Although the COVID-19 outbreak has affected more young people than older adults, the elderly have proven more vulnerable. Their recovery rates are significantly lower because of their weakening immunity. With age, come many health challenges, and the COVID-19 is a particularly big problem for them. The only trick to the novel coronavirus is to ensure that you do not get it. Here are a few ways that you can care for your elder parents or grandparents during this time.
Let Them Know the Dangers
While some may have mental conditions that may make information ineffective, it is...
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Many, many people suffer from depression, and anyone with experience of this knows that it is exhausting and crushing. Depression affects a vast number of people, and it can have a huge impact on your daily life, slowing everything down and making even regular everyday tasks much more difficult and strenuous. There are many different options out there that can help to treat depression, from cognitive behaviour therapy to medication, and different methods can work for different people to different extents.
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Dartmoor National Park has launched a new ‘ learning in lockdown ’ digital hub to help inspire and educate people about the National Park's special landscape and what can be found there. The free online resources are aimed at supporting children, parents and teachers as we all continue to observe ' stay at home ' measures due to the Covid-19 emergency. Developed by Dartmoor National Park Authority, the ' learning in lockdown ' hub is rich with lively, fun and fascinating multi-media content so people can teach and learn about nature, the environment around them and remain connected to...
People in Exeter can sign up once again for the City Council’s Garden Waste Collection Scheme.
The Council had stopped new customers signing up for the scheme at the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak. However it has now lifted the suspension and is taking on new customers.
Gardeners can choose either a 140 litre brown bin for £37.15 a year or a 240 litre bin for £48.80. Alternatively a bundle of five biodegradable sacks costs £11.
People in Exeter are being encouraged to have a ‘picnic in their parlour’ on 8 May to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day.
On Friday 8 March it will be 75 years since the Allied victory in Europe during the Second World War.
There were plans to mark the occasion with an event in the city centre but the Coronavirus outbreak changed this.
Now with people staying home and keeping safe as a result of COVID-19, Exeter City Council is instead encouraging everyone to ‘picnic in their parlour’ to celebrate a day that ended the conflict in Europe and ultimately lead...
DETERMINED fundraisers across Devon and Cornwall are set to Race for Life at Home as they refuse to let the fight against cancer falter in these unprecedented times.
Organisers Cancer Research UK have postponed events for this spring and summer to protect the country’s health during the coronavirus outbreak – and this includes the Race for Life events in Exeter, Plymouth, Exeter, Falmouth, Penzance and Stithian’s Showground in Cornwall.
But as the country continues on lockdown, undeterred women and men are already vowing to carry on and complete a Race for Life challenge...
As the fight against plastic pollution gains more momentum, a South West business has invested £280,000 to bring a state-of-the-art plastic processing machine to the region and help Devon and Cornwall businesses recycle more.
Devon Contract Waste (DCW), a leading South West independent waste management company has installed the next generation plastic recycling machine at its plastics recycling and reprocessing plant, DCW Polymers, in Wrangaton.
The new machinery is capable of processing in excess of 100 tonnes of plastic a week. Prior to the arrival of the new shredding...
Families in Devon are being urged to check if their children are eligible for free school meals as the coronavirus crisis creates more hardship across the county.
Nationally applications for Universal Credit have gone up dramatically with initial estimates of an extra 10,000 claims in Devon in the last two weeks of March.
Now Devon County Council is appealing to hard-pressed families to make sure they do not miss out on free food for their children - even if they are not currently in school.
Schools will provide meals for vulnerable children and children of key...
The Fairchild family from Exeter, Devon are currently raising money for an Innowalk machine for daughter Jessica, 13, who has cerebral palsy. The £25,000 equipment is not funded by the NHS but will help Jessica exercise efficiently, which in turn will help her build up her muscles, reduce stiffness and even improve her digestion.
They will be taking part in charity Tree of Hope’s nationwide fundraiser Dine and Donate. Tree of Hope is asking supporters to enjoy digital dinner parties to help raise funds for sick and disabled children...
