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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url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25417784#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Hipstamatic launches Oggl 2.0, a mobile photo curation service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/widY7UXd47M/
EU benefit changes 'to start early' :: Curbs on EU migrants claiming out-of-work benefits from the moment they arrive in the UK are being brought in early, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25421086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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
Lloyds share sale 'lost £230m' :: The government lost £230m when it sold a 6% stake in Lloyds in September, the National Audit Office says, but it adds that the sale was value for money.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25426691#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
India: Where politics and property collide :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/bRyiCkdrq_E/index.html
Market for personalized products :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/-9Ic2IuqtEg/index.html
Yahoo sorry for e-mail outage :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/euY5A8gu-CI/index.html
Ukraine opposition: A bad deal :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/rTHfEuJLNGs/qmb-ukraine-russia-deal-yatsenyuk-intv.cnn.html
Facebook rolls out video ads :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/3zpzUKe17Gg/facebook-video-ads-burke.cnn.html
Singapore To Deport 53 Foreign Workers, Almost All Of Them Indians, Over Dec. 8 Riots :: <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>Singapore will deport 53 foreign workers and issue criminal charges against 28 others for their involvement in a riot on Dec. 8 in the Little India precinct, which was the country's worst in more than 40 years, and stirred intense debate over Singapore's policy on foreign labor.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/singapore-deport-53-foreign-workers-almost-all-them-indians-over-dec-8-riots-1512926
What bled Detroit's economy dry? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/VqxNoyNe4zw/index.html
New ways to board planes :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/u7AMcpf1NOs/index.html
Smart to invest in emerging markets :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/2_jnp2o3P70/index.html
Twentieth Century Fox theme park planned :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/bfU25IvEZ48/index.html
Reviving Cyprus's divided capital :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/L-uRP3TnK0g/index.html
RBI, India's Central Bank, Leaves Key Rates Unchanged; Says Outlook For Global Growth Is Moderate, India's Growth To Face Headwinds :: <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 Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank, chose to leave key interest rates unchanged on Thursday, noting in its mid-quarter monetary policy review that falling domestic demand and government spending present challenges to a recovery in Asia's third-largest economy. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/rbi-indias-central-bank-leaves-key-rates-unchanged-says-outlook-global-growth-moderate-indias-growth
Facebook acquires sport data firm :: Facebook acquires SportStream, a firm that analyses social media mentions of sport and enables users to aggregate, filter and display "real-time" data.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25426238#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
China Reports First Case Of H10N8, A New Strain Of Bird Flu Infection In Humans; Woman's Death Could Be Related, Reports Say :: <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>China confirmed the first case of infection from H10N8 -- a strain of bird flu previously not reported in humans -- in the country's Jiangxi province on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Provincial health department officials said that a 73-year-old woman died of respiratory failure on Dec. 6, who was later confirmed to have been infected by H10N8, one of the 15 known bird flu strains undetected in humans before, Xinhua reported.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/china-reports-first-case-h10n8-new-strain-bird-flu-infection-humans-womans-death-could-be-related
Milky Way Galaxy Has Four Spiral Arms, A 12-Year-Long Study Of Massive Stars Reveals :: <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 12-year-long study, conducted by researchers at the University of Leeds in UK's West Yorkshire county, has revealed that the Milky Way galaxy has four spiral arms, a finding that's contrary to the years of debate sparked by images taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which showed only two arms.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/milky-way-galaxy-has-four-spiral-arms-12-year-long-study-massive-stars-reveals-1512886
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