Over 65s exercise more times in a month than any other age group Outdoor sports such as cycling, hiking and camping proved popular with the over 65s THE NATION is living longer, and as average life expectancies increase, new research ...

Muscle strengthening exercises are important for building bone strength and preventing osteoporosis, but new research shows that even just 10,000 steps a day can help to keep bones strong. The study, involving Newcastle University and published today in the Journal of ...

New research commissioned by the older people’s charity Independent Age shows that over half (51%) of homeowners in England over the age of 50 fear losing their savings and homes to pay for their care in the future. The results ...

A new report from the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC) highlights international research from the EXTEND project that confirms that state pension reforms have significant potential to exacerbate social inequalities. Research from the EXTEND project shows that those best equipped ...

Pensioner poverty numbers have once again increased, with two million pensioners now living in poverty and nearly a million (930,000) saying they would be unable to pay an unexpected bill of £200, according to recently released government figures. In a ...

Volunteer residents at a care home are taking part in a new University of Birmingham study aimed at assessing whether exercising while seated can improve the health and well-being of frail older adults. The study, called Keeping Active in Residential ...

Today’s least well-off over 50s face far greater challenges than wealthier peers and are likely to die younger, become sicker earlier and fall out of work due to ill-health. A report ‘The State of Ageing in 2019’, from the Centre ...

Responding to an Age UK report on the social care burden on women, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, said: “Unpaid carers are the backbone of the care system, many of whom are unable to take ...

The Chatty Cafe Scheme, run by Alex Hoskyn, has scooped £7,500 prize money and specialist business support from Just Group The Chatty Cafe Scheme was crowned as the winner of the Innovating for Ageing competition created by Just Group, with support from ...

Following the Government’s quiet announcement last night that from May 15th 2019 ‘mixed age couples’ – where one partner is of working age and the other is above State Pension age – will no longer be entitled to put in ...