Independent living > Health & wellbeing services

Health & wellbeing are key to independent living for elderly people. Many support and care services promote healthy physical and emotional well-being, by providing services such as exercise & fitness classes, including chair based exercise, aerobics and Tai Chi. As well as improving physical health and well-being, these activities promote social and psychological well-being because they are group activities. A good balanced diet can improve the health of older people, and dietary advice can easily be obtained from a number of sources. Keeping warm in winter is important for older people to avoid problems especially if they have a chronic disease or disability, and risks of heart attacks increase if the body temperature drops. Leisure activities improve feelings of well-being, and many services offer concessionary prices for use of leisure facilities.

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Independent living > Health & wellbeing services services in England

Bedfordshire (17)
Bedford (15) Luton (15) Mid Bedfordshire (14) South Bedfordshire (15)

Berkshire (14)
Bracknell Forest (14) Reading (14) Slough (14) West Berkshire (14) Windsor and Maidenhead (14) Wokingham (14)

Buckinghamshire (15)
Aylesbury Vale (15) Chiltern (15) Milton Keynes (15) South Bucks (15) Wycombe (15)

Cambridgeshire (18)
Cambridge (15) East Cambridgeshire (16) Fenland (14) Huntingdonshire (15) Peterborough (14) South Cambridgeshire (14)

Channel Islands (14)
Guernsey (14) Jersey (14)

Cheshire (20)
Chester (18) Congleton (19) Crewe and Nantwich (19) Ellesmere Port and Neston (18) Halton (17) Macclesfield (19) Vale Royal (18) Warrington (17)

Cornwall (17)
Caradon (17) Carrick (17) Isles of Scilly (15) Kerrier (17) North Cornwall (17) Penwith (17) Restormel (17)

Cumbria (20)
Allerdale (15) Barrow-in-Furness (15) Carlisle (16) Copeland (15) Eden (16) South Lakeland (19)

Derbyshire (19)
Amber Valley (16) Bolsover (16) Chesterfield (16) Derby (17) Derbyshire Dales (18) Erewash (16) High Peak (17) North East Derbyshire (17) South Derbyshire (16)

Devon (22)
East Devon (18) Exeter (19) Mid Devon (18) North Devon (19) Plymouth (19) South Hams (19) Teignbridge (18) Torbay (18) Torridge (18) West Devon (18)

Dorset (26)
Bournemouth (24) Christchurch (22) East Dorset (23) North Dorset (20) Poole (25) Purbeck (21) West Dorset (20) Weymouth & Portland (20)

Durham (22)
Chester-le-Street (17) Darlington (16) Derwentside (17) Durham (15) Easington (17) Hartlepool (19) Sedgefield (17) Stockton-on-Tees (17) Teesdale (17) Wear Valley (17)

East Riding of Yorkshire (18)
East Riding of Yorkshire (16) Kingston upon Hull (18)

East Sussex (20)
Brighton & Hove (19) Eastbourne (18) Hastings (17) Lewes (18) Rother (17) Wealden (17)

Essex (19)
Basildon (16) Braintree (16) Brentwood (16) Castle point (16) Chelmsford (16) Colchester (17) Epping Forest (17) Harlow (17) Maldon (16) Rochford (16) Southend-on-Sea (16) Tendring (17) Thurrock (16) Uttlesford (17)

Gloucestershire (22)
Cheltenham (15) Cotswold (18) Forest of Dean (15) Gloucester (16) South Gloucestershire (18) Stroud (15) Tewkesbury (15)

Greater London (86)
Barking & Dagenham (20) Barnet (22) Bexley (21) Brent (18) Bromley (19) Camden (21) City of London (19) Croydon (21) Ealing (16) Enfield (27) Greenwich (17) Hackney (18) Hammersmith & Fulham (16) Haringey (20) Harrow (17) Havering (19) Hillingdon (18) Hounslow (18) Islington (21) Kensington and Chelsea (19) Kingston upon Thames (16) Lambeth (23) Lewisham (20) Merton (20) Newham (19) Redbridge (22) Richmond upon Thames (21) Southwark (21) Sutton (19) Tower Hamlets (18) Waltham Forest (21) Wandsworth (19) Westminster (18)

Greater Manchester (41)
Bolton (18) Bury (19) Manchester (18) Oldham (20) Rochdale (17) Salford (18) Stockport (18) Tameside (20) Trafford (18) Wigan (17)

Hampshire (22)
Basingstoke and Deane (20) East Hampshire (20) Eastleigh (20) Fareham (20) Gosport (20) Hart (20) Havant (20) New Forest (20) Portsmouth (21) Rushmoor (20) Southampton (21) Test Valley (20) Winchester (20)

Herefordshire (17)
Herefordshire (17)

Hertfordshire (24)
Broxbourne (19) Dacorum (21) East Hertfordshire (18) Hertsmere (16) North Hertfordshire (16) St Albans (16) Stevenage (16) Three Rivers (16) Watford (16) Welwyn Hatfield (16)

Isle of Man (16)
Isle of Man (16)

Isle of Wight (17)
Isle of Wight (17)

Kent (34)
Ashford (18) Canterbury (19) Dartford (19) Dover (18) Gravesham (19) Maidstone (20) Medway (15) Sevenoaks (18) Shepway (19) Swale (17) Thanet (18) Tonbridge & Malling (19) Tunbridge Wells (19)

Lancashire (26)
Blackburn with Darwen (21) Blackpool (20) Burnley (22) Chorley (22) Fylde (22) Hyndburn (23) Lancaster (22) Pendle (22) Preston (22) Ribble Valley (23) Rossendale (22) South Ribble (22) West Lancashire (22) Wyre (22)

Leicestershire (20)
Blaby (19) Charnwood (19) Harborough (20) Hinckley & Bosworth (19) Leicester (19) Melton (19) North West Leicestershire (19) Oadby & Wigston (19) Rutland (19)

Lincolnshire (15)
Boston (15) East Lindsey (15) Lincoln (15) North East Lincolnshire (15) North Kesteven (15) North Lincolnshire (15) South Holland (15) South Kesteven (15) West Lindsey (15)

Merseyside (26)
Knowsley (17) Liverpool (18) Sefton (20) St Helens (17) Wirral (19)

Norfolk (15)
Breckland (14) Broadland (14) Great Yarmouth (14) Kings Lynn and West Norfolk (14) North Norfolk (14) Norwich (15) South Norfolk (14)

North Yorkshire (18)
Craven (15) Hambleton (15) Harrogate (15) Middlesbrough (18) Redcar & Cleveland (17) Richmondshire (15) Ryedale (15) Scarborough (15) Selby (15) York (15)

Northamptonshire (18)
Corby (18) Daventry (18) East Northamptonshire (18) Kettering (18) Northampton (18) South Northamptonshire (18) Wellingborough (18)

Northumberland (15)
Alnwick (15) Berwick-upon-Tweed (15) Blyth Valley (15) Castle Morpeth (15) Tynedale (15) Wansbeck (15)

Nottinghamshire (21)
Ashfield (18) Bassetlaw (20) Broxtowe (18) Gedling (18) Mansfield (18) Newark and Sherwood (18) Nottingham (17) Rushcliffe (19)

Oxfordshire (19)
Cherwell (19) Oxford (19) South Oxfordshire (19) Vale of White Horse (19) West Oxfordshire (19)

Shropshire (22)
Bridgnorth (17) North Shropshire (19) Oswestry (17) Shrewsbury and Atcham (18) South Shropshire (18) Telford & Wrekin (21)

Somerset (24)
Bath & North East Somerset (19) Bristol (18) Mendip (19) North Somerset (19) Sedgemoor (19) South Somerset (17) Taunton Deane (17) West Somerset (17)

South Yorkshire (23)
Barnsley (16) Doncaster (17) Rotherham (18) Sheffield (17)

Staffordshire (22)
Cannock Chase (18) East Staffordshire (18) Lichfield (16) Newcastle-under-Lyme (17) South Staffordshire (20) Stafford (19) Staffordshire Moorlands (17) Stoke-on-Trent (16) Tamworth (16)

Suffolk (16)
Babergh (14) Forest Heath (15) Ipswich (15) Mid Suffolk (14) St Edmundsbury (15) Suffolk Coastal (14) Waveney (14)

Surrey (20)
Elmbridge (20) Epsom and Ewell (20) Guildford (20) Mole Valley (20) Reigate & Banstead (20) Runnymede (20) Spelthorne (20) Surrey Heath (20) Tandridge (20) Waverley (20) Woking (20)

Tyne and Wear (26)
Gateshead (15) Newcastle upon Tyne (17) North Tyneside (17) South Tyneside (14) Sunderland (19)

Warwickshire (20)
North Warwickshire (17) Nuneaton & Bedworth (17) Rugby (17) Stratford-on-Avon (18) Warwick (20)

West Midlands (27)
Birmingham (17) Coventry (16) Dudley (15) Sandwell (14) Solihull (18) Walsall (13) Wolverhampton (14)

West Sussex (21)
Adur (18) Arun (17) Chichester (17) Crawley (17) Horsham (20) Mid Sussex (19) Worthing (17)

West Yorkshire (33)
Bradford (18) Calderdale (16) Kirklees (15) Leeds (22) Wakefield (19)

Wiltshire (17)
Kennet (16) North Wiltshire (17) Salisbury (16) Swindon (16) West Wiltshire (16)

Worcestershire (19)
Bromsgrove (16) Malvern Hills (16) Redditch (17) Worcester (16) Wychavon (17) Wyre Forest (15)

Independent living > Health & wellbeing services services in Scotland

Aberdeen (11) Aberdeenshire (11) Angus (11) Argyll & Bute (11) Clackmannanshire (11) Dumfries & Galloway (11) Dundee (11) East Ayrshire (12) East Dunbartonshire (13) East Lothian (11) East Renfrewshire (13) Edinburgh (13) Eilean Siar / Western Isles (11) Falkirk (11) Fife (11) Glasgow (13) Highland (11) Inverclyde (12) Midlothian (11) Moray (11) North Ayrshire (12) North Lanarkshire (12) Orkney Islands (11) Perth & Kinross (11) Renfrewshire (12) Scottish Borders (11) Shetland Islands (11) South Ayrshire (11) South Lanarkshire (11) Stirling (11) West Dunbartonshire (12) West Lothian (11)

Independent living > Health & wellbeing services services in Wales

Anglesey (13) Blaenau Gwent (13) Bridgend (13) Caerphilly (13) Cardiff (14) Carmarthenshire (14) Ceredigion (13) Conwy (13) Denbighshire (13) Flintshire (14) Gwynedd (13) Merthyr Tydfil (13) Monmouthshire (13) Neath Port Talbot (14) Newport (13) Pembrokeshire (13) Powys (13) Rhondda Cynon Taff (13) Swansea (14) Torfaen (13) Vale of Glamorgan (13) Wrexham (14)

Independent living > Health & wellbeing services services in Northern Ireland

Antrim (9) Armagh (9) Belfast (9) Down (9) Fermanagh (9) Londonderry (9) Tyrone (9)