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Wellness Vision for 2020 in The Grove

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  • Well-being::
    • A heart free of bitterness resentment hate envy unforgiveness
    • A spirit filled with joy hope celebration thankfulness good will to the community a sense of belonging and purpose
    • A sense of control over our lives of living authentic lives in which we can be open real and honest to each other
    • An environment which refreshes us
    • A spirit free of guilt
    • Self-confidence and optimism and commitment to goals beyond our own individual welfare
    • Time for deep revitalising sleep and rest when we need it
    • Stable communities where the social structures are known and can be relied on
    • Freedom from deep worries such as heavy financial pressures
    • Relationships with our family neighbours community providing nurture trust essential support  & long-term stability
    • Hugs and affection
    • Relationships with animals and birds and livestock
  • ||||Identification of local community health care::
    • Identification of all providers across all sectors
    • Identification of all needs
  • ||||Nutrition::
    • Food grown on soil which provides essential nutrients
    • A balanced diet of fresh nutritious locally-grown food
    • Freedom from toxins anti-biotics and dangerous additives
    • Food bursting with natural enzymes and lfe
    • Non-excessive calorie intake
    • Adequate salt intake for sub-tropical climate especially if working outdoors or doing manual labour
      • Stores of salt may have been sourced before the transition if local sources cannot be identified & mined
    • Local manufacture of nutriceuticals
  • ||||Food hygeine::
    • Well-understood and practiced processes for handling and storing food to avoid contamination
  • ||||Fresh water::
    • Water that is safe to drink
    • Water that is free from dangerous additives
    • Local water supplies with methods for ensuring they are potable
  • ||||Fresh air and sunlight::
    • Pollution free air to breathe
    • Vitamin D from sunlight
      • Attention to hats sunglasses and protection against excessive sun exposure
      • Regular treatment for sun-damage to skin
  • ||||First aid::
    • Treatment for wounds and burns
    • Snake-bite tick and spider-bite treatment
    • Treatment for broken bones and sprains
    • Treatment for concussion
    • Nurture for aching backs sore joints and tired limbs
  • ||||Minor surgery::
    • Local surgeries with medical practitioners with skills to perform surgery including appendectomies
    • Local medical practitioners skilled and prepared to assist at child-birth
    • Stores of antisceptics anaesthetics and surgical supplies such as scalples
    • Careful preservation of local surgeries and local medical manufacturing or testing sites and equipment
  • ||||Dental care::
    • Local dental care
    • Dental hygeine education
    • Local production of brushes and materials for cleaning teeth
    • Local manufacture of false teeth
  • ||||Vision and hearing::
    • Education in care of eyes and eye exercises to enhance vision
    • Sunglasses
    • Knowledge about how to live with reduced vision
    • Access to specialist treatment for eyes including provision of spectacles
    • Stores of spectacles
    • Knowledge of hour to lie with reduced hearing although damaging levels of noise are no longer a concern
    • Supply of hearing aids
  • ||||Respite::
    • Care for our children and dependents when they are ill and we must work
    • Integration of frail aged into situations where they can receive assistance with meals and care
    • Care and loving support when we are ill
    • Care and loving support when we are dying
    • Care and disposal of the dead including provision for local burial
    • Care for those among us who need help because of disabilities
    • Care for our carers
    • Knowing who in our community needs care and how to provide it
    • Knowing who in our community provides care and being part of providing it
    • Knowing how to look after our health
    • Understanding how to manage any chronic health condition we have as much as possible without external resources
      • Individuals aim to have training and resources to self-care
      • Support groups for particular conditions so that other people in the area can learn from and help each other
  • ||||Pain management::
    • Education and support in exercise masssage physiotherapy Feldenkrais Bowen therapy meditation acupuncture pilates and movement strategies
    • Stores of equipment for mobility and support (cushions walking frames canes wheel chairs support belts…)
    • Heat pads
  • ||||Education and health information management::
    • Local library of health books and journals
    • Local education courses and workshops for sharing knowledge among local health professionals
    • Local education courses and workshops for the community to learn how to care for their own health
  • ||||Breathing and allergies::
    • Knowledge of systems for improving breathing through exercise (Buteyko breathing yoga breathing methods)
    • Knowledge of how to identify allergies
  • ||||Pharmaceutical stores::
    • Carefully selected reserves of products which can be stored long-term for which there is clear demand and no natural substitute
    • Identification of local plantsand growing plants with medicinal properties
    • Bandages band-aids splints
    • Production of insect repellants for mosquito and tic control from locally-grown plants
    • Production of antisceptants such as ti-tree oil from locally grown shrubs
    • Local manufacture of products such as vinegar olive oil honey especially varieties with high antisceptic properties
    • Supplies of iodine bi-carb soda
    • Carefully controlled local production of products for management of severe pain cases
  • ||||Personal hygeine::
    • Soaps local manufacture of soaps and anti-bacterials
    • Teeth hygeine including ways of cleaning teeth with locally made products
    • Adequate water supply for washing regularly
    • Attention to nail hygeine nail files brushes
    • Locally produced alternatives identified for female sanitary items
    • Local alternatives identified for personal toilet cleansing
  • ||||Protective clothing and footwear::
    • Local manufacture of clothing suitable for manual and outside work
    • Local footwear manufacture
    • Local gloves manufacture
    • Local hats and sunshade manufacture
    • Local wet-weather protection manufacture
  • ||||Foot care::
    • With greatly increased walking and outdoor work foot care is a prime consideration
    • Local podiatrist
    • Knowledge and attention by individuals to taking care of their feet and to feet hygeine
    • Attention to getting urgent help with foot wounds
    • Education about foot care
  • ||||Digestive tract and parasite control::
    • Supplies of locally grown wormwood for worm treatment of humans and livestock
    • Knowledge of how to manage livestock to minimise picking up diseases from them
    • Post-transition diet and greater level of physical work and activity condusive to generally improved bowel health
    • Knowledge of ways of managing bowel and digestive health
  • ||||Exercise::
    • A Transition world will provide a lot more exercise naturally
      • Walking
      • Cycling
      • Working in the garden to grow food
    • Local sports (tennis cricket football basketball dancing yoga Tai Chi athletics rugby bowling volleyballgolf..)
  • ||||Conception pregnancy child-birth child-care::
    • Knowledge and education on sexual development
    • Knowledge and availability of natural contraception methods
    • Knowledge and support for mothers during pregnancy
    • Birthing centres and birthing support for mothers and neo-nates
    • Knowledge education and support for new parents in raising babies and infants
    • Support with breast-feeding
  • ||||Infectious disease control::
    • Low influx of new infections into local community
    • Knowledge of how to identify and treat and isolate childhood infections
    • Vaccinations if they are available
    • Care and attention to methods of hygeine to restrict disease transmission
    • Attention to public health factors such as rats including careful management of places where they might breed
      • Equipment to clean and clear areas of dirt and rubbish
      • Collection procedures for materials for on-cycling
    • Careful management of blackwater and greywater to avoid contamination of soil and water supplies
    • Management of potential mosquito-breeding sites with education programs and treatment with locally produced insecticides
    • Well-understood and practiced processes for protecting against inhaled pathogens when working with composts
  • ||||Industrial processes and occupational health and safety::
    • Where processes provide potential for harm or disease these need to be managed with strict protocols
    • Where equipment is used which involves risk of occupation harm this needs to be managed with strict protocols
      • Ladders heights
      • Using equipment such as saws and axes where there is potential for accidents
      • Lifting heavy goods or pulling heavy items
  • ||||Extreme health crises::
    • Knowledge of first aid skills
    • Local medical practitioners skilled in diagnosis especially through locally available diagnostic tools and reference sources
    • Where conditions cannot be managed within the local area a facility for delivery to a regional hospital

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