5 Million Grandparents Take On Childcare Responsibilities
Two-fifths (40%) of the nation’s grandparents over the age of 50 – five million – have provided regular childcare for their grandchildren, according to a…
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Survey of UK Grandparents Reveals Best and Worst Things About Modern Life
What’s great about life right now according to Britain’s grandparents? Digital cameras, cars and TV! We’ve all heard older relatives talk about how things were…
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‘Residential Revolution’ Needed For England’s Ageing Population, Says LGA
The number of specialist homes for older people will need to increase by 400,000 units in less than 20 years as a result of our…
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Nearly 3 Million Over 65s Struggling Financially
Age UK research has revealed that nearly 3 million – that’s 1 in 4 – older people are in financial difficulty, showing that pensioner poverty…
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Only 1 In 10 Mps In England Believe The Social Care System Is Fit For Purpose For The UK’s Ageing Population
Only 1 in 10 MPs in England (10%) believe that the current social care system is suitable for the UK’s ageing population. And 86% of…
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Retirees Leaving Sociable Workplaces May Experience Accelerated Cognitive Decline
A study published recently in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, provides new evidence that workers retiring from occupations…
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Half of Older Patients’ Families Struggle to Complain About Poor Care in Hospital
Older vulnerable people are often reliant on relatives to raise concerns when things go wrong in hospital, yet over half (51%) of family members with…
Read more...State Pension Age Increase Brought Forward
The rise in the state pension age to 68 is to be brought forward, according to new plans announced by the Government last week. Six…
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Let’s End Austerity for the Country’s Older and Vulnerable
A leading social care group today called on the Government to end austerity for the country’s oldest and most vulnerable people. The Independent Care Group…
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Dame Helen Mirren, Zoella And Alfie Deyes Knit Up A Storm For The Big Knit
Age UK and innocent smoothies have teamed up with Madame Tussaud’s London to celebrate the biggest Big Knit ever. Famous faces from the waxwork collection…
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Researchers Put Best Foot Forward At Active Ageing Conference
Could low frequency high intensity interval training (HIIT) sessions and recreational dancing really help older individuals maintain optimum health in later life? That along with…
Read more...Care System ‘Buckling’ Says Age UK As Major Care Homes Investigation Launches
A recent study into the quality of care homes which has sparked a much wider legal investigation has been called ‘a manifestation of our buckling…
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Things Were Better ‘Back In The Day,’ Say Older Brits
It’s official – life really was “better in the old days”, according to a new study. Half of adults over the age of 50 agree…
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TOWIE’s Georgia Kousoulou Helps Launch Independent Age Fundraising Challenge
Georgia Kousoulou from The Only Way Is Essex helped launch the brand new charity fundraising challenge for Independent Age, the older people’s charity, on Saturday…
Read more...‘Oldest Old’ Abandoned By Care System As 800,000 Struggle With Essential Tasks
Age UK is calling on political parties to put social care at the heart of their election manifestos as it reveals that a third of…
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