{"id":2467,"date":"2017-11-10T21:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T21:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2017-11-10T21:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T21:33:00","slug":"aged-65-or-over-get-involved-in-a-study-by-heriot-watt-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/2017\/11\/aged-65-or-over-get-involved-in-a-study-by-heriot-watt-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Aged 65 or over? Get involved in a study by Heriot Watt University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/files\/2017\/11\/Intervention-Factory-Flyer-2017-1-pdf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2471\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/files\/2017\/11\/Intervention-Factory-Flyer-2017-1-pdf-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/files\/2017\/11\/Intervention-Factory-Flyer-2017-1-pdf-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/files\/2017\/11\/Intervention-Factory-Flyer-2017-1-pdf-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/files\/2017\/11\/Intervention-Factory-Flyer-2017-1-pdf-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/files\/2017\/11\/Intervention-Factory-Flyer-2017-1-pdf.jpg 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>Are you aged 65 or over? Do you want to take up a new activity?<br \/>\nAs we get older, some of us might experience changes in our thinking or memory skills. Research has suggested that taking up a new activity, especially one we\u2019ve never done before, might help maintain our thinking skills.<\/p>\n<p>We are a research team at Heriot-Watt University exploring how taking up a new activity might benefit our thinking skills and wellbeing. We are looking for people aged 65 and over in Edinburgh and the Lothians to take part.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know might be interested, or you would like some more information, please contact us on 0131 451 8009 or healthyageing@hw.ac.uk. We\u2019ll give you full details about the study and answer any questions you might have. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/files\/2017\/11\/Intervention-Factory-Flyer-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here <\/a>to view an information flyer.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find some more information about the research at https:\/\/healthyageing.hw.ac.uk\/contact.html<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you aged 65 or over? Do you want to take up a new activity? As we get older, some of us might experience changes in our thinking or memory skills. Research has suggested that taking up a new activity, especially one we\u2019ve never done before, might help maintain our thinking skills. We are a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/2017\/11\/aged-65-or-over-get-involved-in-a-study-by-heriot-watt-university\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Aged 65 or over? Get involved in a study by Heriot Watt University&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[216,215],"class_list":["post-2467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-healthy-ageing-research","tag-heriot-watt-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}