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The University of Melbourne is running a trial called HOMESIDE, which is exploring the effects of music and reading/word-based interventions for people living with dementia and their family caregivers.
The interventions are designed to be personalised to each person’s preferences and needs, and delivered by the family caregivers, who are trained and supported by health professionals throughout the 6-month study.
I am delighted to announce that Bert Lopes has been recognised for his outstanding work at U3A Nunawading over a period of years with a 2021 Chisholm Community Award.
We are all looking forward to returning to the Hub and as soon as we hear from Whitehorse Council, we will advise you immediately …
Enrolment for next year’s classes, including Summer School, will open for 2021 members on Monday 29 November. Enrolment for all others will open on Wednesday 1 December.
All courses will be visible on our website from 15 November but you will not be able to enrol until the relevant date above.
As announced in our previous Update we are running three special Christmas Workshops for members who would like to try their hand at making their own Christmas cards, decorations or gifts.
Summer School program has now been finalised and it will feature an exciting range of lectures, demonstrations, workshops, exercise and music sessions as well as excursions run over nine days in January.
Thanks to our Class Leaders who ran sessions as part of October’s Whitehorse Seniors Festival. Back in August when we discussed how U3A Nunawading might participate, we took the decision to offer escorted tours of our activities at the Hub, as well as online classes via Zoom.
U3A Online is inviting you to a series of free talks as part of their participation in Get Online Week 2021.
They will be presenting a number of talks from some of their course leaders via their Facebook page. For members who do not use Facebook the talks will be available through Zoom.
Whitehorse Council has advised us that scammers have been calling residents claiming they were doing a five question survey on behalf of the Whitehorse Council. The questions they have asked include “How much do you earn”, “Do you live on your own”, etc.
As we enter our seventh week of lockdown I hope you are keeping well and staying connected in whatever way you can. The sooner we reach our vaccination milestones the sooner we can all get back to seeing each other at U3A.
Despite COVID restrictions there are lots of special activities planned for October’s Seniors Festival…
While most new computer courses are on Zoom, a couple are planned for face-to-face in the Hub.
Keep your Zoom apps up-to-date – it’s safer and you can be sure of having all the latest features.
Only have a smartphone? You can join in on Zoom too – single sessions on how to do this start next week!
Keep safe online – book in for the scams awareness session in November and avoid the scammers