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  1. Overcoming financial difficulties in winter

    room (or the room you use most) warm during the day while you’re at home at 21°C (70°F) and heat your bedroom to 18°C (64°F) before you go to bed. If there are rooms you don’t use, like a spare bedroom, turn

  2. What pension options do I have?

    retire.  You could close your pension pot and take the whole amount as cash in one go if you wish – this is called a lump sum. Or you could treat your pension pot like a bank account and ... specified period. Regardless of your pension provider, you can buy your annuity from any provider you wish. It's important to shop around and get personalised quotes from a few providers to make sure

  3. Black History Month: Community and culture

    and they’d all be asking how everyone else was doing, so we’d pass messages of best wishes between them.” We will be back! Among those adjusting to life without access to the centre

  4. The cost of caring

    government is starved of cash, that also impacts on the ability to provide care. Even if the local council wishes to provide adequate or excellent social care, it hasn’t got the means to do so. Care staff

  5. What to do when someone dies

    Birmingham B2 2WH The person who died may have left funeral instructions in their will or a letter of wishes. They may also have taken out a pre-paid funeral plan. This usually means that all the arrangements ... documents will tell you which funeral director to contact. However, if there aren’t any clear wishes, the executor of the will or nearest relative will usually decide if the body will be cremated or

  6. The Age UK Advice Line this Christmas

    get full time home care in place, and arrange for a number of other support services. She wishes us all well and hopes that we all have a very Happy Christmas’.    ‘ Absolutely

  7. What standards you should expect from NHS services

    can make an appointment with a GP of your choice and the practice should try to comply with your wishes. You don’t have a right to have a second opinion, but you can ask to be referred for a second

  8. Job alerts

    to set up an account. The jobseeker will provide their email address only and define how often they wish to receive job alerts. They will receive an email which contains all live Age UK jobs and details

  9. Wendy Mitchell on misconceptions about dementia

    life with dementia. Wendy Mitchell has now written her second book on life with dementia, 'What I Wish People Knew About Dementia'. In our interview, Wendy discusses changes to her life since her first ... — the first of them being time. “In my working life, I was as guilty as anyone else of wishing for the weekend or the next holiday,” she explains. “Now there’s nothing I enjoy

  10. Getting help when feeling unwell

    signs indicating a stroke. Signs of a stroke may be difficult to recognise but the FAST test can help. F acial weakness: can they smile? Has part of their face fallen on one side? A rm weakness: can they raise

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