Health and wellbeing in later life
In this section you'll find hints and tips on living a healthy and active lifestyle in later life. It's not just about eating healthily and staying active, but also looking after your mental health.
Below you will find information and advice on:
- Eating healthily
- Exercise over the age of 65
- Looking after your mental wellbeing
- Getting a good night's sleep
- Loneliness
Jump down to read our guides on:
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Click through our guides below to find out more about health and wellbeing
Exercise advice for people over 65
Living an active lifestyle is a good idea for all of us, with even small levels of exercise and activity massively contributing to overall physical and mental health.
Looking after your mental wellbeing
Living a healthy lifestyle in old age is not just about looking after your physical health and fitness, but about making sure that you look after your mental wellbeing too.
Getting a good night's sleep
We all experience difficulties staying or falling asleep sometimes, however these issues are particularly common in older people due to the natural changes that our circadian rhythms go through as we age.
Loneliness in later life
Providing advice and support on combating loneliness in later life.
How to combat loneliness in later life
While feeling lonely may be incredibly isolating and even damaging to our mental and physical health, we don't have to suffer in silence. These handy tips and tricks offer a few ideas for helping to combat those feelings of loneliness.
Loneliness in later life | Useful contacts
When you are feeling alone it can be difficult to know where to turn. We have put together this list of fantastic organisations and charities that you can contact if you are feeling lonely.
Lifelong learning through retirement: what you can do to stay sharp in later life
Continuing to learn new things throughout your life is important for your mental wellbeing and physical health. By ensuring you keep your brain engaged and active, you’ll be able to develop new passions and hobbies whilst developing new skills.
Starting to exercise: The benefits of low impact exercise
The NHS and World Health Organisation recommend trying to get 30 minutes of exercise a day, so it’s important to try and be active everyday. Low impact exercises are a great form of exercise to try when you’re just starting out. We talk about the benefits of low impact exercise and some exercises you can try at home.
Healthy eating
Find out how diet and nutrition is vital to a long and healthy life. From tips to overhaul your diet to eating well on a budget, our guides below have got you covered.
Click through our guides below to find out more about ways you can improve your diet, the importance of a balanced diet as we get older and some top tips.
Healthy eating and nutrition
Eating healthily is important for all of us no matter what stage of life we’re in, however ensuring you have plenty of nutritious foods in your diet throughout later life will help you stay active and healthy for longer.
Top tips for eating well on a budget
Think you can’t eat healthily on a budget? Think again! We’ve listed the top tips for how you can make the most of your money and eat well on a budget.
Tips to improve nutrition in older people
Older people are more susceptible to malnutrition which is why it's important to ensure we all eat a varied and balanced diet. We list some ways to help improve nutrition in older people.
Creating a healthy and balanced diet
Ensuring that you eat a healthy and balanced diet is good for you and you should always try to eat a wide variety of foods to get enough essential vitamins and minerals. We’ve listed some ideas for ways to help you eat well and develop a nutritious diet for yourself.
Stuck in a food rut? 7 tips to help you out of it
Thinking about changing your diet, but don’t know where to start? Maybe you’re feeling bored of cooking the same kinds of foods? Or perhaps you look in your cupboard and fridge and just have no idea what to cook. If this sounds like you, we’ve listed some ideas to help you out of your food rut and make food exciting again.
I don’t think I like healthy food, what can I eat? 6 tips for overhauling your diet
It’s really important to eat a varied diet. Our bodies need to be fuelled with foods which offer different nutrients and vitamins, but what happens if you think you don’t like healthy foods? Check out our top six tips to help you overhaul your diet.
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