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  1. Exercise for everyone: the age-friendly gym

    popular gym for people aged 50+ is open five days a week and features specialist equipment for wheelchair users. We spoke to John, the Fitness and Wellbeing Manager at the Laburnum Centre, to find out ... biggest examples is the seats. Normally, if you’re in a wheelchair and there’s a seat on a machine, you have to get off the wheelchair or you can’t use it. But we’ve got a really easy

  2. Paige praises the power of yoga

    workout These classes offer different options for how to get involved, to cater for all levels of mobility: some participants practised yoga on floor mats, while others felt more comfortable sitting on chairs ... extended periods of time isn’t good for the lymphatic system, for the joints or for long-term mobility – “it’s so important to keep moving, even if it’s only a little bit”

  3. Rosemary and Rowena

    fold-up chair in the living room, which she says is very comfortable.  “Now I’m in a wheelchair, we’re more limited in the things we can do , but we try to go to London and to places with ... a prisoner, she feels she has no sense of control – while in her earlier life, when she was mobile, she was on various committees and helped regenerate a council housing estate.  “She had such

  4. Jeanette's story

    lots more aches and pains because of the cold weather,” she tells us. “I’m not so mobile in the winter, and I don’t really want to go out because I’m frightened of having an ... concerns over her energy bills, it has allowed her to buy herself a second-hand mobility scooter to help with her mobility problems in winter and all year round. “Without Age UK, I wouldn’t

  5. Choosing the right care home for you

    Choosing a care home is a big decision. Use Age UK's care home checklist to make sure you know exactly what to look for when visiting potential homes.

  6. Together we're not alone

    strokes, former delivery driver Michael, 73, has lived alone in sheltered accommodation. His ongoing mobility problems mean that Michael can go days without speaking to another person. With no support system

  7. Help a lonely older person this Christmas

    Since Brenda's husband died 20 years ago, she's become more isolated with each passing year. Her mobility issues mean she struggles to get out and about and, without anyone to speak to, her days have felt

  8. Cascade Volunteer Training Programme

    in personalised activity planning, to train volunteers in roles to support greater independence, mobility and social interaction using the concept of the Tea Party. Visit the NAPA website Life and Soul

  9. Tackling Inequalities Fund

    older people we surveyed by: reducing their ability to do day-to-day activities leading to a loss of mobility and balance from moving less experiencing increased pain from untreated medical conditions, and

  10. Swim 5k or 10k in June

    husband died in 2007. Having polio as a child has meant she’s spent later life needing a wheelchair, with circulation so poor she desperately feels the cold. Sheila is so worried about the cost of

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