Author Archives: john graham

“Breakfast Tradition”

Posted on June 24, 2012 by john graham

Breakfast sets you up for the day, gets you up in the right mood and off to a good start.  It is a habit that works for me so long as it can be done on automatic pilot.  Even though … Continue reading →

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“Google Gout”

Posted on June 19, 2012 by john graham

THIS POST CARRIES A GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNING !  Do not take this blog too seriously.         After my recent problems with my poorly foot ( See my blog “Best Foot Forward”  by clicking in the Archive on 10 June 2012 ) this … Continue reading →

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“78 Charities Open Reply”

Posted on June 17, 2012 by john graham

This blog follows on from the previous post dated 12 June 2012.  Beneath is my open letter in reply to the charities :- I understand the sentiments in your recent open letter to the Prime Minister, although I believe it … Continue reading →

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“78 Charities Open Letter”

Posted on June 14, 2012 by john graham

Just over a month ago a group of well known UK charities wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister about the Crisis of Care of the Elderly.  This is inevitably going to fall on deaf ears.   I have reprinted the letter … Continue reading →

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“Equity Release – Life Raft or Scandal?”

Posted on June 12, 2012 by john graham

For a long time now I have been advocating that older people will have to use the value built up in the house to secure themselves a better lifestyle in later life.   There is around £1 trillion locked up in … Continue reading →

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“Best Foot Forward”

Posted on June 10, 2012 by john graham

I went for a short walk the other day and when I got back home, one of my feet was very sore.  The following day I could hardly walk at all.  Being a man I rested up all day on … Continue reading →

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“Food for Thought”

Posted on June 7, 2012 by john graham

The Daily Mail has to be applauded for its relentless, if half-hearted, campaign in pursuit of “Dignity for the Elderly”.  (Click on “Dignity be Damned” in the TAG CLOUD for earlier blogs on this subject). It is a good story line, … Continue reading →

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“Happy Hundreds”

Posted on June 5, 2012 by john graham

It is easier to find grumbles than smiles.  More of the headlines about getting old tend to be negative.  Issues about ill-health, limited finances and isolation dominate many discussions about ageing. With this mood music, how long will it be … Continue reading →

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“Kill or Cure”

Posted on June 3, 2012 by john graham

It is hard to keep up with all the medical advice on the pills and potions you should or should not take these days.  My last two blogs have talked about just two such cases.  (Click on PILLS in the … Continue reading →

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“Start Taking the Pills”

Posted on May 31, 2012 by john graham

Only just having passed on advice about stopping taking one lot of pills, (see previous blog or click on PILLS in the TAG CLOUD), now 5 minutes later comes advice, not from me, but in the Lancet no less.  EVERYONE … Continue reading →

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