Wanted: Gardens for keen gardeners!
Green fingered enthusiasts in Edinburgh are able to take action on the shortage of allotments in the city by using a new scheme that matches up people with gardens who can’t cope with gardeners. The scheme, thought to be a first for Scotland, is ideal for those elderly residents who would otherwise have to pay [...]
New guide out for elderly with sensory loss
A new guide to enable older people with sensory loss to get the support and help they need launched by Counsel and Care.
Around a million older people in the UK are affected by sight loss and many also have hearing loss and many need help to find resources that may help them, according to Counsel [...]
High Dose Of Flu Vaccine Boosts Elderly Immunity
Giving elderly people age 65 and older a dose four times larger than the standard flu vaccine boosts the amount of antibodies in their blood to levels considered protective against the flu, more so than the standard flu vaccine does. The higher dose of vaccine generally resulted in approximately 30 percent to 80 percent more [...]
Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs)
Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs) was launched in 2006 with the aim of helping older people to remain independent and prevent or delay the need for more intense care. Since then over £60 milllion has been spent on the scheme helping almost 100,000 people.
The projects can help older people by doing their shopping or [...]
Is 60 the new 40?
With everyone living longer and better medical facilities and practices available, it seems that getting old doesn’t mean the same as it did just a few years ago.
And the first people to tell you that are the “elderly” themselves! Very few 60 year olds would describe themselves as elderly - that term is now left [...]
Travelling with medication
When travelling abroad with your medication there are some sensible precautions to take and with the current high level of security checks around the world you can’t be too careful!
If you have a lot of prescribed medication you will have to start thinking quite far in advance. In the UK you may need to get [...]
Massage Therapy For The Elderly
You’ve probably heard about how effective massage therapy for elderlies is by now, but you probably don’t know why it is considered so beneficial. Well, although massage therapy has been practiced for a long time, the general public has only recently started to open their minds and hearts to this technique in recent years. It [...]
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