HINTS AND TIPS

Click the links below for some useful hints and tips:

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Having your 5 a day.

Benefits of active lifestyle.

Healthy eating tips.

Home safety.

Memory tips.

Mental health tips.

Sleep tips.

StairSteady Tips For Healthy Skin.

StairSteady tips for staying safe online.

Tips for slip free.

WHO activity recommendations.

General

www.ageuk.org.uk – A site with lots of information about all areas of life for the over 65’s including
money, health, travel and home.

www.citizensadvice.org.uk - Citizens Advice service Site with information to help people resolve their
legal, money and other problems. They offer advice and information.

www.direct.gov.uk – A government site with information on money and benefits.

www.dlf.org.uk – The Disabled Living Foundation Site providing impartial advice and information about
equipment.

http://www.goodaccessguide.co.uk/ - An online guide to accessible leisure and mobility for the UK and
Ireland. It contains information about services for disabled people and the elderly.

http://www.independentliving.co.uk/ - The Independent Living site offering impartial information about
products and services to help with mobility and independence.

www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk – A site offering practical advice on daily living equipment.

www.mind.org.uk – The Mind site with information about mental health including how to access help
and support. It contains information on specific mental health conditions.

www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk – An NHS site with health advice and information on how to find services local to
you. It contains a symptom checker and telephone number for health advice 24 hours a day 365 days a
year.

www.nhs.uk/carersdirect - An NHS site providing information, advice and support for carers.

www.nhs.uk/change4life/ - An NHS site giving information on the best ways to start making healthy
changes.

www.patient.co.uk/selfhelp.asp - A site containing 1870 UK support organisations. They are listed by
condition.

http://www.redcross.org.uk/ - The Red Cross site offering help to people in need. They have a medical
equipment loan service.

www.ricability.org.uk – Ricability is an independent research charity that provides free, practical and
unbiased information of value to older and disabled people.

http://www.shopmobilityuk.org/ - The Shopmobility site offering information about how to find your
local Shopmobility site. Shopmobility is a scheme which lends manual wheelchairs, powered wheelchairs
and powered scooters to members of the public with limited mobility to shop and to visit leisure and
commercial facilities within the town, city or shopping centre.

https://www.tourismforall.org.uk/ - A site from a national charity dedicated to making tourism
welcoming to all. The site offers information to help people with additional access needs find places to
go, stay or visit.

http://www.walkswithwheelchairs.com/ - UK web-site totally dedicated to providing free information
on routes that are suitable for wheelchair users throughout the UK.

Specific Medical Conditions Websites:

www.alzheimers.org.uk – the Alzheimer’s Society site offering information, advice and support for
people with dementia and their families.

www.arthritiscare.org.uk – Arthritis Care site offering help and support to people with all types of
arthritis.

www.bhf.org.uk – British Heart Foundation Website containing information on heart disease for
sufferers and their families.

www.meassociation.org.uk – ME association site offering information, support and advice for people
affected by ME/CFS/PVFS

http://www.mndassociation.org/ - The Motor Neurone Disease site offering Information, advice and
support for people with MND and their families.

www.mssociey.org.uk – Multiple Sclerosis Society site offering information, advice and support to
people with MS and their families.

www.parkinsons.org.uk – Parkinson’s UK site offering information and support for people with
Parkinson’s and their families.

http://www.rnib.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx - RNIB site offering support and advice to blind and partially
sighted people in the UK.

http://www.rnid.org.uk/ - RNID site offering an online Hearing Check to help people identify if they
have got hearing loss. The site contains information, products, services and support for people who have
hearing loss or who are deaf.

www.stroke.org.uk – The Stroke Association site with information for people of all ages.