and Exercise
✅ Healthy weight
✅ Avoiding or/ and Managing Stress
✅ Exercise one the most important aspects of heart disease prevention
🚶♀️🚶🏼30 minutes 5 days a week of moderate exercise
What is moderate exercise ??
You can hold a conversation but you are a little bit out of breath.
🛑No smoking or vaping
⚠️ Alcohol is ok but in moderation
Alcohol free days are important
Irish Heart Foundation
#hearthealth
#exercise
#smokingcessation
#lowfatdiet
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Following our busy weekend with our Rid & Bid Fundraiser we had our monthly meeting on Tuesday with guest speaker Community Garda Cathy Murphy. The evening was well attended and there were lots of good tips & information from Cathy, with 3 main bits we picked out to note :
1) Let's say you come across an emergency situation. You have a choice to make to ring 999 or the local Garda Station whose number you know very well. Which do you call? It has to be 999 as all these calls are directed to hubs where staff who answer know immediately what to do. An emergency call to your local station gets directed to the Cork hub (in the case of Kerry).
2) The Kerry Division of the Garda Siochana want to build up a register of Vulnerable & Older people to help them provide help and reassurance when needed. Contact your local garda for further information and the application form.
3) The HSE has produced a booklet "Keep Safe This Winter" full of tips on safety. For more information call 1850 24 1850 or visit healthservice.hse.ie/documents/4882/Be_Winter_Ready_booklet_2024-2025.pdf
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We were delighted to have a visit from Cathy as it had been way too long since we had a night on personal safety and house protection. Thank you so much Cathy for your time given so generously!
Congratulations to the winner of our Sunday raffle hamper prize Patricia Quinn, and to Mary Anne Culloty who won our fuel voucher prize! We'll be in touch to get these prizes to you!
A big, big thank you to everyone who came and bought from us and snapped up some bargains, and also for all the hard work all our volunteers put in over this weekend, all contributing to a very successful event and fundraiser for our group, to help us continue to share and promote wellness information and advice from many healthcare and wellness professionals. We look forward to organising in 2025! ❤️👏🏼
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Congratulations to the winners of our Saturday raffle hamper prizes, Frank O'Connor and Fionn Breen! We'll be in touch to get these prize hampers to you!
Another great day of our fundraiser, with lots of great bargains snapped up! Big thanks again to all the volunteers and our HeartBeat nurse for your hard work today. Looking forward to our last day tomorrow here again at the Killarney Outlet Centre. We are blessed to have our great friends offer us their premises as the venue of our event each year and we can't thank then enough for their generosity and support! ❤️👏🏼
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Best of Luck tomorrow.
