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Wales Council on Ageing - registered charity 505071
Copyright ©2007 Age Concern Cymru. Tel 02920 431555

Health and Wellbeing

Adding Years to Life and Life to Years

 

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Although ageing is an inevitable part of the life cycle, many of the illnesses assumed to accompany it are not inevitable or can be successfully managed. There is an increasing view that ageing as we know it is neither necessary nor inevitable.

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Get In The Swim - Free Swimming for people in Wales aged 60+

Click here for more information

Nordic Walking - Coming Soon to a town near you. Click to learn more about this exciting outdoor sport - virtually a total body workout!

Click here to check out the 50+ Nordic Walking Weblog!

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Healthy Ageing Tips - a range of easy tips that should help keep you feeling happy and healthy.

Winter Workout - Stay active this winter and keep moving. Physical activity will help keep you warm and well.

Ageing Well in Wales - promoting healthy ageing in Wales. Project information, leaflets on all aspects of health and well-being in later years and presentations from our recent conference.

Keep Well this Winter - Age Concern Cymru hosts this Welsh Assembly Government funded project.  Campaign information, details on how to keep your home warm in winter, leaflets, contacts in Wales.                

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Staying Active

Eating Well

Education

Finances

Volunteering      

Age Concern Week: September 23 - 30 Age Concern Week 2006 focused on how to get the most out of life in older age, with a particular emphasis on keeping fit and active.                                                           

You can download the new Age Concern Booklet here, which is packed with information to help older people get the most from life.

Age Concern Factsheets - For up to 5 free factsheets on a range of topics, ring Age Concern Information Line: 0800 00 99 66 (freephone) 7 days a week from 7am - 7pm. For a list of factsheets available click here.

Healthy Ageing Action Plan - To view this publication, produced by the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, click here.

LBWW.JPG Click here to find out more about the 'Little Book of  Welsh Wisdom'...                  Happy 85th Birthday? is a report undertaken by Age Concern Cymru and Pfizer Ltd. Click here to find out more... 85.JPG

See the presentations from the June 2006 Healthy Ageing Conference:     'Adding Years to Life and Life to Years' 

 

 

 

Information Sheets - For more information on why we age, how we age, and how we can age well, please click on the information sheets below:

Why do we age?/ Pam mae pobl yn heneiddio?
How do we age?/ Sut mae popl yn heneiddio?
How can we age well?
/ Sut gallwn ni heneiddio'n dda?

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