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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Smarter ways to board a plane :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/u7AMcpf1NOs/index.html
How airlines are getting to know you :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yhc1ZIolPVs/index.html
Australia eyes $90m jobs package :: Australia announces plans to set up a A$100m ($90m; £55m) fund to create jobs in states affected by Holden's decision to stop making cars there.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25426235#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Kim Kardashian Waxed North West's Eyebrows? Star Calls Rumor About Baby 'Sick' [PHOTO] :: <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>Is it a hot new trend among celebrities to wax their babies' eyebrows? Kim Kardashian came under fire from the Twittersphere after she posted (an adorable) picture of her daughter North West to Instagram on Monday. Little Nori showed off a bright grin to the world, and while plenty of Kardashian fans were writhing with joy, the naysayers couldn't help but find something to pick on about the baby and her reality star of a mother.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/kim-kardashian-waxed-north-wests-eyebrows-star-calls-rumor-about-baby-sick-photo-1512880
Duolingo snags iPhone App of the Year :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/1_cpgF1OF2M/
Christmas Delivery Cutoffs: 40 Online Retailer's Deadlines For Gifts To Arrive By Christmas :: <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>If you've been procrastinating on that holiday shopping, time is rapidly running out to get those goodies shipped to your home in time for Christmas.</p>
<p>Many shipping cutoffs for Christmas have already passed. But if you are willing to put up the extra cash, express shipping is a feasible option for those perfect gifts. Below we've gathered 50 retailers and their cutoff dates for Christmas delivery. So bookmark them on your calendar and finish up that Christmas list!</p>
<p><strong>1. </strong><strong>Amazon</strong></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/christmas-delivery-cutoffs-40-online-retailers-deadlines-gifts-arrive-christmas-1512876
Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, RBS, Credit Suisse Expected To Face Civil Fraud Charges Over Selling Shoddy Mortgage-Backed Securities: Report :: <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>NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The Justice Department is preparing to file civil fraud charges against Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) and Bank of America's (NYSE:BAC) Merrill Lynch unit over their sale of flawed mortgage securities ahead of the financial crisis, according to people familiar with the probes.</p>
<p>Civil investigators have compiled evidence that allegedly shows that investors lost tens of billions of dollars after purchasing securities Citigroup had marketed as safe even though the bank had reason to believe otherwise, one person said. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/citigroup-merrill-lynch-rbs-credit-suisse-expected-face-civil-fraud-charges-over-selling-shoddy
China Home Prices Keep Surging: November Report :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>BEIJING (Reuters) -- Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities rose 9.9 percent in November from a year earlier, a fresh record growth rate, according to Reuters calculations based on official data published Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>In month-on-month terms, prices rose 0.5 percent in November, slowing from October's rise of 0.6 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/china-home-prices-keep-surging-november-report-1512870
Google Glass takes photos by winking :: Google introduces a new feature to its Google Glass, which allows users to take a photo with a "wink of the eye".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25426052#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Why 20th Century Fox Is Building Its First Theme Park In Malaysia :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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>Twentieth Century Fox will give Walt Disney and Universal Studios a run for their money in 2016 when it opens its first-ever film-inspired theme park. But before you book a ticket to Florida or California to check out the new "Ice Age" roller coaster, there's a catch: This 25-acre park will rise from the jungle about an hour outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/why-20th-century-fox-building-its-first-theme-park-malaysia-1512852
Zimbabwe's new cash cows :: How Zimbabwe farmers are benefiting from cattle collateral
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25156209#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Harold Camping, Notorious Doomsday Preacher, Dies At 92 :: <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>Harold Camping, the California evangelical preacher best known as the guy who liked to tell everyone the world was about to end, has died at 92. The <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/17/doomsday-preacher-harold-camping-dies-at-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Associated Press</a> reported Tuesday that the retired civil engineer died at his home on Sunday after he had been hospitalized for a fall.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/harold-camping-notorious-doomsday-preacher-dies-92-1512830
How The Navy Might Spin Seawater Into Jet Fuel :: <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>Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink – but maybe a drop of alternative fuel? The U.S. Navy is hoping next-generation technology will let it replace petroleum fuels with something much more accessible and abundant: seawater.</p>
<p>"If they made fuel at sea," Naval Research Laboratory chemist Heather Willauer <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/12/navy-technology-aims-make-fuel-out-seawater/75550/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">told NextGov</a> this week, "they wouldn't be buying it."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/how-navy-might-spin-seawater-jet-fuel-1512712
Reno Hospital Shooting Leaves Two Dead And Two Wounded :: <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 gunman shot a victim and then himself to death at Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nev., Tuesday afternoon.</p>
<p>CNN reports that another two people <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/17/us/reno-hospital-shooting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">were wounded</a> and are being treated at a hospital. The shooter had one weapon and died after shooting himself, said authorities. The gunman walked into a third-floor neurology office and opened fire.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/reno-hospital-shooting-leaves-two-dead-two-wounded-1512822
Will the Fed get back to normal? :: Can the US Federal Reserve get back to normal?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25422442#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Ecuadorians can seek Chevron damages :: A group of Ecuadorians can seek enforcement of a $9.5bn (£5.8bn) judgement against US petrol giant Chevron in Canada, an Ontario appeals court rules.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25425784#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Is Justin Bieber Retiring? [VIDEO] :: <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>Apparently Justin Bieber thinks he's retiring from the music business. Well, at least that's what he said.</p>
<p>The 19-year-old Canadian superstar was being interviewed at Power 106 radio in Los Angeles when he made the claim that he would be done with making music after his new album dropped. That's expected next week.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/justin-bieber-retiring-video-1512804
VIDEO: Harley-Davidson eyes Asia expansion :: Harley-Davidson is looking to expand into Asia, home to some of the world's largest markets for two wheelers.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25423839#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO: Is your virtual self employable? :: Managing your virtual life and profile is critical to getting a job nowadays, as Peter Bowes reports.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25217962#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Swiss to vote on cash for all - working or not :: Swiss to vote on a guaranteed income for all residents
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25415501#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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