If you are 65 or over, it is important to spend most of your time in a warm environment during the winter months. There are a number of things you can do to cope in cold weather.
Keep your main living room at around 18-21°C (65-70°F) and the rest of the house at least 16°C (61°F). If you can't heat all the rooms you use, heat the living room during the day and the bedroom just before you go to sleep.
Make sure you are receiving any benefits you are entitled to, such as the Winter Fuel Payment and Cold Weather Payment.
Regular hot drinks and eating at least one hot meal a day will help keep energy levels up during winter and keep your body warm.
Finally, make sure you get the seasonal flu jab. While not 100% guaranteed, it should reduce your vulnerability to infection...
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'We police it ourselves': Group processes in the escalation and regulation of violence in the night‐time economy :: Abstract
The attempt to regenerate city centres has led to the creation of a 'night‐time economy' (NTE) based around alcohol‐led entertainment. This has been accompanied by an increase of violence. Using insights from social identity research on collective action, we argue that NTE violence can be viewed as a group‐level phenomenon. Twenty focus groups were conducted with participants who socialise together (total number of participants = 53). Participants discussed their experiences of the NTE, including violence. A thematic analysis of the transcripts drew out four ways in which NTE violence is discussed in group terms: intergroup violence, intragroup violence, intragroup intervention (escalation) and intragroup intervention (regulation). The analysis reveals that groups ca...
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url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25343331#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Researchers create a more accurate alternative to Wi-Fi for tracking people through walls :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/QCLqsMgOf_4/
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url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25341882#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/25325859
Mexico moves to open oil resources :: Mexico's Senate approves a measure to open the state-run oil fields to foreign investment for the first time in 75 years.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25341887#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Adviser queries Bank of England plan :: A senior Bank of England adviser questions the efficacy of one of governor Mark Carney's key policies, citing worries that the public do not understand it.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25339795#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
GM's new female chief executive adds to slow closing of CEO gender gap :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/eVhIzGSZKDY/
No growth for women at the corporate top :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/pgkd9tFKkC0/index.html
Royal Mail promoted to FTSE 100 :: Royal Mail, the newly-privatised postal service, is to join the FTSE 100 index of blue-chip companies following its strong share price surge.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25339788#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
European markets at close: 11.12.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/NgLjFrGA6kg/
Eurozone banking union close, but still stuck on details :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/v1-0OIv9QAk/
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url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25330366#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Wall Street unhappy with risky trade curbing Volcker rule :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/UqJ-aKA8Zu8/
GM joins Ford in quiting carmaking in Australia :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/sxRN2URlaTw/
Bank fines go to good causes after rule change :: Where does the money from bank fines go?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25214567#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
10 ways people spent their money last year :: Which part of the UK blows the most on gambling?
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US budget deal reached in Congress :: An agreement is reached on the US budget to avoid another government shutdown, Republican and Democratic lawmakers say.
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Look at Xmas presents of the future! :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/pcqI6usw-Hk/index.html
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