The Age-Well Project - Change the way you age

WHY BERRIES ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS IN LOCKDOWN

If you look at our Instagram or Facebook feed, you’ll realise I’m very excited by the start of berry season! I love English berries and am thrilled when they arrive in the shops. Their blazing colour, sweet perfume and promise of summer never fail to make me happy. And this Summer, in particular, we’re being...

YOUR LOCKDOWN BRAIN ON READING, RED WINE AND VITAMIN D

I’ve been reading a lot during the lockdown. Not newspapers, but books. Sometimes with a glass of red wine (more on which later). Reading is an excellent way of immersing oneself in a world of one’s choice. But reading also changes the very structure of our brain, enabling us to make sense of the world...

SLEEP IN THE TIME OF CORONA

How are you sleeping in these days of Covid? A straw poll on a recent Zoom call with friends revealed everything from ‘sleeping like a baby’ to ‘I’m up at 3am every night sanitising door handles’. Much to my surprise, I’m sleeping better than I’ve done for years, with less traffic noise and work-related stress...

BOOSTING IMMUNITY IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY

What difficult and uncertain times these are… Like all of us, I’m worried about family, friends, and colleagues – both near and far away. But while this cruel pandemic requires us to put distance between ourselves, it’s also a poignant reminder of how close we all are as humans and as a global community. In...

AGEING WELL, STAYING POSITIVE AND THE CORONA VIRUS

How are you feeling right now? I’m working hard to rise above a mix of anxiety, trepidation and fear as the storm clouds gather, but it’s not easy. The lack of control is the hardest thing – will I get corona virus? How bad will it be? How will long-term isolation affect people over 70?...