Your retirement

With our population aging and people living till they’re so much older your retirement now can be two or sometimes three decades. So it’s really important that you have good health for that so that you can enjoy what should be an exciting new chapter in your life.

There are things that you can do now that you will reap the rewards of later on in your older years.

Physical activity is so important. Not only does it help you to maintain a healthy body weight and a normal BMI which is preventative against heart disease and also arthritis. But it also gives you a purpose to your day, because that’s what retirement is about, finding the new routine for you that suits you.

The other thing that you should keep active is your mind. We know that keeping your mind active, games of strategy like Bridge or Chess even doing the crossword will keep your mind active and prevent you from suffering from things like Alzheimer’s or dementia in your older years.

The other thing that I would say to anybody is socialise. Don’t withdraw. Engage with people, we know that people as they get older sometimes feel a little bit isolated. And keeping involved in your community or with your friends or joining a club even getting out for a walk and meeting people those things are so, so important.

Health checks with your GP, looking after your blood pressure, your cholesterol, your prostate will all stand to you as you get older.

Your health is your true wealth. And if you do invest in it and look after it you will reap the rewards, it will repay you in spades.

Standard Life Assurance Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority in the UK and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland for conduct of business rules. Standard Life Assurance Limited is registered in Dublin, Ireland (905495) at 90 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 and Edinburgh, Scotland (SC286833) at Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH. © 2014 Standard Life, images reproduced under licence.

With our population aging and people living till they’re so much older your retirement now can be two or sometimes three decades. So it’s really important that you have good health for that so that you can enjoy what should be an exciting new chapter in your life.

There are things that you can do now that you will reap the rewards of later on in your older years.

Physical activity is so important. Not only does it help you to maintain a healthy body weight and a normal BMI which is preventative against heart disease and also arthritis. But it also gives you a purpose to your day, because that’s what retirement is about, finding the new routine for you that suits you.

The other thing that you should keep active is your mind. We know that keeping your mind active, games of strategy like Bridge or Chess even doing the crossword will keep your mind active and prevent you from suffering from things like Alzheimer’s or dementia in your older years.

The other thing that I would say to anybody is socialise. Don’t withdraw. Engage with people, we know that people as they get older sometimes feel a little bit isolated. And keeping involved in your community or with your friends or joining a club even getting out for a walk and meeting people those things are so, so important.

Health checks with your GP, looking after your blood pressure, your cholesterol, your prostate will all stand to you as you get older.

Your health is your true wealth. And if you do invest in it and look after it you will reap the rewards, it will repay you in spades.

Standard Life Assurance Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority in the UK and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland for conduct of business rules. Standard Life Assurance Limited is registered in Dublin, Ireland (905495) at 90 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 and Edinburgh, Scotland (SC286833) at Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2DH. © 2014 Standard Life, images reproduced under licence.