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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13 tips on building a coalition to tackle climate change :: How do you foster effective cross-sectoral cooperation to end climate change? Our expert panel suggests you might want to start by watching your languageTerry Townshend, deputy secretary general: policy, The Global Legislators Organisation (Globe International), Beijing, China. @terrytownshendIf you want to get the political establishment on board, watch your language: I think the biggest obstacle to effective climate action has been political, largely driven by ideology and the power of rich corporations over politicians. Political campaign finance reform is absolutely necessary but, until that happens, climate change objectives need to be expressed in language that is not politically divisive. Speak in terms of energy security, risk, air pollution, health and not climate change, green, o...
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People born in 60s and 70s 'poorer' :: People born in the 1960s and 1970s will only be wealthier than the previous generation in retirement if they inherit money, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.
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Car insurance premiums 'too high' :: Motor insurance premiums are unnecessarily high for all drivers owing to the complex chain of claims, the Competition Commission says.
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Australia: Deficit may last 10 years :: Australia's budget deficit may last for a decade if urgent "remedial action" is not taken to improve the country's finances, its government warns.
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Vettel Hit Formula One For Four :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Sebastian Vettel was on such a record roll in 2013 that by the time Formula One rocks up for next year's season-opener in <a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/australia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Australia</a> it will be almost eight months since anyone else won a grand prix.</p>
<p>Even allowing for an August shutdown and three month winter break, that single statistic highlights just how demoralizing a year it has been for all those trying to beat Red Bull's quadruple world champion.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/vettel-hit-formula-one-four-1511276
President Barack Obama To Meet With Top Executives Of Technology Companies At White House To Discuss Healthcare.gov, NSA Leaks, Economy :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>President Barack Obama will meet with several top executives of the nation's technology industry to discuss issues that have plagued the Healthcare.gov website, as well as the consequences their firms face in connection to the National Security Agency files leaked by Edward Snowden.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/president-barack-obama-meet-top-executives-technology-companies-white-house-discuss-healthcaregov
California Court Orders Sherwin-Williams, ConAgra, NL Industries To Pay $1.1 Billion In A 13-Year-Old Lead-Paint Poison Case :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A court in California, in a lawsuit that has dragged on for 13 years, ordered three companies on Monday to pay $1.1 billion to fund a painstaking process of removing lead-based paint from the interiors of thousands of homes in the state. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/california-court-orders-sherwin-williams-conagra-nl-industries-pay-11-billion-13-year-old-lead-paint
Tucker Powers Ravens Past Lions :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Justin Tucker kicked a game-winning 61-yard field goal and accounted for all of Baltimore's points on Monday to send the Ravens to an 18-16 win over Detroit that kept them firmly in the playoff race.</p>
<p>Tucker made six field goals in all, with his final long-range blast providing the winning margin with just 38 seconds remaining.</p>
<p>Matthew Stafford had put the Lions ahead 16-15, on a 14-yard touchdown pass to Joseph Fauria, about two minutes earlier but the lead did not hold up.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/tucker-powers-ravens-past-lions-1511254
Apple OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks Released With Several Improvements For Mail, Safari, VoiceOver And More :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Nearly two months after the release of the <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-os-x-mavericks-release-date-arrives-all-mac-computers-available-free-1436386" target="_blank">original version</a> of the OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) rolled out its first major update, OS X 10.9.1, for the new Mac operating system on Monday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-os-x-1091-mavericks-released-several-improvements-mail-safari-voiceover-more-1511238
Paul Walker Death Certificate: Actor Died From 'Combined Effects Of Traumatic And Thermal Injuries' :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The exact cause of Paul Walker's tragic death has been determined, with <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/12/16/paul-walker-death-certificate-cause-of-death-traumatic-internal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TMZ</a> obtaining a copy of the "Fast & Furious" star's death certificate on Monday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/paul-walker-death-certificate-actor-died-combined-effects-traumatic-thermal-injuries-1511214
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