Statistics from National Records of Scotland this week showed that winter deaths rose to their highest level in 18 years last year – with over-75s being the biggest group affected.
The statistics are particularly worrying on Arran where, the last figures available show, nearly 37 per cent of the popular are over 65 – with 900 residents over 75.
Now the national charity for older people, Age Scotland, is encouraging older people to reduce their risk of illness this winter by investigating winter entitlements and to get a flu injection.