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As we get older, thoughts of moving to downsize your home, live closer to relatives or go into sheltered housing may seem tempting. But how can you tell if it’s the right thing to do? by Jo Mears
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Sheila Coles, from the Elderly Accommodation Counsel charity, helps three readers of different ages make the decision:
For 50-60 year olds: Being a carer will influence people’s decision on where they move and whether they might want to pool resources with relatives. You might want to downsize from a big family home, or may want to use retirement money for a more leisurely lifestyle Aged by the sea or even abroad. 50-60 For 60-70 year olds: However fit you are, e eocn SnenaJJane a ne S Scott, cot a 50-year-old teacher you need to think at least 10 years ahead now from London, asks: and factor in future needs. If you are moving My parents are in their 80s – Mum closer to family and grandchilden, it is worth suffers from dementia and is in a looking at flats or even a granny annexe. If you wheelchair and Dad is finding it prefer to stay put, now is the time to investigate increasingly difficult to manage. We’ve adapting your home and finding out about looked into residential care but it support services or what is available in sheltered wouldn’t suit Dad, who’s still very active, accommodation in your area. although it would be good for Mum. For over-70s: A planned move is always better Most weeks we have to go to their house than one forced on you by a crisis, so be realistic in Cheltenham to sort out problems. The about health and mobility problems – after best option might be for us to move into all, one in five people aged over 80 develops a house with them, where they could live dementia or mobility problems. This might on the ground floor. What do you think? be the time to consider moving into a smaller
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These are Charmian Boyd’s five essential tips on whether or not to move: // Don’t rush into a decision // Plan ahead before a health problem turns into a crisis // Read all the information available // Think hard about what’s important in your life and list pros and cons for leaving and staying put // Work out what you really want, not just what your relatives want.
Sheila says: Discuss with your parents what they would like in an ideal world. Realistically, though, they may have to consider separating so that your mother can move to a care home. This would take some pressure off your father, who could remain in the family home and visit her as often as he likes. You could also explore whether there are any ‘close care’ schemes in their area. This is where retirement accommodation is in the grounds of a care home, so the frail partner lives in the home and the fitter partner lives in the grounds in a flat.
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Sheila says: Try to work out why you can’t settle in the bungalow – perhaps even seek counselling. Given that your roots and social life are in Cornwall, you need to weigh very carefully what you might gain by moving near your daughter against what you might lose by leaving your present home. If she has a small baby, how much time would she realistically be able to spend with you? Perhaps consider renting a home near your daughter for six months. If it works out well, think about buying a property.
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has extra banisters and a n n eepn dret rneMy M r y rented rented property pr safety bar in the bathroom, and someone comes in to do the housework regularly. But I’m worried because my eyesight is deteriorating, which has got me thinking that I might need extra help in future. If I move, I want somewhere where I can live independently but where people are on hand to cook me at least one meal a day. What’s my best option?
Sheila says: If you want to stay put, consider having an alarm system installed to summon help if you’re taken ill. Your local council will have a scheme.
If your eyesight deteriorates further, ask for a visit from the visual impairment support services, which can advise on strategies or equipment that will help you overcome difficulties in getting around or carrying out tasks. Most retirement properties don’t offer meals, but you could consider contacting Abbeyfield on 01727 857 536; www.abbeyfield.com which provides rented accommodation and two meals a day. An alternative would be having prepared meals delivered to you if you can cope with reheating them.
// Seamless Relocation offers a caring and independent service to enable people to move home. It aims to make the transition as smooth as possible – from finding a new property to settling in. For more details call 0208 621 3553 or visit www.seamlessrelocation.com // Age Concern has a variety of guides, including housing choices in retirement, planning to live abroad, staying safe and secure in your own property, or how to find a care home. Call 0800 00 99 66 or visit www.ageconcern.org.uk // Elderly Accommodation Counsel helps elderly people make informed choices about their housing and care needs. It aims to deliver a first-class service to elderly people and their relatives and carers. Call 020 7820 1343 or visit EAC at www.housingcare.org
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The experts Antonia Dean is a clinical nurse specialist for the Breast Cancer Care helpline and Ask the Nurse email service. She’s worked with Breast Cancer Care for over three years and earlier worked at a specialist cancer hospital. Antonia has oncology and breast cancer nursing qualifications and a postgraduate counselling certificate.
Dr Sarah Burnett is a consultant radiologist at King Edward VII Hospital, London. In 2005, aged 43, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and a mammography showed 11 tumours. Fortunately, it was spotted early and Sarah has made a full recovery.
How do I check my breasts and what am I looking for?
Dr Sarah Burnett says: “Make sure you’re aware of how your breasts normally look and feel. As well as any new lumps, look out for any changes to the nipple, a thickening or dimpling and also constant pain under your arm in or in one part of your breast. The vast majority of symptoms will have a benign cause, but it’s important to have any concerns checked by your doctor immediately.”
Am I entitled to a mammogram?
Antonia Dean says: “In the UK, women aged between 50 and 70 (that’s 50 to 64 in Northern Ireland) are invited for breast screening every three years as part of the NHS Breast Screening Programme. If you’re over 70, you can also ask for a mammogram every three years. The Government has plans to extend this screening age range from 47 years to 73 years in the near future.”
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Antonia Dean says: “Visit your GP if you notice any change to your breasts which isn’t normal for you. Don’t wait until your next mammogram is due. Get it checked immediately. Your GP will examine you and confirm if you need to go to a breast clinic for more tests. It’s always an anxious time, but most women who are referred for tests won’t be diagnosed with breast cancer – benign breast conditions are very common, too.”
I took HRT for five years – will I get breast cancer?
Dr Sarah Burnett says: “There is some evidence to suggest that combined HRT, which contains oestrogen and progesterone, can increase your risk of developing breast cancer. This risk is increased the longer you take HRT, but most women taking HRT will not get breast cancer. And the good news is that after you stop taking HRT, your risk appears to go back down to normal within roughly five years.”
What treatments are available?
Antonia Dean says: “Most women diagnosed with breast cancer will have surgery – either an operation to remove the cancer and a small area of healthy tissue surrounding it, or a mastectomy where the entire breast is removed. Other treatments include radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and targeted therapy. Targeted therapies include new drugs, which focus on specific features of a cancer cell, the most common one being Herceptin. Survival rates are improving. More than 70 per cent of women with breast cancer will live for at least 10 years, and most of these women will live a great deal longer than that.” Helpful contacts Breast Cancer Care // Call 0808 800 6000 or visit www.breastcancercare.org.uk Breakthrough Breast Cancer // Call 0808 010 0200 or visit www.breakthrough.org.uk Macmillan Cancer Support // Call 0808 808 2020 or visit www.macmillan.org.uk
Health niggles? See your GP
Breast cancer isn’t the only cancer you should be looking out for at 50-plus. A Danish study, which focused on women aged 50-79, recently found that the risk of developing ovarian cancer increased by 38 per cent for women who were taking HRT. Luckily, further research has shown that once you stop taking HRT your risk decreases. But the symptoms of ovarian cancer can be hard to spot and are often confused with common health niggles. “If you experience persistent pelvic and abdominal pain, constant bloating (not bloating that comes and goes), difficulty eating or feeling full quickly, see your GP immediately and ask about ovarian cancer,” says Professor Ian Jacobs, of the ovarian cancer charity, the Eve Appeal. “Your symptoms might be completely unrelated to ovarian cancer – but it’s worth getting them checked.” // Find out more The Eve Appeal, call 0207 299 4430 or visit www.eveappeal.org.uk *See your GP about health concerns before taking any supplements or herbal remedies, particularly if you take prescribed medicines. Always speak to your GP before stopping any medication
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the menopause it seems to be happening more often – is it a symptom of the change? DR JONTY says: Cystitis is not a symptom of ‘the change’ as such, but it is more common after women have been through the menopause. The symptoms, such as the urge to pee more often, discomfort or burning when you go, and cloudy or blood-stained urine, are due to irritation in the bladder and the tube that connects the bladder to the outside world (called the urethra). This is usually due to an infection, and as many as one in five women over 65 will develop a urinary infection. This is because a drop in the levels of the female sex hormone (oestrogen) leads to changes in the mucus of the vagina that makes it harder for good bacteria to survive and easier for harmful bacteria to thrive. This drop also causes the walls of the vagina, bladder and urethra to thin and be more prone to damage or inflammation. Here are some tips that may help: Drink plenty of water and a daily glass of cranberry juice. Avoid harsh soaps and perfumes when washing, and when you are having sexual intercourse use a lubricant to prevent damage and irritation to the sensitive skin in this area. Take a shower instead of a bath, stick to cotton underwear, and avoid tight-fitting clothes. Try not to hold on when you need to pee, and when you do go make sure you empty your bladder. If it is still a problem, talk to your GP. You may benefit from a vaginal cream containing oestrogen or even long-term antibiotics to keep the infections at bay. Good luck. // Dr Jonty Heaversedge is a GP in London and star of BBC1’s Street Doctor. He’ll be answering your health questions every fortnight. MORE HEALTH, DIET AND WELL-BEING NEWS YOURS // EVERY FORTNIGHT
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Greene, were very caring and always made sure we had plenty to eat before drinking too much champagne! After that I worked for the Eileen Green agency, who also had such famous names as Anjelica Huston, Marie Helvin and Tessa Dahl on their books. I used to start early in the morning after my agent’s call, travel to a photoshoot, then go to see various photographers, advertising agencies and magazines to show them my latest photos and keep the work coming in. This was known as ‘go see’. I had to be flexible and pack just essentials to fly out at a moment’s notice to locations in Europe. I learned basic French, Italian and German to get by. I loved working in France, as everything stopped for two hours for lunch, but in Italy the clients had us
Still looking good today, Maggie looks back to some of the fashion shots of the Seventies
keep on working while they ate! I can remember being photographed in fast cars, on yachts in the south of France, in snowstorms in the Rocky Mountains, in the heat of the Sahara, as well as in castles, museums and stately homes. At various times, I posed with circus people and cowboys. As each season’s clothes were photographed in advance, it meant I’d be wearing thick winter clothes in the height of summer and thin summer clothes in freezing temperatures. In the winter, the fashion editors would stand by with coats in between shots. In the summer, they supplied water to cool us. There weren’t as many magazines as there are now, but some of the ones I worked for were Vogue, Brides, Honey, Woman, Vanity Fair,
She and Cosmopolitan, as well as the fashion section of many national newspapers. Every time a magazine I’d worked on was published, I would scour the pages to update my portfolio for ‘go sees’. In the Seventies, the street style was mainly hippy, although the design houses remained fairly formal. I owned some beautiful dresses by British designer Ossie Clark, but working long hours, rushing from studio to studio, we models generally just wore jeans – it was usually the fashion editors who wore the latest trends. Among the photographers I worked with were Brian Duffy, Barry Lategan and Clive Arrowsmith. Most of the time my make-up was done by Barbara Daly, who always used
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to say to me: “Never cut your hair!” Occasionally, it was done by the French make-up artist Pierre La Roche, who was famous for doing David Bowie’s make-up during his Ziggy Stardust years. John Frieda and Trevor Sorbie usually styled my hair – Trevor was the only hairdresser I ever let trim my waist-length hair. Although it appears glamorous, modelling is physically demanding – it requires stamina, working with different people in different places. My worst experience was a photoshoot in Agadir, Morocco. After being soaked by the sea, I had to then endure a four-hour drive back to our hotel. I’ve never been so cold and ended up with pneumonia on my return to England.
During one shoot near Marrakesh, one of the other models felt sorry for the camels at the market. The next day we discovered several camels had mysteriously appeared at our hotel. We found out later that she had bought them to send to her parents’ menagerie in California! When I was working with Omar Sharif for Amica magazine, I was extremely nervous as the make-up artist had said that he disliked
working with blue-eyed women and proceeded to put on a thick layer of green eyeshadow as a disguise. Luckily, I found him polite, charming and easy to work with. On another occasion I found myself working with real native Americans, in British Columbia, Canada, for Honey magazine.
‘I was nervous, but found Omar Sharif charming and easy to work with’
I met my husband, Tom, when I was 16. He was a student at Mountview Drama School in North London. When we married, he gave up acting and I gave up modelling to become a mother and look after our three sons, Luke, Ross and Alexander, who are now aged 32, 28 and 22 respectively. We live in Dorset and I spend my life painting country scenes on wood canvasses. After recently recovering from breast cancer, I’ve started exhibiting my artwork at galleries in Ireland and Christchurch, Dorset. I still enjoy looking back through my portfolio of magazines, adverts and newspapers that I appeared in over the seven years when I was a fashion model. My sons find it hard to imagine that it was really me, but I have the pictures to prove it!
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ello folks! If you see someone who looks like me in your local bookshop, grabbing customers by the throat and wrestling them over to the autobiography section – it will be me. I’m in the middle of a nationwide tour trying to flog enough books to afford a couple of sparklers for November 5 and an ex-workhouse Christmas puddin’ for December. Come October 15, I’ll be doing what they call a ‘platform talk’ at the National Theatre on London’s South Bank. I get interviewed, answer questions and – you guessed it – sign copies of the book. On the 20th, I’ll be a guest at a literary lunch, trying to make the likes of Terry Wogan, Richard Ingrams and Barry Cryer laugh – but I like a challenge. Oh, I’ll be signing books too! On the 23rd, I’ll be at The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford doing a question-and-answer session… and I may even sign the odd book! Now I have to tender grovelling apologies to so many Yours readers who’ve written to me. I’m doing my best to answer them all… promise! Here’s a couple I thought may be of interest to all our readers: Reader Jean Vick told me about this book – 208 It Was Great by Alan Bailey – which is a must for those of us who listened under the bedclothes to Jimmy Savile, Noel Edmonds et al on Radio Luxembourg. Available for £10.70 (postage free) from Alan Bailey, call 07977 221034 or visit www.208itwasgreatradioluxembourg.co.uk). Still with radio, Anne Farnden from Hampshire told me about Angel Radio, which is run by older people for older people and, this is unique, only plays pop music recorded before 1960 (Radio 2 take heed). The station only broadcasts in the Havant area on 101.1FM, but it can be heard worldwide on the internet (www.angelradio. moonfruit.com). Angel Radio themselves say that no other station in Europe provides such a service. Is it the start of some thing exciting? And finally lots of folk have written about the golden voice
‘I’ll be trying to make the likes of Terry Wogan laugh… I like a challenge’
and great looks of Deanna Durbin. They all want to know about her and if she’s still with us. She is and will be 88 this year. The Deanna Durbin Society can answer all your queries. Drop a line to: Denis Holland, 84a Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, ST17 4AW. PS The rarest copies of my book are the unsigned ones! // Get a double dose of Roy in this issue of Yours! Turn to p32 where we chat to Roy about his new autobiography A Fart in a Colander (excuse our language!). He talks about life’s ups and downs and a shocking discovery while writing the book.
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Our gardener, Geoff Stebbings, has been gardening since the age of seven. He trained at Kew before becoming a garden writer. He has a small garden, crammed with plants,tand ne m thre t oll eaallot allotmen ments. t
Pulling up bedding plants and replacing them with winter pansies. Planting bulbs in the garden and in pots for the greenhouse and home. Cleaning the greenhouse ready for the tender plants to come back in for winter. Digging the maincrop potatoes and harvesting winter squash. Making chutney with green and red tomatoes and the last of the courgettes.
Of course, if you do want to feed the birds there is plenty of choice. Any red cotoneaster will be a hit, along with berberis, sorbus and pyracantha. Any prunus with fruits, whether laurel or a cherry, will bring flocks to your garden, and small, red crab apples are popular too. Amelanchiers are grown primarily for their white spring blossom and autumn leaf colour, but they often produce good crops of small red fruits too and these are popular with birds. And that ‘new’ superfruit, the aronia, has long been popular with birds, which seem better able to stomach the taste than we ever will. Some things are best left to our feathered friends.
Geoff Stebbings is editor of Garden Answers. For advice and inspiration each month don’t miss your copy.
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suppose I should be ashamed when I say that I’ve never been the greatest fan of berried plants and rarely plant specifically for birds. Don’t get me wrong, I encourage birds to my garden and I would never begrudge them m a few holly berries. In fact I’d go so far as to say that the best part of the day is dusk when blackbirds fill the air with song. I also enjoy watching the young birds fly up onto the greenhouse and slide down the glazing bars into the gutter where, unfortunately, they discover they can reach the blackberries trained against the sunny side. But they are territorial and find me an inconvenience in their garden. I have the audacity to want to eat some of the blueberries, and uoraspberries y ne h wesi m or pcurrants. moc s ya w l a si I even have a cat that they have to chase away when, to feed their brood, they hop through the back door to feast on the cat food that I’ve carelessly left in bowls. Before I sound like an old grump, I do think it’s a good plan to plant for birds, and berries are the simple solution. Although I’m not a sun worshipper, I confess that I positively despise rowan trees for dripping with berries in late July, bringing a shudder of autumn when summer has barely got into its stride.
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Lynda’s
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admit that I’m one of those people who always thought that if I had a lot of money all my problems would be solved and I would be happy. But as I have matured I have realised that this attitude only leads to frustration. Looking at the state of the world in recession, I venture to suggest that a lot of people felt the same and are now reassessing their lot. Because, frankly, there is much in life that gives pleasure without money passing hands. For instance, driving in London can be a pleasure as long as you approach it with the right frame of mind. My favourite trick is beating the traffic jam – especially if the vehicle ahead is a white van. So often, the white van man has bullied his way in front of me only to find we are now both sitting in a jam. I wait for the next turning I can go down and with great aplomb I make my move. I deftly weave my way around the back routes to emerge five minutes later at least two cars in front of the white van! Yes, I know it is very childish, but it gives me pleasure. The look on the driver’s face is priceless. Parking also provides me with moments of extreme pleasure. I cannot recommend highly enough the importance, as a woman, of learning to park. I know this is not PC in any way but any opportunity to get one over on male dominance of the road is a treat… I was taught to park well by my ex-husband, an Italian who, I have to say, was a master at it. (Anyone who has been to Naples will appreciate this. They practically park on top of each other!) So I always look for a spot that is a challenge
Yours columnist Lynda Bellingham reflects on the truth of the old saying that the best things in life are free…
and preferably one where there is a male audience of some kind. It is so satisfying to see them watch me as I start to park. Gleefully anticipating disaster, their faces fall as – in three deft moves – I am in. Once, I even got a round of applause! Seriously, though, life’s little pleasures are so precious and should be cherished. My childhood is encapsulated in one perfect taste – crumpets and melted butter. And I always want to pass the moments on to my children, don’t you? Clean crisp sheets are a pleasure that my sons have inherited, though it poses the tricky problem of who irons them. There is definitely no pleasure to be had from the ironing part. Breakfast has always been a pleasure. For me, a home-made bacon sandwich in white bread is almost better than sex! When I was young and my Dad was a farmer I would get up very early with him to milk the cows. I had a pony
‘My Dad and I would have a huge fry-up together in front of the Aga’ in those days and I would feed her and muck out her stable before meeting Dad in the cowshed. Then we would have huge fry-up together in front of the Aga. Nowadays, a fry-up is the first thing I offer the boys when they come home in the early hours or get up late! Perhaps my greatest little pleasure in life is a hug from my boys. That’s all of them. Husband, stepson and my two. I love them all to bits and, as readers with sons will know, they are sometimes very lacking when it comes to demonstrative shows of affection! So when it happens, it is truly wonderful.
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Who knows whether I’ll still be in Strictly by the time you read this. Still, I can’t resist sharing a few anecdotes with Yours readers. Jade Johnson’s a favourite. After three hours’ group rehearsal, she asked: “Lynda, what
are you on?” She couldn’t believe how much stamina I had. As readers of my column will know, I have an obsession with clean sheets. The problem is that for Strictly we’re all sprayed with fake tan to make us look good
under the lights. In the morning, g, my lovely sheets are brown and d it costs me a fortune in laundry!! Oh, and did you know we gett sewn into our costumes? Not easy when you suddenly need the loo! Strictly no fun at all!
Jade Johnson’s a sweetheart
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