When They Get Older is here to help. We’re sharing tips and experiences to give you support as you support your older relatives. Health and wealth, pastimes and pleasures, challenges and relationships – we talk about them all here.
There’s a great deal of study going on into practices and treatments that might help with the prevention or at least the slowing down of the onset of dementia. With a growing population of older people with Type 2 diabetes, it’s really interesting to see that GLP-1 and metformin – two regularly prescribed treatments for […]
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Recent research by USwitch has found that those on low incomes struggling to afford their broadband bills in the UK could be entitled to savings of up to £257.88 a year with the help of social tariffs. While this research relates primarily to those on universal credit, some pensioners could also qualify. However, receiving a […]
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I was watching Simon Reeves, the television travel presenter, beginning his new series on pilgrimage this week. His first episode began and ended in the UK, and looked like an interesting project, but surely too much like hard work to add to the things to do in retirement list? Yet according to the British Pilgrimage […]
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It’s early January and it’s cold here in the UK. Nothing compared to other parts of the world, but we struggle with dealing with it because we have to be prepared for all sorts of weather. Only a few months ago we were wilting under higher than normal temperatures, followed by weeks of downpours. So […]
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