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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Neanderthals' Ancient Ritual For The Dead: 50,000-Year-Old Skeleton Suggests Early Humans Buried Their Dead :: <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 remains of a Neanderthal, the forerunners to modern humans, discovered in France have suggested that the ancient beings intentionally buried their dead, and had a greater capacity for reverence for their elders than previously thought, according to a study conducted by an international team of archaeologists.</p></div></div></div>
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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>
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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>
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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-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>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>
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