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  1. Why vaccines are so important

    America and that's what they were all given.” “In those days, unless your head was falling off, you went to work and that was it. There was no being off sick unless you were really incapacitated ... “Eventually, I recovered. I haven’t really got any lasting effects from it. I tend to fall over on the side of my left foot sometimes, but that’s all. I was very

  2. 7 steps to a great night's sleep

    watching TV, as these can both wake you up too much. After 20 minutes, go back to bed and see if you can fall asleep again. If not, repeat the process. How to tell if you have a sleep disorder Although you might ... You should talk to your doctor if you regularly experience these symptoms: Persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep. Feeling drowsy during the day. Having low energy. Struggling to concentrate. Abnormal

  3. A day in the life of the Age UK Advice Line

    speaks with a man whose father is about to be discharged from hospital after a long stay, due to falling at home and breaking his hip. He is concerned about how his father will cope at home alone, once ... mother who doesn’t want to move into residential care but is becoming increasingly frail and falling at home. Rebecca arranges to send a useful information guide about getting help at home , suggests

  4. Do what you can

    confidence would develop, and you’d see them becoming stronger. “If you’ve had a fall that can be quite life-changing for some older adults. Your confidence can be lost and you can become ... change how you live. The aim, then, is to get people back to that life. Watching someone who's had a fall go from gripping on to something for dear life because they couldn’t balance on one leg, to

  5. Care plans

    A care plan sets out how your local council is going to meet your social care needs. Find out more with Age UK.

  6. Building Resilience

    could be one of a wide variety of things such as a bereavement, a relationship breakdown, having a fall, being diagnosed with a health condition, finding it harder to look after yourself, changes in your

  7. How you can beat the blues this January

    prioritising these costs can mean struggling with household and energy bills. The stress and anxiety of falling behind on payments or getting into debt can really get the year off to a bad start. Thankfully, help

  8. Uncovering the extent of cybercrime across the UK

    therefore vital that we have the knowledge and tools to protect ourselves online to minimise the risk of falling victim to cybercrime. How often is cybercrime reported across the UK?  To uncover the extent

  9. What is the value of an older person’s life?

    mother, over the course of the best part of four years. This came about after she had a catastrophic fall at home which robbed her of almost all her mental capacity in an instant. My mother lost much that ... experience of caring for my mother, alongside others, over the months and years that followed her fall, caused me, as I am sure it causes many others, to think about what really matters - what it is to

  10. Your hospital stay

    have pets, the Cinnamon Trust have a fostering service for when owners are in hospital. If you have a fall , a suspected heart attack or a stroke, you may be taken to a hospital A&E department. The hospital ... history of your symptoms leading up to the incident – for example, if you arrive following a fall, it’s important that staff know whether you’ve fallen before.  Once you’ve

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