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during and after your hospital stay. It includes: planned and emergency admissions to hospital your rights while you’re in hospital how to submit compliments and complaints about your care the discharge ... discharge process your care after you leave the hospital. It also lists useful organisations you can contact for further information and support about your hospital stay. Download your guide (PDF, 2 MB) Need
engaging in new activities are linked with better thinking skills in later life. Some lifestyle choices increase the risk of more decline. This includes smoking. In addition, some health conditions ... everything is in our DNA. Open up the headings below to find out how the way you live your life could affect your thinking skills, according to the latest evidence. The evidence indicates that we can help
impact on your daily life. Lack of sleep is associated with poor performance at work and it can affect your mood, causing problems within your relationships. Poor sleep can also affect your appetite, making ... affect your mental wellbeing, causing conditions such as depression and anxiety. Sleep deprivation can lead to accidents and injuries and can also affect memory, because sleep cycles give your brain a
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remembering things from childhood (long-term memory). Jean, 71 Blackburn Your brain carries the history of yourself, your family and your community Most of us experience ‘normal cognitive ageing’ but some of ... Many of these are due to lifestyle choices we can control or change, meaning we can have an impact on how our thinking skills change as we age. Looking after your thinking skills There is evidence that