A Spring Wellbeing Checklist for Older Victorians

As the weather warms up, spring is a good, low-pressure time to check in on health routines, safety at home, and how connected you are feeling. Here is a simple checklist to work through, on your own or with the person you care for.

Check in on your health

A change of season is a natural prompt to look at the basics again:

• review your medications with your GP or pharmacist, especially if anything has changed over winter
• if you manage a long-term condition, see how it has been tracking with our chronic disease management support
• watch for hay fever and other seasonal allergies, and ask your GP about managing them if they affect you most years
• keep drinking water as the days warm up, even if you do not feel thirsty

Get moving, safely

Spring is a good time to get back outside. If you enjoy the garden, our gardening service can help with the parts that have become harder to manage. Our physiotherapists and occupational therapists can also suggest safe ways to build activity back up if you have been less active over the cooler months.

Reconnect with your community

Two events worth knowing about are coming up over the next two months:

• the Victorian Seniors Festival, running right through October, with free and low-cost events across the state
• National Carers Week, from 11 to 17 October, recognising the people who care for family and friends

See our community events page for the details of both. If getting out and about is harder than it used to be, our companionship and social and community participation services, along with transport support, can help you take part.

A good time for a care check-in

If your needs, or the needs of someone you care for, have changed since summer, it may be time to review your support. Our ongoing support and reviews process is built for exactly this, and if you are not yet a client, our initial enquiry and assessment is the place to start. See our funding options if you are unsure how any of this could be paid for.

Would you like a hand working through any of this? Call 1300 782 227 or start your journey online, and we will take it from there.