Older people are ‘virtual corpses’, ‘verging on incontinence, idiocy and peevish valetudinarianism,’ according to former Newsnight presenter, Jeremy Paxman. His ire was roused by the
Today the government has published a Dementia ‘atlas’, a map of England showing which areas provide the best care for people with dementia and those
It’s called New Wine, the two week Christian event that takes place at Shepton Mallet each year, but ‘Sparkling Champagne’ might be a better name
They did it! Pilgrims’ Friend Society (PFS) Chief Executive Stephen and Philip Hammersley completed their cycle tour of eight of our housing and care homes
Beating rain, cold, fatigue and hunger, our intrepid cyclists made it yesterday to our care home in East Essex. From Luff House this morning, Manager
I’ve just finished working on a little booklet called, ‘What Matters in the End: End of Life Care’. There were several interesting discoveries I made
A short note from our intrepid cyclists, Stephen and Philip, who are pedalling 440 miles in 4 days to raise money for dementia care said
They’re off! Our Chief Executive Stephen Hammersley and his son Philip are cycling 440 miles between eight of our care homes in the north and
I’ve just read the nastiest piece of ageist copy I’ve seen in a long time. You may have seen it already. It was by
At a seminar I took at the word Alive event earlier this year I asked how many people in the audience were impacted by dementia,
Would it work in the UK, I wondered, as I read how a home-sharing program in New York is connecting older people in need of
All pensioners should migrate to Wales, if the figures published by pensions advisors Keyretirement.com are anything to go by. The cost of retirement varies widely
We read things and say to ourselves, ‘I wish I could do something about it…’ Well here’s one of those good chances to really
If, as the experts say, we’re going to be living longer, we can expect to be doing a lot of things later in life than
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
A news story on BBC 4 this morning about depression in the elderly said new research showed that depression in an elderly person could be an
We’re going to miss Victoria Wood. She must have caused a spike in sales of ‘Woman’s Weekly’ magazine after she referred to an alternative use
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
‘He is risen!’ has been sounded through our congregations this morning, with the rejoinder – ‘He is risen indeed!’ It reminds me of one of the
The Chancellor’s budget announcement that he would remove the personal independence payment (PIP) for people with disabilities (mental as well as physical) has sparked the generations’
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