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Till23Senior Contributor
Hi
I wasn’t sure where to put this:
I am just wondering if they’re are many older people on these forums? Like people 55+ who may have mental health issues going into (or being in) their retirement and how they are handling them.
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Dizzy4Senior Contributor
@Appleblossom thank you
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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor
@Jacques @ @Appleblossom @Faith-and-Hope
🎈❣️🐠😱
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Till23Senior Contributor
Yes @Appleblossom, @Dizzy4, @TAB, @PeppyPatti, @Shaz51, @Dimity
I will start a volunteer gig - which hopefully will work out for half a day a week.
Sports clubs are another possibility - I have been doing my sport for a couple of years now
Heart Foundation is looking for people to run walking groups (I’ve never been to one but apparently a group of people go walking once a week (or possibly more- not sure)
With regards to living in country towns - Red Cross have volunteer roles where you call an elderly person - so presumably you can do that remotely. (Again I’ve never done - just seen the advertisement)
I just searched (googled) volunteer roles. Seek have a volunteer search as opposed to job search as well.
Councils usually have landcare groups.
There’s Meetup groups- although might not be any in your area if you’re remote.
Pubs and clubs often do activities like trivia nights. I am not a drinker but used to go to pub trivia with work colleagues once a week (that was many years ago now, in a different place, in fact a different state.
They are a few things I just thought of
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Dizzy4Senior Contributor
@Till23 thanks for the suggestions. Not much relative to me, but yr post did remind me of having to jump thru hoops just to volunteer to do dishes in a kitchen, and maybe a bit of meal prep. Leave home at 6am and travel 56km was something i tried, but even once a week was too much for me. :face_with_rolling_eyes:
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Till23Senior Contributor
Oh yeah @Dizzy4 that is quite an effort and cost to you in travel alone for a volunteer job.
Sometimes you can do activities online, like learn a musical instrument.
Sorry, I can’t think of anything else at this time.
Except pets can be really good mates.
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Till23Senior Contributor
The drive could be worth it @Dizzy4
I went to table tennis for a couple of hours today. It was good exercise and the people were friendly and there wasn’t any expectations to be a good player, so it was fun and we had a few laughs.
I felt quite good afterwards- all those endorphins and serotonin released lasts for quite a few hours, and that’s aside from the physical effects.
So maybe making a whole day out of it, might make the trip worth it.
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