• Elderly people should reduce heating during the cold months.
• To save money and protect their health.
• Caroline Abrahams suggests layering clothing, using electric blankets, utilizing draught excluders.

Elderly people should aim to save money by using less heating during the cold months if at all possible, according to the organisation Age UK.

The health of older persons can be negatively impacted by extended exposure to cold temperatures, according to the report.

Having a lot of hot food and beverages throughout the day, dressing warmly when going outside, and sleeping with the windows closed at night are all easy ways to fend off the cold, according to Caroline Abrahams, director of the charity.

According to Independent Age’s John Palmer, the chances of a stroke, heart attack, and hypothermia can all rise in the cold weather.

He advised layering clothing, using electric blankets at night, utilizing draught excluders, trying to stay active, and going to warm places offered by local councils as other ways to stay warm.

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