The Office of National Statistics recent figures showed the biggest annual rise in elderly deaths for almost fifty years – a 5.4% increase, equating to
God gives us friends with different giftings. We know the one who’ll champion us instinctively when we’ve been wronged (even if it turns out that
This little blog is entirely non-political, but with an announcement by Alex Wild of the Taxpayers Alliance that was seemingly underlined by former defence minister
Impossible, you’d think. Yet Belgium, where assisted suicide/euthanasia has been law for 13 years, allows its doctors to kill patients they judge to have a
Most of us do it – contemplate our future and imagine what it will be like. And how we see that future depends very much
Shocking figures in Japan show that ‘frail, grey-haired figures’ are committing more crimes than youngsters. What on earth is driving older people, who are
At the Hay Festival a few weeks ago, the main scriptwriter for the BBC’s ’Archers’ programme said its older characters were ‘national treasurers.’ He said
As you know, we support a culture of living, not dying. We know from Belgium and the Netherlands that making euthanasia legal is the start
Thousands of older people have been ‘euthanized’ in Belgium, according to the Journal of Medical Ethics. If you’re old and ill and live in Belgium,
People aged 50 and over have more knowledge and skills than younger employees and want to continue to learn more and move up the career ladder.
The story editor of The Archers, Sean O’Connor, told listeners at the Hay Literary Festival more attention is to be given to ‘the crown
Sometimes you have to read a press story several times to unpick the gist of it. An article headed, ‘Death Wish Databases spark fears elderly
Britain’s state pension bill will double to £179billion in 20 years, which will make it around 7.7 percent of Britain’s GDP by 2064. It’s a
Grandmas and Grandpas – take cover. You are a danger to the global economy. Doris and Dave, Elsie and Eddie, Marje and Malcolm, the economists
We can’t imagine the horrors endured by the Yazidi people who fled from the slaughter of the terrorists in Iraq. Some have told their stories
I’m going to buy one of those old fashioned football rattles that you can swing and make a loud noise of jubilation when you see
John Stott and Billy Graham said they were unprepared for old age. Dying, yes, and life hereafter, but not for old age. If those two
The Assisted Dying bill, debated in the House of Lords on July 18th, passed a major hurdle and has been put forward for debate in
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