Ageing Well Public Talk Series: Let’s talk about sleep

Join us for our upcoming talk in the 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore sleep with Dr Abigail Methley.

Sleeping while ageing – why we might struggle to get a good night's sleep and how to change that. In this talk, Abi will help us to understand why it is so important to sleep well and enough and will include a few practical tips on how to do so.

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The speakers

Dr Abigail Methley is a Senior Clinical Psychologist at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, specialising in neuropsychology (the relationship between the brain and human behaviour). Abi’s role involves supporting people to understand and live well with the cognitive and emotional changes accompanying long-term conditions including dementia. Prior to this, she was the specialist clinical psychologist for an NHS older peoples' mental health and memory assessment service.

PLEASE NOTE: This talk will be recorded, so all Zoom attendees' videos and audio will be turned off at the beginning of the seminar, however, we encourage attendees to use the ‘Chat’ button to comment.

About the series

The Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series explores how important it is, over our lifespan, to maintain well-balanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in older age, also known as The Five Pillars of Ageing Well.

Ageing demonstrates most significantly when we reach a certain age, the usual benchmark being 65+, but ageing starts much sooner and the way ageing demonstrates when we are over 65 depends on decisions we make over our life span.

The AWPT series and related materials such as The Five Pillars of Ageing Well became the cornerstones of further engagement with the public, specifically around COVID-19 and the relating self-isolation, which are now available on the OU website and the Internet.

The overall aim of these series of interventions is to facilitate a step-change in user behaviour and support service provision. Self-management and becoming a partner in our own healthcare is an important aspect of these talks. This may have a wider impact on healthcare economies, as ageing and related co-morbidities have a substantial health and economic burden footprint.