Heat Pumps – A Smart Choice for Older People
June 12, 2025
This month’s guest blog is written by David Lyons Whyte from Switched On London. As we get older, comfort, safety, saving money, and environmental considerations become more important in our homes. That’s why more and more older adults are turning to heat pump...
National Best Friends’ Day
June 5, 2025
Yes, we know, there are probably too many national awareness days, but this one piqued our interest because we know that people who are lonely in retirement have a significant risk of dementia with some studies showing as much as a 25-40% increased risk. As we get olde...
Safe calls to your bank
May 29, 2025
Spoofing is a deceptive practice where an attacker disguises their identity or the source of a communication to appear as a trusted entity, often to gain access to sensitive information, steal money, or spread malware. It involves impersonating someone or something else ...
“Oh, but that was a gift from…”!
May 22, 2025
Food waste part 2!
May 15, 2025
Food waste is caused because the vast majority of people don’t plan their food consumption and so much therefore is left over. There will always be those times when we buy something that spoils before we expected it to. That’s not your fault, so don’t...
Food can be clutter too!
May 8, 2025
World Password Day - Guest Blog
May 1, 2025
This week’s guest blog is written by Richard Fincher from Room 101. For the last 700 years, at the Tower of London, at around 10pm, something similar to the following refrain is heard during the changing of the watchman's shift: "Halt! Who goes there?' ...
Setting a declutter schedule
April 24, 2025
If you are downsizing or just feel that your home is a bit overcrowded with possessions, one of the great ways to get started is to set yourself a schedule which can be popped into your diary. This way you are setting time aside for it and you are also holding yourself...
National Haiku Poetry Day!
April 17, 2025
As it is National Haiku Poetry Day today, we asked AI for a bit of help for some relevant haikus, and we love them. Here they are: DownsizingSorting cherished thingsMemories packed with careNew beginnings bloom.Later lifeSilver strands whisperFootsteps slow ...
Treasured memories
April 10, 2025
This month’s guest blog is written by Rosalind Furlong, a professional photographer, who captures people and memories for a living and shares here how she wishes she had dealt with her children’s memories. My name is Rosalind and I am a hoarder. I’m not quit...
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