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  1. Living in a residential park home (mobile home)

    Park homes, also known as mobile homes, are single-storey houses that can be moved from place to place. Find out if a park home would suit you from Age UK.

  2. Howzat for ageing better!

    information.  In doing so, Sara learned there weren’t any walking cricket groups in her local area – and being, in her own words, not “terribly sporty”, she didn’t know how ... moving more has motivated Sara to embrace other methods of exercise, including long walks in her local area, to build fitness levels even more.  As walking cricket’s popularity grew in Surrey, so

  3. Moments that matter

    Even though I kept in touch [with friends from my old area], and I used to get some visits [from them], once you’ve moved out of a particular area, things change.” Claudette I never used to understand

  4. Build up your skills

    in your existing job. Your local council can give you details of courses for adult learners in your area. Age UK coordinates a network of computer training centres providing jargon-free training tailored

  5. Ruby Wax on mindfulness for older people

    you’re going to get more muscular in that area eventually. It’s the same thing with these exercises - you will get this neural mass in the areas of the brain responsible for focus and memory

  6. Breaking down the barriers of ethnic inequalities in health

    Geography Some of these other barriers can have more or less of an impact depending on where you live. In areas where many older people of the same ethnicity live, there are more likely to be specialist services ... services available. In places where there are fewer people of colour living, including many rural areas and coastal parts of the UK, some of the other barriers outlined are exacerbated and access to health and

  7. How the NHS recovers from coronavirus

    Clap for carers NHS and care workers have mounted a heroic effort to confront COVID-19 and in many areas have already started to adapt local services to meet both the immediate crisis and these historic ... restoring those services that older people have missed during the pandemic. The most immediate and obvious area is rehabilitation, services that help people to manage their long-term conditions and recover from

  8. Cold Weather Payment

    Cold Weather Payment is £25 a week for each 7 day period of cold weather. This only applies between 1 November and 31 March each year. Find out more from Age UK.

  9. One Digital

    intermediaries or Digital Champions. Our goal as part of the partnership was to support older people in areas of high digital exclusion to get online or to develop their basic digital skills. Working with the

  10. What is k and who are the super-spreaders?

    include spending long periods of time in close contact with other people, indoors in poorly ventilated areas, and being among other people who are singing or shouting. These activities can easily become super-spreader

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