Keeping Healthy...
Below are our articles on the subject of Keeping Healthy. If you can't see what you are looking for our other categories are displayed on the left under 'Our Quick Links'...
Advice on Taking Medicines Safely
It’s quite natural to expect that as we get older we become more susceptible to illnesses and injuries and, as a result, we’re more likely to need to take medication...
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of a group of related illnesses categorised as ‘dementia’. It’s basically a degenerative condition which affects the brain’s...
Choosing Spectacles
Retirement Spectacles
You'll almost certainly have noticed that as you age, your vision isn't as acute as it once was. It could be difficult reading the print in a...
Coping With Depression and Anxiety
Most of us would want to look forward to our retirement as a time when we can forget about all of the pressures that our working lives forced us to endure and to simply...
Dealing With Hot and Cold Weather
Many of us would often only associate the cold weather with causing harm to the elderly but they can be equally vulnerable during extremes of hot weather too. They can...
Dealing With Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a condition which causes the bones to become brittle and weak resulting in them breaking easily. Commonly associated with breaks as a result of minor...
Facts on Thyroid Disease and the Elderly
Under and over active thyroid diseases are common amongst the elderly. Many elderly people are not aware that they actually have a thyroid...
Falls and Injuries
Falls and the related injuries that can result from them are the biggest cause of accidental deaths in the elderly, and it’s not necessarily just the frailest or weakest...
FAQ: Dealing With Health Care Ageism
Despite attempts to eradicate ageism it does still exist within certain areas of the health care system. Older people who feel they have been discriminated against...
Forgetfulness or More Serious?
Have you lately been more forgetful than normal? Have you chalked it up to the natural process of ageing? To decipher if your forgetfulness is just normal ageing or...
Good Habits That Will Add Years to Your Life
Living a healthy lifestyle and making smart choices can add years to your life. While this is not news, many people underestimate the impact that...
Health Insurance in Retirement
Private health or medical insurance policies provide cover for the costs accured for private medical treatment for curable, short-term medical conditions. In essence, it...
Hearing Aids
As we grow older, many of us experience hearing loss. It often begins when we're in our forties with a lowered ability to hear the high end of music or softly-spoken...
Home Help for Older People
If you are retired or disabled and find it hard to get around or find it difficult to cope with household tasks you may be able to get help and support from your local...
Keeping Your Mind Active
As we get older we all suffer from memory ‘lapses’ occasionally. Whether it’s forgetting our keys, trouble remembering certain people’s names or those moments where...
Living With MS
Multiple Sclerosis or MS, is a chronic illness which requires a whole lifestyle adjustment that will not only affect the sufferer but their family also. It’s an illness...
Managing the Ageing Process
None of us are able to turn the clock back and it’s pointless to hold on to any belief that we can look as young as we did in our 60s and 70s, or be as physically active...
Mobility Equipment
There are many different types of mobility equipment and aids on the market today designed to give a better quality of life to disabled people and others who might find...
Predicting Diabetes
Diabetes has two types – Type 1 diabetes more commonly diagnosed in younger children and Type 2 diabetes more commonly associated with later life. It is Type 2 diabetes...
Remedies to Cure Insomnia
Ten percent of the UK population fail to get a good night’s rest due to a variety of sleeping problems. There are many different remedies that claim to cure insomnia...
Risk of Weight Gain in Later Life
All of us are putting our health at risk if we are overweight, but in retirement you are far less likely to lead as active a lifestyle as you did when you were working....
Typical Health Problems in Retirement
Whilst we should all look after our health when we are younger if we want to try to remain fit and healthy beyond our retirement there is no escaping...
