Hot weather has arrived! The GM Ageing Hub and GM Resilience Forum have consulted older adults across GM, and organisations that work with older adults, to create a guide for organisations to support older people during periods of extreme heat. The guide aims to support organisations to better communicate the risks to older adults that are associated with warm temperatures and provides information around practical actions that organisations can take to support and communicate with older adults during heatwaves.
The guide provides background information around why communicating risk and safety guidance to older adults matters, what older people told us about communicating heat safety messaging to them, and what you can do as an organisation to support older adults during heatwaves.
The guide also provides links to key sources of information, such as the NHS “Get to Know Where to Go” summer communications toolkit, and the UK Government’s Beat the Heat campaign, Heat Health Alerts and Action Cards. It also includes text message alert templates and links to training opportunities.
We encourage all organisations to read the guide and share it through their networks.
Take a look at the guide here:
If you have any feedback on the toolkit, we welcome your input as an organisation that supports or works with older adults. Please contact sulafa.abushal@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk or sara.griffiths@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk with any comments.