Carers give so much to society yet they often do so at the expense of their own personal health and wealth.
In recognition of the selfless efforts of carers, Wellburn has launched a prize draw to find carers who go the extra mile to provide care for an elderly relative, friend or neighbour, and who deserve a well-earned break. Continue reading
By Abbie Taylor, Wellburn Marketing Assistant
Unless you have been living on a desert island for the past few years, you cannot fail to have noticed the rapid growth of social media.
It’s pretty impressive to see that Facebook has grown to more than 800 million active users, adding more than 200 million in a single year; Twitter now has 100 million active users and there are now 120 million videos on YouTube.
Much of the interaction that is taking place on these social media sites are now being done through mobile telephones and incredibly, of the 6 billion people on the planet, 4.8 billion have a mobile and only 4.2 billion own a toothbrush! Continue reading
Following Prime Minister David Cameron’s promise to double annual research funding into dementia to £66 million by 2015, we provide five tips that could help to keep this illness at bay.
1. Take regular exercise
Researchers have discovered that just 40 minutes of moderate exercise in pensioners physically grows the brain and helps people boost their brain power. Most elderly people experience some difficulty in remembering as an area of the brain associated with memory known as the hippocampus shrinks as we get older, so exercising can help to counteract this.
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