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  1. Finding and arranging social care

    needs assessment. This identifies what kind of social care would meet your care needs, whether this means adapting your home or moving into a care home. Types of social care services What is social care? ... tasks with ease and live comfortably. It can mean different things to different people. Caroline Abrahams, Age UK's Charity Director, explains what we mean when we talk about it.

  2. Supporting older people to stay well this winter

    that’s at risk – as we get older, loss of muscle mass and other age-related physical changes mean our bodies are less able to regulate temperature . This can make us more likely to be affected by ... people’s health and wellbeing often make it harder to sustain social connections. This all means that older people are more likely to spend additional time at home over winter, which has implications

  3. Coronavirus and Black older people

    years. As age is such an important risk factor for dying from coronavirus, we would expect this to mean the average Black person would be at lower risk. In order to examine this, the ONS have calculated ... people may be at higher risk of catching coronavirus is reflected in the numbers of people who are testing positive for the virus. Public Health England data shows that, for much of the pandemic, there have

  4. Lessons on death and dying in a global pandemic

    have expected, and will have robbed them of precious time.   While COVID-19 has ‘stress tested’ pretty much all aspects of our health and care systems (including end of life care), it has ... family, were confident that their health and lives were truly and equally valued? Living longer now means living with more health conditions The second lesson takes us full circle to that question of who

  5. How to prepare for flooding

    different levels of warning: a flood  alert means you need to prepare a flood warning means you should take action a severe  flood warning means there's a danger to life. Sign up for free flood

  6. Frailty in older people

    Frailty in older people Living with frailty means it can be much more difficult to bounce back when something affects your health and wellbeing. Here’s what you need to know if you’re working with older

  7. Renewing your driving licence at 70

    We've brought together information and advice about renewing your licence when you turn 70.

  8. Depression & anxiety symptoms, causes & treatment

    pessimistic, hopeless or guilty having difficulty getting restful sleep – whether this means waking up early and not being able to fall back asleep or insomnia not wanting to get out of bed having ... look after yourself changes in appetite not taking your medication as directed – whether this means not taking it at all or taking too much of it low sex drive drinking more alcohol than usual 

  9. How to make a video call

    calls, you can access Zoom through your internet browser on your smartphone, tablet or computer. This means you don't have to download anything to receive Zoom calls. Click on the link that your contact has ... (an Apple device, like an iPhone or Mac), you'll see the icon of a camera next to their name, which means you can FaceTime video call them. Click this icon to video cal them. To end the call, just click the

  10. Wit and wisdom: inside an Age UK comedy night

    are generously performing for free, and the performance space was kindly gifted by The Gaffe, which means that every penny raised from ticket sales will go directly towards supporting Age UK Bristol’s ... mobility scooters, before Jack Campbell manages to mine laughs from his time working at a coronavirus testing centre. Louise Leigh is at the helm of it all, as the compère for the evening. “The

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