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  1. How to get help with urgent or one-off expenses

    If you have an unexpected bill or emergency cost that you can't pay, There might be support available. Find out more from Age UK.

  2. 45 Reps a Day

    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

  3. 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

  4. High blood pressure

    risk of heart disease, kidney disease and dementia. You can find out more about complications on the NHS website If you suffer from hypertension, you're 3 times as likely to develop heart disease and a stroke

  5. General Election 2024

    income security from the Triple Lock staying in place and a reduction in pensioner poverty. A reliable NHS where they can see their GP quickly and get hospital treatment within a reasonable timescale, and decent

  6. Accessible days out in the South East

    Manor in the Cotswolds, another National Trust beauty, has several free mobility scooters and wheelchairs, which can be booked in advance or you can try pot luck on the day. The beautiful gardens are not ... Sheffield Park and Gardens in East Sussex. It makes a great change for anyone who normally pushes a wheelchair user. They can hop in too and enjoy the view from the buggy. Due to demand, these need to be requested

  7. A time for thanks

    providing a vital public service, whoever actually employs them. And last but not least there’s the NHS and everyone who works in it: the doctors and nurses obviously but so many others as well – porters ... onto staff and volunteers who stay well as they try to plug the gaps. Some workers, especially in the NHS and social care, will be finding it hard not to recall distressing times they experienced earlier in

  8. Resources for further research

    Income, Pensioner Income Series) DWP benefit take-up estimates Dividing line Department of Health/NHS NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) GP Patient Survey Dividing

  9. Creating hope

    food, and other basics. Or the cancellation of appointments and operations because of problems in the NHS. Our most recent awareness campaign, Know What To Do , has attracted a lot of debate and comment. The ... on benefits. And in Norwich, where Age UK Norwich is working with businesses, Norwich City FC, the NHS and others to call for Norwich to be an age-friendly city. And in Nottingham, where an innovative approach

  10. 7 reasons we need the Green Paper

    NOW There are 1.4 million older people in the UK struggling without the help they need. And with the NHS losing £500 a minute as unsatisfactory levels of home care result in an overreliance on hospital care ... care. That's 10 older people draining their savings every day. £476,939,017 has been wasted by the NHS through delayed discharge due to lack of social care. That's almost £500 wasted every minute

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