Useful Links for the Elderly

To be revisited

• Brighton and Hove Healthwatch - has replaced the local LINk. You can email enquiries to them at enquiry@healthwatchbrightonandhove.co.uk or contact them directly Monday to Friday mornings 10am till 12 noon at 01273 810235
• Brighton and Hove Council Carer's Card
Carers in the city can have cut-price tickets, exercise, pampering and more,thanks to this Card funded by Brighton & Hove City Council. The aim to improve the health and well-being of people with caring responsibilities in the city.
If you have ongoing caring responsibilities, call the Council’s Adult Social Care Access Point on 01273 295555. Full details on Carers' Card offers in the Carers' Card booklet.
• Active For Life Brighton - find activities you can join ( e.g. next 4 links)
• 60+ Gentle Exercise - on 5 bus route, Hangleton
• Active at 60+ - Community Centre Carden Hill
• Extend gentle exercises for all elderly people
• Gentle exercise for over 60s at Palmeira Square
• Brighton Council Link - has been replaced by Healthwatch from April 2013
• The Centre for Ageing Better Is tackling inequalities in ageing. We are working to make our workplaces, homes and communities inclusive of older people, as well as building an Age-friendly Movement so that society sees ageing in a more positive and realistic way.
Age UK
• AgeUK - general health, wellbeing and other advice and contacts for the elderly
• AgeUK Brighton & Hove - serving Brighton, Hove and surounding area 0800 019 1310 95 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XE
Health Information
• Advice on Nutrition - Good Nutrition for Health Advice
• Smoking Facts and Older People Facts and Figures
• Senior Wellness Guide - Healthy Aging
• Drug Doses and Drug Interactions
• Hip Replacement Informational Guide
• Knee Replacement Informational Guide
• Better Breathing through singing - a very welcoming group of all ages and abilities
• Healthwalks Brighton and Hove - regular walks throughout the city
Brighton-hove gov
• The Electoral Register
• Adult Abuse - Where to get help and advice.