Apps to stay well this winter
Cold weather and winter bugs can affect our health, but there are things we can all do to keep well. Apps can be a good source of information, advice and motivation.
Here is a selection of apps to help you manage your health concerns common for this time for year.
Download one today.
Plan ahead
Even if you feel well now, planning ahead will be particularly important this winter, as flu and coronavirus levels are expected to rise. Apps can help you book vaccinations and get trusted advice from your home.
Book your vaccinations
Build your defences against the flu virus.
If you are aged 50 and over, or living with certain health conditions, you may be at higher risk of serious illness. Getting vaccinated early is important to build your defences. Contact your doctor's survey or your local pharmacy today.
Keep your lungs healthy
If you have a lung condition, you may find the cold weather leaves you short of breath or coughing more than usual. Keep your lungs as healthy as possible throughout the winter months by trying an app.
About My mHealth app
My mHealth is free online app that empowers patients to manage their own condition. The app gives patients easy access to a set of self management and rehabilitation tools, educational courses, reporting mechanisms and checklists.
Islanders living with asthma (myAsthma) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (myCOPD) can get access to the app:
Download the app to complete the self referral form to have an account set up for you.
You will receive an activation email from my mHealth with step by step instructions on how to set up the app.
Cardiology
Diabetes
Respiratory
+1
Free to download and use
80%
Level 4
80%
Level 4
FREE TO DOWNLOAD & USE
Smoke Free - Stop Smoking Now
Smoke Free - Quit Smoking Now is an app that can help you quit smoking.
The app works by helping you keep a diary of your thoughts, feelings and cravings.
You can speak to quit smoking advisors, and get messages of encouragement and updates on your quit smoking progress. The app shows you all the health benefits that you have gained and how much money you have saved since you quit smoking.
To help you stay on track, you can follow other people's quit smoking journey within the community on the app. It is suitable for adults and children over 13 years old.
Healthy Living
In App Purchases
90%
Level 3
90%
Level 3
Preventing falls and keeping active
The weather can make it feel harder to motivate yourself to get up and move. But activity, at a level that feels right for you, is important to help maintain your strength and mobility. An app can help get you moving and feeling your best through the winter months ahead.
Exercise
Just ten minutes of brisk walking every day can get your heart pumping and can make you feel more energetic, as well as lowering your risk of serious illnesses.
Developed by the NHS, Active 10 Walking Tracker is a free app that helps you to include brisk walking into your daily routine. It lets you:
Track all your walking and how many minutes were brisk.
Use a Pace Checker, to see what brisk walking feels like.
Set goals to keep motivated and help you progress.
Age: 4+ years old.
Healthy Living
Respiratory
Entirely Free
78%
Level 2
77%
Level 2
Fit For Life, which includes an exercise group, is open to people who might be at risk from falls. It was launched to help prevent Islanders at risk of falls, frailty and deteriorating health from being admitted to hospital by preventing people from reaching crisis point by improving their strength, balance, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness.
Beat the winter blues
Some of us can struggle with our mental health during the colder months and in the run up to Christmas and New Year. Why not try a safe and confidential app that can help.
Sorted: Mental Health
Sorted : Mental Health is an app that can help support your mental health using music and guides you listen to, it is suitable for adults and children over 16 years old.
To use Sorted : Mental Health, you need a smart device with speakers or headphones that you can use to listen to the audio tracks. You choose the music you want to listen to, and change it to suit you, you can also listen to guides on topics that may affect your mental health.
Healthy Living
Mental Health
Respiratory
In App Purchases
92%
Level 3
91%
Level 3
Togetherall
Togetherall helps support you with your mental health. The app provides you with a health diary where you can write how you feel. You can read educational resources and take courses to learn more about how to care for your mental health and wellbeing.
Get support from the community in the app. Trained healthcare professionals looks after the community to support you and keep you safe.
Mental Health
Free to download and use
87%
Level 3
FREE TO DOWNLOAD & USE
For young adults
Developed for teenage mental health charity stem4, Move Mood is a free app designed to help young people who are experiencing low mood or depression.
Completely anonymous, it lets you:
Set tasks that you want to achieve each day.
Be accompanied by an animated companion, to be there and motive you.
Keep track of your progress and receive rewards.
Age: Designed for young adults.
Mental Health
Entirely Free
71%
Level 3
71%
Level 3
Your child’s health
Colds and winter bugs are inevitable amongst children as they build their immune system. You know your child better than anyone and so you’ll probably be first to notice if they are coming down with something. There are apps to help you understand the signs and symptoms of illness, and when to seek medical attention.
Keep your little ones safe with the British Red Cross baby and child first aid app. Packed with useful videos, easy to follow advice and a test section – it’s free and simple to download. There is also a handy toolkit where you can record your child's medication needs and any allergies. The information is all on the app itself, meaning you don’t need an internet connection and can access it on the go.
First Aid
Paediatric
Utilities/ Administration
Entirely Free
75%
Level 2
76%
Level 2
50 Things Before You're Five gives you 50 activities that parents and carers can support their children to try out and repeat. They are low-cost/no cost experiences that include indoor, outdoor, seasonal, home-based and out-and-about activities, that are not only fun but will get your little one off to a flying start with his/her learning and language development.
Each experience has been suggested by parents, carers and professionals; sifted, developed and written up by early years experts and language specialists, to create a fabulous resource for every child under five and the grown-ups in their life!
Paediatric
Utilities/ Administration
Entirely Free
78%
Level 2
78%
Level 2
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