HealthInfo Island

 

Second Life is a fun place to have music events and chatting with friends. But it can also be a source of information as there are a number of museums and other educational places. Gemma Cleanslate recently returned to one to write about it: HealthInfo Island. It is not static, but some displays are changed to inform about new topics, such as disease, mental health, and conditions. It's often to reflect occasions, such as World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day later this month. So what did Gemma have to say about the location today?

 

Read Gemma's story in Places. 

 

Announcement: Healthful Aging Through Lifelong Learning Conference

Welcome to the Healthful Aging Through Lifelong Learning Conference - a seven-day event designed to educate, entertain and get your brain cells working in multiple worlds!

The Ageless Mind Project is pleased to announce the Healthful Aging Through Lifelong Learning Conference a seven-day event designed to educate, entertain and get your brain cells working in multiple worlds! The conference will feature professionals from a variety of disciplines, including neuroscientists, psychologists, musicians, artists, medical professionals, educators, authors, and game developers, and is designed to:

1. Present science-based insights into the aging process

2. Offer proactive, holistic ways to achieve wellbeing.

3.. Give participants first-hand experience of new and innovative tools, environments, and approaches to healthful aging.

For more information and updated calendars (one for each day of the conference), visit https://agelessmindproject.substack.com/

Date: Monday, May 15 - Sunday, May 21st.

Website: https://AgelessMindProject.org

Blog: https://agelessmindproject.substack.com

Questions?
Email: AgelessMindProject@gmail.com

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Jenaia Morane

 

 

What's New at Health Info Island For Novemeber 2020

 

It's a new month, and there are several new displays at Health Info Island. Among them are the ones for COPD Awareness Month, Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, and Family Caregivers Month. For more infomation, check out the Virtual Ability group, or head on over to the sim.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/173/150/22

Mental Health Month at Health Island

Gemma Cleanslate was with Gentle Heron when she led a tour group through Health Island. Besides advising and helping residents with their physical health, it does the same with their mental well-being. This is particularly the case this month as May is Mental Health Month. And in these days of so many people in lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, a number of them could use some help to deal with frazzled nerves. Gemma followed Gentle as she told the group about the exhibition and the "Mental Health Un-Conference."

Read Gemma's article in Places.

Announcement: Mental Health Awareness Month at SOS

Survivors of Suicide will be honouring mental health awareness week by hosting a month-long Mental Health May Festival! JOIN US! WE'RE LIVE!!!!!!! SLURL TO EVENT: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Legenda/28/6/1677

Join us for a month of live music from some of Second Life's finest musicians! Come and play our gift card and gacha lucky dip giveaway! Choose to keep your gift, or pay it forward to friends or family, it is the month of kindness after all! Come and view our communal gratitude wall honouring kindness during this difficult time!

Most importantly, we will be providing information and resources regarding common mental health conditions to raise awareness and support people on their journeys.

Further information regarding the official Mental Health Awareness Week, that we are supporting with our Mental Health May Festival can be found here.

Please note that details of performance times can be found on our calendar here, alternatively, the gallery here contains images from all our wonderfully kind performers!

HealthInfo Island

HealthInfo Island is a place in Second Life where one can find much information on topics related to human health. Next to and maintained by Virtual ability, the location was built, "to provide timely, accurate, and accessible information on topics of physical, emotional, and mental health." Gemma Cleanslate went there to see if there was a support group for a friend's health issue. She found that and more.

Read Gemma's article in Places.

Paradise Eiland

On Saturday November 26 a new location will be opening, the Paradise Eiland Retreat and Event Center. It is a place of healing using alternative New Age therapies for bodily and spiritual ills. Becky Shamen was informed about the place and decided to see for herself how the place could help someone. So what did she think?

Read Becky's article in Places. 

World Diabetes Day Event

"On November 14, Diabetes Agent will host an all-day Diabetes Awareness Event and Conference in Second Life, featuring moderated discussions with Second Life Residents, exercise sessions, a cooking demo, and a dance party with a live DJ. The event will run from 7 a.m.to 7 p.m. (Pacific) at the Diabetes Guidance Center."

AEI Island (113, 147, 28)

Virtual Ability Hosts "Health Literacy" Discussion

Second Life Newser recently went to Virtual Ability Island, where  the location hosted a discussion on "Health Literacy." Zsuzsa Tomsen presented the talk, explaining what health literacy was, and how improving it could help.

Read more in People.

Press Release: Discussion on Interprofessional Health Care Education at Virtual Ability

Presenters will discuss their learning and experience from the recent All Together Better Health (ATBH) conference in Kobe, Japan. They will link the information from ATBH to key concepts of health literacy that they have used in Second Life in the Garden of Healthy Aging. They will also discuss new developments in health literacy for clinical environments in real life.

Presentation and discussion in text only. Powerpoint slides will be shown illustrating the ideas discussed.

PRESENTER BIOS:
Zsuzsa Tomsen (RL: Susan Toth-Cohen) is the Director of the Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program and Professor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. She has extensive experience instructing in Second Life, where her most recent project is “The Garden of Healthy Aging,” a gerontology resource project. Her numerous publications focus on occupational therapy, consumer health, and gerontology as applied in virtual worlds for professional and program development and evaluation.

ALiesel is an occupational therapy student at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. She works with Zsuzsa Tomsen as a graduate assistant in the Garden of Healthy Aging, with a focus on applying health literacy principles to this project. Earlier this month she co-presented her work in health literacy at the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association conference.

SUN Nov 4, 2012, 1:00pm SLT/Pacific
The Sojourner Auditorium, Virtual Ability

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/53/172/23