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• Dementia during COVID-19: Tips if you have dementia or you are a care-partner

  Posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: dementia, lockdown
  Dementia Canterbury has put together an information sheet with tips for lockdown if you have dementia or care for someone with dementia. The information is designed to help you to remain safe and to help build resilience during lock-down and beyond

• Lockdown impact on wellbeing lingers one year on

  Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental wellbeing, lockdown
  University of Canterbury media release: 23rd March 2021 Last year’s COVID-19 lockdown could affect New Zealanders’ mental health for years to come and current demand for talking-based therapies is already overwhelming services, a University of Canterbury

• Resources from Dementia Canterbury during COVID-19

  Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: resources, physical activity, older people, dementia, lockdown, mental wellbeing, families
  Dementia Canterbury has a range of resources available to assist those with dementia and their caregivers or family during COVID-19, including: exercise videos to keep the mind and body moving; information flyers covering a range of topics such as reduci

• Seven ways to experience the world from home

  Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: mental wellbeing, resources, lockdown
  Message from Multiple Sclerosis NZ: Staying at home is often hard. Many of us love to explore, experience and enjoy the world outside our homes

• COVID-19 info for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities

  Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: resources, lockdown, disease, migrants, refugees
  The Community Languages Information Network Group (CLING) in Canterbury is collating COVID-19 information for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities

• Apps and e-therapy offer practical mental health support

  Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: mental health, resilience, mental wellbeing, resources, technology, lockdown
  Beehive media release: 14th April 2020 The Government is making further support available for Kiwis wanting to look after their mental wellbeing as a result of change and uncertainty from COVID-19

• Lockdown Logistics: A new free online video game

  Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: lockdown, technology
  Lockdown Logistics is a new free online video game created in Christchurch over the past seven days

• Free Mindfulness in Isolation course

  Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in: Training With tags: mental health, mental wellbeing, Courses, mindfulness, lockdown
  Wanderble's FREE Mindfulness in Isolation course is designed to keep you company while you’re stuck at home and use the time to create a healthy new habit of mindfulness, which has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety and to boost immunity

• Learning in the lockdown for kids

  Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, learning, activities, lockdown
  University of Canterbury media release: 31st March 2020 If there was ever a time to encourage children to engage in online learning, that time is now! Children’s University Canterbury Partnership (CUCP) is adapting to these constrained times by offering m

• Looking after mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19

  Posted: Thursday, March 19, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental health, mental wellbeing, disease, advice, lockdown
  Message from the Mental Health Foundation: 18th March 2020 Tēnā koe. It's a tense time for most of us. COVID-19 is scary and it's rapidly changing the way we work, socialise, travel, access healthcare, exercise, shop and live