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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This is big: Amazon's cloud goes to China :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/_6So1JWHLL0/
UK jobless rate at lowest since 2009 :: As the UK unemployment rate falls to 7.4%, its lowest level since 2009, the number of people out of work stands at 2.39 million, official data shows.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25428119#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Most Of America's Richest People Live Near The Federal Government Headquarters :: <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>Six of the richest U.S. counties are within commuting distance of the federal government's headquarters, according to an analysis of <a href="http://www.census.gov/censusexplorer/censusexplorer.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Census Bureau data</a> by The Atlantic.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the poorest 10 U.S. counties are far from Washington, D.C., <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/12/map-the-truly-astonishing-wealth-clustered-around-washington-dc/282457/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Atlantic reported</a> Tuesday. The figures are in median household income dollars.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/most-americas-richest-people-live-near-federal-government-headquarters-1513316
Debenhams asks traders to cut prices :: Department store group Debenhams asks its suppliers for a cut of 2.5% in their bills as a "contribution" to its investment plans.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25432763#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Ukraine: Bailout masks economic mess :: Crisis averted. But for how long?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25430980#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Ukraine saved from bankruptcy - PM :: PM Mykola Azarov says a decision to suspend a deal on EU ties and sign a Russian aid agreement helped Ukraine avoid bankruptcy, as protests continue.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25427706#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Lokpal Bill: India's Parliament Approves Landmark Anti-Corruption Measure :: <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>India's parliament approved a landmark measure to appoint an independent anti-corruption ombudsman, with powers to prosecute politicians and civil servants, in a move that ends a mass campaign headed by activist Anna Hazare, who has launched several hunger strikes over the last two years to pressure lawmakers to pass the bill.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lokpal-bill-indias-parliament-approves-landmark-anti-corruption-measure-1513178
VIDEO: 'Theatre did well in recession' :: The boss of Ambassador Theatre Group has been talking about why it has become one of the UK's fastest growing firms.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25415926#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Viber takes its battle against Skype to Windows 8 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/zZdsxU4r5r8/
Christmas 2013 Travel Forecast: Hark! How The Horns :: <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>You may want to unwrap an early gift to entertain yourself on the ride home this year because AAA predicts that Christmas 2013 will be the busiest on record. In fact, the automobile club expects a whopping 94.5 million Americans to journey 50 miles or more for the year-end holiday season -- and 91 percent of them will travel by car.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/christmas-2013-travel-forecast-hark-how-horns-1512918
EU probes Hinkley Point nuclear plan :: European Union regulators say they will investigate whether UK support for a plan to build a nuclear power plant breaks state aid rules.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25431160#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
China Says West Can't Afford To Help Myanmar, But Which Rival Should It Fear? :: <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>Western nations cannot afford to help lift Myanmar out of poverty, according to China, but perhaps it isn't the U.S. that China should worry about displacing its influence in Myanmar. </p>
<p>The Communist Party-controlled Global Times ran a commentary that suggested that Washington "will try to foment discord between China and [Myanmar]" to damage Chinese business relations with its neighbor, the <a href="http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/west-afford-major-economic-aid-burma-says-china-commentary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Irrawaddy</a>, a Burmese newspaper, reported Tuesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/china-says-west-cant-afford-help-myanmar-which-rival-should-it-fear-1512578
South African Company Wants to Build Cheap Phones Locally; Will it Work? :: <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>Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world's fastest-growing mobile markets, and smartphones are becoming ever more popular. Though foreign brands dominate the sector, one South African company wants to create an affordable, locally produced device to compete with them. But the smartphone handset set to launch in January may, in fact, be neither of those things.</p>
<p>CZ Electronics, a South African company, recently announced plans to launch the "io," a project that has been in the works for almost two years. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/south-african-company-wants-build-cheap-phones-locally-will-it-work-1512580
Travel Photographer Of The Year 2013: The Spectacular Winning Shots :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/travel-photographer-year-2013-spectacular-winning-shots-1512968
Plastic banknotes to start in 2016 :: Plastic banknotes that can survive a spin in the washing machine are to be brought into circulation by the Bank of England in 2016.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25427663#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Wise words from an (almost) unknown guru :: The greatest management thinker you've probably never heard of
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25428092#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Planet Labs nets $52M in Series B funding to map Earth with tiny satellites :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/AbHFgIUJKq0/
Bitcoin sinks after Chinese action :: China restricts local Bitcoin exchanges from being able to receive yuan-based deposits, causing "panic selling" of the virtual currency.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25428866#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Mega Millions Jackpot: Two Winning Tickets Sold In California, Georgia; 20 Tickets Win $1 Million :: <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>At least two winning tickets, one in California and another in Georgia, have been declared in the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials in the two states said on Wednesday. The jackpot is the second-largest in U.S. history, following a $656 million lottery in March 2012 that was split between three winners.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/mega-millions-jackpot-two-winning-tickets-sold-california-georgia-20-tickets-win-1-million-1513056
NASA Approves 3 Spacewalks To Repair Faulty Cooling System On The International Space Station :: <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>NASA announced on Tuesday that it has approved three spacewalks in an effort to fix a cooling system glitch that had crippled the International Space Station last week.</p>
<p>While experts, including the "Tiger Teams" that are responsible for fixing the most complex problems for NASA, have been working to repair the cooling loop, two of the Expedition 38 crew members are also preparing to venture outside the space station on Dec. 21, 23 and 25.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nasa-approves-3-spacewalks-repair-faulty-cooling-system-international-space-station-1513034
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