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  1. Getting active when you're not sure where to start

    stretching if you've been sat down for a while walking to the shops instead of driving or choosing a parking space a bit further away from the shops if you drive there using stairs instead of lifts or escalators ... are best, as they help keep your heart, lungs and brain healthy. You could try: things in your own home, such as gentle chair-based exercises doing some gardening or heading out for a walk cycling, jogging

  2. How much does care cost?

    in your own home can cost around £25 per hour, and residential care can cost around £949 a week for a place in a care home and £1,267 a week for a place in a nursing home. However, it's ... does home care cost? Home care services aren't usually free. How you pay for your home care depends on lots of different factors.  Find out more about paying for home care How much do care homes cost

  3. Information and advice

    provide free information and advice to help you on topics as diverse as claiming benefits to care homes. Join in Our local Age UKs are a doorway to a huge variety of social events, groups and activities

  4. Retirement on the road

    “I want to age vibrantly.” How Siobhan, 63, traded in her home and possessions for a retirement spent travelling across the UK. Motorhome In 2019, Siobhan Daniels found herself in the driving seat of a ... a motorhome, about to rev into retirement and a brand new adventure. “I sold my home and gave away all my possessions to charity shops – my daughter thought I’d gone bonkers!” laughs

  5. VE Day 2025

    was under so much stress, not knowing from one minute to the other what was going to happen. Even at home, when a plane flew over, you never knew if it was going to be dropping a bomb and that could be it ... baby right away, and it was hard to get back, so it might be weeks or even months before I could get home, so that was stressful. It was very difficult with little children, because they didn’t understand

  6. Celebrating special grandparents

    she used to wake me up every Sunday so I could go to Mass with her. Afterwards, I used to walk her home and we’d have a chat. I still miss those times together, but the memories give me joy. While ... – from making ‘perfume’ from rose petals in the garden to hours spent at local parks. Jemma Grandad loved making something from nothing, so the shed was his favourite place to be. We

  7. Top tips for ageing better

    moving much with small chunks of activity. This might look like: taking the stairs over the lift parking the car further from your destination to get some steps in setting regular reminders to stand, stretch ... carrying home your shopping bags practising getting up off the floor in different ways (sounds simple, but it can become trickier as we age and is a key skill for an independent later life) at-home activities

  8. Accessible days out in the Scottish Borders and Edinburgh

    work. The formal gardens are also quite accessible. More information Available:  disabled car parking, wheelchairs & mobility scooters welcome, wheelchair hire, assistance dogs welcome, respite seating ... limited mobility. For starters, it has parking for blue badge holders on the Esplanade (you have to pre-book by phone). When you arrive, staff will show you where to park before taking you on their mobility

  9. Keeping older people warm and well this winter

    What is a Green Homes Grant and how will it help? With more of us likely to be spending longer at home this winter, Joel Lewis, Age UK’s Consumer and Financial Services Policy Manager explains a new Government ... funding to improve the energy efficiency of homes across England. But will this early Christmas present help keep older people warm and well this winter? Green Homes Grants The UK has the oldest housing stock

  10. Kitchen garden basics: tips on sowing, harvesting and planting

    we’ve looked at five nutritious vegetables and included tips on how you can grow them yourself at home. Spinach Packed full of antioxidants and vitamins A and K, spinach is widely known for its energy-boosting ... it’s thought to support healthy bones and heart health too. To grow this leafy green vegetable at home, simply find a spot of fertile soil in your garden and sow a handful of spinach seeds about half an

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