20-Dec-2013 04:29

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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VIDEO: US Fed to slow stimulus effort :: The US Federal Reserve announces it is to start scaling back its massive stimulus programme in an effort to boost the US economy.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25439350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Stock markets soar after the Fed says it will cut its stimulus programme :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/lo_BKV18oIo/

US Senate backs two-year budget deal :: The US Senate passes a two-year federal budget bill, amid a rare outbreak of fiscal deal-making on Capitol Hill.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25435123#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Bernanke prepares to leave Fed :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/7DMTuxU5f4I/qmb-bernanke-fed-tenure-lake-pkg.cnn.html

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url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25422442#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Bitcoins bounce around after Chinese trading crackdown :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/OE_dZM3yeTU/

European markets at close: 18.12.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/SwLTBULi0zs/

WTO gets global trade deal signed :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/KMLts3ZqPpM/qmb-wto-global-trade-deal-roberto-azevedo-intv.cnn.html

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Seven Spanish clubs face EU probe :: Real Madrid, Barcelona and five other Spanish clubs are to be investigated over irregular public funding.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25410320

The banker who turned pizza maker :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/kFsCCzfnk0w/index.html

Britain's jobless rate falls to 4-1/2 year low :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/A_y2k5qoMU4/

Fed to start to cut stimulus programme :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/_x63-QZcNFg/

India: Where politics, property collide :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/bRyiCkdrq_E/index.html

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What bled Detroit's economy dry? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/VqxNoyNe4zw/index.html