Objective A - People will have the right information and advice to be able to maintain a healthy lifestyle and remain independent for longer.

Activities

• Providing and promoting information, advice and guidance and tools to help residents of all ages adopt healthier lifestyles.
• Providing specialist support for populations who need it most, making sure access is equitable.
• Working with partners across the system to prevent ill health throughout people’s lives, using a system-wide approach to prevention, alongside action to improve the determinants of health in our communities and a focus on reducing health inequalities.
• Embedding brief advice into healthcare and other pathways and ensure every contact counts.
• Raising awareness of measures that everyone can take to improve and maintain their mental well-being, including promotion of the Five Ways to Wellbeing (and other approaches with strong evidence).
• Aligning action to promote healthy lifestyles across the whole system to achieve a greater impact.
• Promoting physical activity, linking to Better Health Staffordshire whole system approach.
• Ensuring people understand where to go for support with mental health problems and can self-refer to services to get help at the earliest opportunity.
• Developing better advice and information for people with dementia and their families
• Helping people prepare for end of life including with advice about how to manage their affairs if they are no longer able to do so, and guidance to be able to plan for their future care needs.
• Ensuring people are able to feel safe in their homes and access trustworthy tradespeople to help with maintaining their homes (through our Trading Standards Teams work)