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AgeUKIG14_staying_steady_inf.pdf

3 Contents What this guide is about. 4 Getting help from the NHS 6 Staying active 8 Moving more 8 Getting started and keeping it up 11 Your health 12 Eyesight, hearing and balance 12 Taking care of ... feet 15 Managing your medicines 16 Eating and drinking 16 Keeping your bones strong 17 Around the home 19 Getting a care needs assessment 19 Keeping safe at home 20 Telecare 22 What to do if you have a fall

Update September 2016 (PDF)

make the UK a great place to grow old. With your help, we’re working hard to achieve this goal. Keeping healthy and looking after ourselves in later life is really important and our work in health and ... concluded that a physically active lifestyle can help reduce the risk of cognitive decline in later life. To keep your brain healthy, GCBH advise leading a physically active lifestyle throughout the day

Healthy living information guide (PDF)

carers and expert peer reviewers. Published: July 2024 3 Contents. What this guide is about 4 Getting active The benefits of moving more 6 If you’re just getting started 7 If you’re ready to take the next ... your mental health 19 Other ways to keep healthy Quitting smoking 24 Looking after your eyesight 25 Looking after your hearing 26 Keeping your bones healthy 27 Keeping your teeth healthy 28 Caring for your

Talk to Me principles - Engaging older people final.pdf

Activity Alliance developed the Talk to Me principles based on research with disabled people. It also involved a mix of people who provide or deliver activity to disabled people. The principles support ... disabled people, but if applied effectively, are also relevant to all audiences. Through the Get Out Get Active (GOGA) programme we are testing these principles and understanding how to apply them for different

Policy position: age friendly health services (PDF)

achieving parity of esteem between physical and mental health.  NHS England and commissioners must keep under review the impact of reductions in funding on older people access to and outcomes from care ... commissioning and measuring the performance of local services.  GP services must be driven by pro-active, preventative care; a full understanding of older people’s health needs; and must fully involve their

Policy and research update (April 2019) (PDF)

clothes or outings, taking out repayment plans to afford new electrical items or furniture, seeking to keep working and claiming any available benefits. Many appeared resigned to the increasing costs they encountered ... aims to support older people to avoid becoming, or being a repeat victim, or scams and fraudulent activity whilst testing a referral pathway between Age UK and Action Fraud. 4/30/2019 Policy and Research

Research report 2019- One step at a time.pdf

Research into enabling physically inactive older people to become more active One step at a time 2 www.ageuk.org.uk/movingmore About the project With thanks to National Lottery funding from Sport England ... that help people get active and play sport. It wants everyone in England, regardless of age, background, or level of ability, to feel able to engage in sport and physical activity. That’s why a lot of

Age UK - The Cost of Cold - Non-MP Version.pdf

For Later Life - Is the system broken? Reality and practice across the health and care system (PDF)

rehab support  Need to re-focus rehab around symptoms and goals - helping people be as physically active as possible despite limitations, so adding life to years, not simply years to life.  Need more ... geriatrician–led @home service is a community based multidisciplinary team, available 7 days a week that aims to keep people out of hospital and enable timely return home. Two thirds of the 300 patients seen per month

Age UK consultation response, Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay, Dec 24.pdf

waiting period. As well as being important for individuals and their families, such a system will help keep older workers in the labour market for longer, bringing wider economic and fiscal benefits. • We support ... financially secure. As well as being important for individuals and their families, such a system will help keep older workers in the labour market for longer, bringing wider economic and fiscal benefits. We support