Were you listening to the news on BBC Radio 4 this morning? If so, you may have heard the about the vulnerable people who were
I didn’t think that there really had been a lady called Eleanor Rigby – the one the Beatles sang about, who ‘died in the church
A group of Christian leaders has written to the Telegraph newspaper pointing out the reasons that extending Sunday trading hours would be harmful. They say
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
It’s good to announce that our latest little book, ‘Caring for an Elderly Parent: When Grandma Came to Stay’ is published today! It’s been written
A study by the Alzheimer’s Society finds that nine out of 10 dementia carers are stressed, anxious or depressed. No shock there, Sherlock. Your average
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
In a digital newsletter just now I set out some tips for looking after older relatives who come to spend a family Christmas, but I
Where would we be without people who inspire us? At the gym one morning I was feeling pleased with myself when I found I could
If you weren’t at Godalming Baptist Church last Saturday you missed a great conference. It began with local GP Dr Martin Brunet giving the basic
Is the measure of a society the contentment of its older people? God seems to think so. Describing the coming peace and prosperity of Jerusalem,
Yesterday afternoon I spent an interesting half hour or so talking with executives of a local social housing provider. Bron Hafon Housing Association hosted a
Sitting over a cup of tea I was explaining to my IT wizard why I was so pleased the assisted suicide bill had been rejected
A group of experts who specialise in end of life care warn that vulnerable people will be put at risk if MPs back the Assisted
Last evening I went with my English friend, Fran, to our local Stadium, to hear the Pontnewydd Male Voice Choir, with guest singer Wynne Evans
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
Journalist Matthew Syed wrote that his grandfather, who died at the age of 98, had been the most compelling man he has ever met. He
Most of us do it – contemplate our future and imagine what it will be like. And how we see that future depends very much
There’s a sense of dejá-vue about some of the studies presented at the Alzheimer’s International Conference currently taking place in Washington. For example, a study by
‘Different cultures have different perceptions of mental illnesses – including dementia,’ begins an article on the NSPCC website flagged up by the Guardian newspaper today.
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