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Gillian Phillips writes: We are not in control of many things at the moment, but we don’t need to feel out of control. We have no choice but to be…
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Louise Morse shares some great ways for helping us manage during isolation and social upheaval. Isolation is not natural for human beings, writes Louise Morse – we are not designed…
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Even before ‘social distancing’, research showed that more than a quarter of older people living alone have a mental health condition, and are 50% more likely to go to A&E…
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What is digital poverty, and what does it mean in a time of crisis? Betty is 99 and daily uses her iPad, sending and receiving emails. But she is probably…
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As so much changes, amidst the Coronavirus crisis, there are a number of things we can do to help people living with dementia or cognitive decline – or indeed to…
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For those over 70 then it may be only in the most recent season of your life that people started sending texts and emails rather than picking up the phone.…
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Having a phone conversation with close friends or family in happy times is one thing. Picking up the phone to someone who may be self-isolating, who may be someone you’ve…
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The prospect of isolation and ‘social distancing’ for those over 70 is raising some major societal questions and consequences. In the coming days and weeks we will be exploring in…
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Unless you have been in hibernation you won’t have failed to notice the world appears to be in the grip of the Coronavirus. There are differing views on severity, but…
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