If you are a slow walker you may need to get a wiggle on, according to research published recently. Seems that elderly people with slower
It was the last thing on my shopping list, a dozen eggs. I’d been around the big store already and my handbasket was full (I
A number of studies have shown that people who go to church tend to live significantly longer than those who don’t. And, according to the lead scientist who led one of the studies, it isn’t simply because church goers have more social support, but because worshippers are flexing spiritual muscles.
The over-50s could be forced to pay more than £300 a year extra National Insurance to help fund a fairer social care system under plans drawn up by senior Tory Damian Green.
This week a national newspaper invited us to find out if we will be living in a pensioner-dominated area within 20 years. Dominated is an emotive word, so I read the article carefully. Does it say that pensioners will be ‘dominating’ the local restaurants or blocking pavements with their walkers, or driving too slowly, or ‘blocking’ beds and A&E units?
It’s become a buzz-word in the NHS. People who have it do better in life than those who don’t. So what is it – this ‘resilience’? In physical objects it means having the ability to spring back into shape; and in people ‘the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.’ But it’s more than that.
Manchester is in the lead when it comes to innovative ideas for older people. It’s strategy is to make life as enjoyable and inclusive for them, and everyone else. It comes up with new ideas and events all the time.One of its latest ideas is the Chat and Natter Table. Its website says*, ‘A Chatter & Natter table is where customers can sit if they are happy to talk to other customers.
Unless you’ve been meditating on a mountain top with no transmission, you’ll know that Wales beat England 21-13 in the Six Nations rugby match last Saturday. Max Boyce probably wrote another song to commemorate it. In the crowd was an 82 year old who’d never been to a rugby match before. (Perhaps she moved into Wales late in life.) She said that meeting the team was wonderful, adding, ‘It will be hard to top that one. I’m 82 years of age and to have something like that happen to you at my age is amazing.’
In his book, ‘Happy Ever After’, behavioural scientist Professor Paul Dolan says that we’ve been ‘lied to’ about what makes us happy. Speaking with Andrew
‘Is it true that doing puzzles or crosswords won’t prevent metal decline’, asked James, talking to me earlier this week on Transworld Radio. (A good,
Christmas is a great time for showing the love of God and telling the salvation story. It’s when you’ll see people who don’t normally come
A couple saved up all year to be able to attend a friend’s wedding in a different part of the country. The invitation had said
A little stress is not a bad thing. A looming deadline is guaranteed to get me writing, and a little stress, now and then, boosts
Grandparents are GOOD for their grandchildren. Most of us know this, of course, as do our bank managers, but now it’s official. ‘Research shows that
I thought I was dreaming when I read the headline, ‘Elderly should be housed in luxury developments with spas to keep them out of care
In fifty years’ time there will be more than 20 million people over the age of 65 in the UK, according to the Office for
It’s a long, hot summer this year, and we all want to keep cool. It’s especially important for older people. In the heat wave that
When Royd Court first opened in Yorkshire in 2007 the only splashes of colour in the garden were the lavender and roses, though there were
‘Think again’ begins the headline in an article busting the myth that brains inevitably deteriorate with age. NOT SO, say scientists at Columbia University. They
‘When arranging visits to my grandmother, finding time is a great problem,’ wrote a contributor to the Letters page of a national newspaper. ‘With so
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