As part of Mental Health Week 2010 Council on the Ageing (COTA) are promoting the Cota Beyond Maturity Blues project. This project is a free service through a partnership between Cota and Beyond Blue. It is an information session about maintaining good mental health with handouts, give aways and morning tea provided afterwards. COTA would like to have a few of these sessions occurring around the Metropolitan and Rural Areas as part of mental health week 10-16 Oct.
An Excerpt from the attached brochure is:
Peer Educators from COTA in all States and Territories are now available to host interactive ‘beyond maturity blues – depression and older people’ information sessions for your seniors group or club.
These sessions focus on learning about depression, treatments, ways to identify and prevent depression, how to support those with depression and what you can do to enjoy better health.
COTA Peer Educators are volunteers over 50 who have been trained by COTA to talk with groups about depression and its effects.
These groups include:
- Carers
- Chronic disease groups
- Men
- Veterans
- Rural communities
A peer educator will be allocated to your group and session details will be confirmed. COTA also provides sessions for CaLD communities and has bilingual Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, and Chinese Peer Educators to deliver to non-English speaking groups.
‘Beyond Maturity Blues’ Information sessions are for Seniors Clubs and Groups. these sessions focus on learning about depression, treatments, ways to identify and prevent depression, how to support those with depression and what you can do to enjoy better health.
If you are interested in the Information Session, book a free ‘beyond maturity blues’ Information Session right now. Contact details are:
Jane Barnett – Beyond Maturity Blues Project Officer
COTA Seniors Voice
45 Flinders Street, Adelaide SA 5000
t 08 8232 0422 f 08 8232 0433
www.seniorsvoice.org.au
E: Jane Barnett jbarnett@seniorsvoice.org.au
