The family of 70 year old Elizabeth Anang did everything right after she’d been diagnosed with dementia. Her husband looked after her while he was
Christmas is wonderful, but it can be a hugely stressful time. So we thought we’d share some of the top tips from expert sources on
I’ve just read the saddest thing … one Christmas day an elderly lady was so alone and lonely that she played the phone’s answering machine
It’s what a group of fifty older people are about to find out. They will be taking part in a clinical trial in London to
9th December 2014 The headline caught my eye this morning, partly because I’m interested in the secret of a long healthy life, but also because
Well no shocks there, Sherlock – it’s been going on for years! John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor of the Telegraph, writes that the elderly are
Well, there were some twiddly bits and pieces about annuities and income free joint annuities when a partner dies and £15million for dementia research. £15million
A burst of stress is just what you need in the morning. How you wake up predicts how well you’re going to function over the
Don’t be put off by the opening scene or introduction to this film! She emigrated to Canada from Scotland at the age of 16; got
Some weeks ago a dementia specialist nurse told me how families were bringing in their older relatives as an emergency and leaving them in the
Sometimes, the sense of Heaven is strong with elderly Christians. It’s as though the walls between this world and that One are thinner. A carer,
There’s more to Caerphilly than its famous castle and cheese! They’ve got something to sing about in the valleys around Caerphilly – they’ve just proven
It’s long been thought that the genes we inherit are not as important as the mechanisms that switch them on or off. Studies of identical
Dr Iona Heath, former president of the Royal College of GPs has called the proposal that GPs receive £55 for each patient dementia diagnosis an
Splashed on the front pages of two national British newspapers this morning is a truly alarming report by about the care people with dementia receive
A councillor in North Yorkshire County Council has warned that cost cutting has left older people without transport and at risk of loneliness. Shelagh Marshall,
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
‘A dementia patient died after she was lowered into a scalding bath at a care home, a court has heard. Former nurse Beatrice Morgan, 88,
97 people with dementia have died at the hands of their doctors, in Holland, new figures show. Deaths by euthanasia have increased by 151 per
Some of our faculties get better as we get older. I know this from observing my friend Frances, who can spot a bargain on a
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