The government has launched its long-awaited Older People’s Housing Taskforce (OPHT) to help improve accommodation options for the elderly. The new taskforce to help improve…
Read more...Trainee Pet As Therapy Dog Brings So Much Joy – and Lots of Cuddles – to Friends of the Elderly’s Malvern Day Care Centre Clients…
Read more...A 93-year-old care home resident in Edinburgh has completed a wish – and she’s now on a real high. Elizabeth (Betty) Buckland, a resident at…
Read more...72 organisations have joined together to call for better representation for older people across government-policy making. Led by charities Independent Age, Age UK, the Centre…
Read more...A study into women who are active and healthy into middle age has revealed that maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle can lower the risk…
Read more...The stark reality of living in poverty in later life in Scotland has been revealed, with a new report that details how older people are…
Read more...A new in-depth report from the Charity Age UK, ‘Fixing the Foundations’, reveals how our under-funded and overstretched NHS and social care system is struggling…
Read more...An Army veteran who helped Alan Turing and his team crack enemy Enigma-coded messages during WWII has celebrated her 100th birthday. Annie Downey, who has…
Read more...The devastating impact of ageist attitudes on people, jobs, health, the economy and social cohesion has been revealed in a new report, Ageism: What’s the…
Read more...Research published in The BMJ found that people in their 60s who lead a healthier lifestyle experience slower cognitive decline. The study involved people taking…
Read more...The 2023 Global Ageing Network’s biennial conference in Glasgow in conjunction with Scottish Care and the National Care Forum takes place on 7th and 8th…
Read more...On Thursday 19 January, staff and residents from Windmill Manor Care Home in Oxted along with Councillor Brian Black came together to officially open the…
Read more...“The Archbishops’ Commission rightly highlights the importance of shifting the narrative on ageing and disability, as well as building better attitudes towards social care and…
Read more...With over 3.5 million people aged 50-64 currently classified as ‘economically inactive’, Age UK is warning that any move to increase the State Pension Age…
Read more...Ageing Better has welcomed the government’s intensified focus on this issue which has persisted since the pandemic and calls for urgent action to tackle it….
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