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  1. Keeping warm and well in winter

    older, changes to our bodies mean that cold weather and winter bugs affect us more than they used to. But there are things you can do to stay warm and well. Find out more with Age UK.

  2. How and why your thinking skills change

    thinking skills change throughout our lives. It’s a long period of gradual change, starting in youth and continuing into later life. In this lifelong process, we experience a relatively small amount of decline ... thinking skills. This is known as  ‘normal cognitive ageing’ . It’s experienced by most of us and doesn’t usually affect our independence or quality of life. Thinking skills that are affected by normal

  3. Older EU citizens and settled status

    Home Office, Age UK estimates there may be somewhere in the region of 40,000 people aged 65 years and older who are yet to make an application to the Settled Status scheme . This is the process that every ... by this deadline could potentially lose their rights to social security benefits, social housing, and social care services, among other things. We want to avoid that possibility, of course, so we would

  4. Unreasonable, discriminatory and/or abusive behaviour policy

    actions and behaviours that may have a negative effect, and what we will do if they occur. It applies to everyone who interacts or communicates with us, including service users, customers, donors and supporters

  5. Financial and legal tips before remarrying

    form a couple with a new partner and only one of you is over state pension age, you become a new 'mixed-age couple'. This means that your existing benefits may end and you may have to claim Universal Credit ... exceptions. Find out more about the State Pension If you’re a member of a workplace pension scheme and you decide to remarry or form a new civil partnership, you may want to change the 'nominated beneficiary'

  6. Benefits and accessing cash - coronavirus advice

    coronavirus outbreak has led to some changes in how benefits can be claimed and how we can access cash. We've outlined some of these changes and what they might mean for you.

  7. Music and memories: a volunteer's story

    volunteering there for six-and-a-half years affectionately refers to them as “recycled teenagers” – a term they’re very keen on. ‘People love it,’ laughs Dick, who’s also a musician and incorporates his gift ... gift into his work. ‘Lots of the elderly people are very young at heart, and it’s great they can keep that and if we assist in bringing that out.’ We sat down with the affable rocker, who’s a life-long fan

  8. Keeping your fundraising safe and legal

    rewarding way of supporting Age UK. Please read these tips on how to keep your fundraising for Age UK safe and legal beforehand.

  9. The magic of music and volunteering

    Pop singer Joe McElderry and his grandmother visit Age UK North Tyneside to see firsthand the difference their singing group makes to the lives of older people living with dementia.

  10. Dementia: types, causes, symptoms and risk factors

    understand dementia – including the common symptoms of dementia, the different types of dementia, and what you can do if you think you have dementia.

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