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Cosy Comforts: How Warmth Can Ease Winter Loneliness
As we age, we begin to struggle more with feelings of loneliness during the winter months. With the days getting shorter and the nights longer, social gatherings often get...

Connecting Healthy Ageing and Vision Report
Connecting Healthy Ageing and Vision Report An estimated 73% of people living with avoidable vision impairment are older people; that is 800 million people globally. This number...

IFA in the Decade of Healthy Ageing
"When we do things together, we can achieve great things. This is not about egos, it’s not about specific organizations, it is about what do we want to change and how do we work...
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Seeing Through My Father’s Eyes: Reframing Dementia
IFA Guest Blogger: Ms Kimberley Littlemore, is a fellow of Swansea University Medical School and an award-winning former BBC filmmaker. As the Creative Director of eHealth...
Influenza Recommendations for Hajj
3 July 2019 - The Hajj is the yearly pilgrimage Muslims can make to Islam’s holiest city, Mecca in Saudi Arabia to engage in practices to deepen faith and increase a sense of...
Misconceptions About Living with a Chronic Lung Disease
IFA Guest Blogger: Ms Morgan Dixon A chronic lung disease diagnosis can be frightening, and the misconceptions about living with chronic lung disease can make that fear worse,...
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