Age Joyfully

Inspiration & information to #LiveBetterLonger from @MaggyPigott, author of ‘outstanding’ guide #HowToAgeJoyfully📒 & Vice Chair @Open_Age; Insta @agejoyfully

[Age Joyfully @AgeingBetter]

A red letter day! 😀🥳
Met legend & hero Dame #JudiDench (who generously wrote the Foreword to #HowToAgeJoyfully)
And #GylesBrandreth who’s said the #book is full of ‘wit, wisdom and hope’
Hugely grateful to both🙏🏻

[Maggy Pigott @MaggyPigott]

#WhoPutTheBomp by Keith Strachan is a joyful, warm-hearted show packed with classic #DooWop hits of the 1950s and 1960s currently @TheatreAtTabard in #Chiswick
Congratulations on their Award nominations 👏🏻🎶

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

'What day is it?' asked Pooh.
'It’s our BIRTHDAY.' squeaked Piglet.
'My favourite day.' said Pooh.

Happy 100th BIRTHDAY to Pooh and the gang! 🎂🎉

Pooh and his friends first appeared on the 14th October 1926 in #WinnieThePooh by A.A. Milne.

#WinnieThePooh100 #onthisday

[Maggy Pigott @MaggyPigott]

‘#Fiction is where my heart beats….#books change us…#literature is an antidote to numbness and apathy…’
@Elif_Safak riveting as always talking about writing and her 14th #novel about Flaubert at #CheltLitFest
#ElifShafak is such an incredible person and #author

[Age Joyfully @AgeingBetter]

#KateAtkinson was born in 1951 - the year of the Festival of Britain, the setting of her latest #book - and, as it happens, the year of my birth too!
A good year!!

[Maggy Pigott @MaggyPigott]

Wonderful to hear -and finally meet -a favourite #author #KateAtkinson at #CheltLitFest talking about her new #book ‘Our Noble Selves’ and happily more in the pipeline
‘I work at the level of the word…a good day is a good sentence’
And every sentence in her 16 books is good! 📚

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

Optimistic October - Day 5: Be a realistic optimist. See life as it is, but focus on what's good https://t.co/Zwx28pfkXB #OptimisticOctober

[Age UK Campaigns @ageukcampaigns]

We are deeply saddened by the news that Dame Esther Rantzen DBE, who founded our Silver Line Helpline, has died. Esther was a true inspiration who helped support thousands of older people through The Silver Line Helpline. We send our heartfelt condolences to Dame Esther's family.

[Age Joyfully @AgeingBetter]

Happy #InternationalDayOfOlderPeople
We’re great!

Increasing #longevity is a cause for celebration if we enable #olderpeople age well and not just live longer

#health #happiness #howtoagejoyfully
Improve #healthspan
End #ageism

#quentinblake #judidench

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

Life is better when we find something to look forward to. Join us for Optimistic October and discover ways to stay hopeful, even in uncertain times 🌈 https://t.co/Zwx28pfkXB #OptimisticOctober

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

Longer lives are one of the greatest achievements of our time. Global life expectancy today is 8.4 years higher than it was in 1995. Longer lives have transformed how long we work, participate, make decisions and rely on public institutions. But our systems and human rights protections have not kept pace. Older people continue to face age discrimination and gaps in the protection of their autonomy, health, security and participation.

As people live longer, our institutions must ensure they can continue to exercise their rights fully and equally at every age. The UN Human Rights Office has found that existing international human rights protections do not adequately address the specific barriers older persons face, and work is now underway at the Human Rights Council on a new legally binding international instrument. The task is to ensure that the rights people hold throughout their lives are effectively protected as people live longer.

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

Today is the International Day of Older Persons!

Under the theme "The Age of Longevity," it is a call to examine how societies can ensure that longer lives translate into healthy, productive, dignified and equitable lives for all.

#OlderPersons #Population #Healthcare

[nature @Nature]

Hearts from young donors age rapidly in the bodies of older recipients, and older hearts are rejuvenated inside young people

https://t.co/f8JG7MiryQ

[Kristie Leong M.D. @DrKristieLeong]

Your calves are a second heart.

Most people never turn it on.

Each time you walk or rise onto your toes, your calf muscles compress the deep veins and help propel blood back toward your heart against gravity.

One-way valves keep it from falling back.

Healthy calves eject about 65% of that venous volume in a single contraction. That is the pump that was built to fight pooling all day.

•Sit or stand still and the pump shuts off.
•Fluid sits in the lower legs.
•Legs feel heavy.
•Ankles puff.
•You move less.
•Valves take more load.
•Risk of varicosities and blood clots goes up.

You need the pump on.

Do this every hour you sit or stand in place:

•20–30 slow toe raises
•2-second squeeze at the top
•Drop your heels.
•Repeat.

Coffee line. Brushing teeth. End of a Zoom.

How many hours do you go without a single toe raise?

#Circulation
#CalfPump

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

Martha’s Rule is to be expanded to A&Es across England.

Patients, loved ones and NHS staff will be able to call a dedicated number to request an urgent review if a patient’s condition is getting worse and they’re concerned it’s not being listened to.

➡️ https://t.co/ofwHKLtFyP

[Harvard Health @HarvardHealth]

Evidence is growing that shingles vaccination may do more than just help prevent painful shingles outbreaks, including lowering risk of dementia and slowing biological aging. Now, a study suggests that the current version of the vaccine may also protect the heart. #HarvardHealth

https://t.co/2vmgRjt2o5

[Age Joyfully @AgeingBetter]

And these related tips might help!
From ‘How to #Age Joyfully’

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

Don’t underestimate the value of small steps. The path may not be clear yet but you’re still making progress

Image: https://t.co/KJTWGI2VTL

[Maggy Pigott @MaggyPigott]

Excellent event at #Chelsea Arts Festival with Prof Daisy Fancourt & #author @emmagannon on the need for and power of #creativity and the #arts for #physical & #mental #health at all ages
‘Everybody is creative’
So true - only discovered joy of #dancing and #writing in my 60s!

[Age Joyfully @AgeingBetter]

Good to hear of the success of many women in their 60s including the wonderful Bonnie Garmus #author of the outstanding, best selling ‘Lessons in Chemistry’

[Maggy Pigott @MaggyPigott]

Wonderful event in Chelsea #Arts Festival, curated by amazing #BernadineEvaristo with other great #authors including @KadiatuKM and #BonnieGarmus (can’t wait for her imminent #book!) plus #music from two of 7 #KannehMason children
#Creativity & the arts must be forever protected!

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

With cases at a record high, leading experts advise on the lifestyle changes that may give you the best chance of staying cancer-free

[RetroNewsNow @RetroNewsNow]

74 years ago tonight on CBS:
Lucy and Ethel clocked in at the candy factory.

Still one of the funniest five minutes ever put on television