While creative arts therapy is yet to be proven as an effective treatment for cognitive decline in people with dementia, it has proven benefits for the behavioural and emotional challenges associated with the condition.
A successful writer and researcher in the field... Read more
The ‘baby boomer’ generation are being advised not to put their feet up and retire but to carry on working, if they want to stay healthy.
England’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is advising people aged 50 to 70-years-old to not to slow down but to stay in work paid or... Read more
Most people know someone who has experienced loneliness. But loneliness is no longer thought to be just an older person's problem - it affects young people too.
In March last year, the Office for National Statistics reported that despite rises in people's disposable... Read more
By 2030, the number of people aged 65 and over will have grown by a third, up to two-thirds of jobs could be done by robots and the gap between rich and poor will have grown even wider, according to the think tank IPPR.
Its report ‘Future Proof’ claims the Brexit... Read more
Women who take two paracetamol or ibuprofen tablets a week for over six years have a higher risk of becoming partially deaf, according to a new study.
The research carried out at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in the US adds to a growing body of evidence... Read more
It has been common knowledge for decades that people with learning disabilities and mental health problems are dying prematurely, yet a Government review has found hospitals are still not bothering to investigate these deaths.
The report ‘Learning, candour and... Read more
The home care agency, Mill Farm in Market Harborough, has been rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and praised for being “committed about making a difference to the people they support”.
Mill Farm, which is part of the group Home Instead Senior Care, was... Read more
Care provider Anchor has launched the campaign Standing Up 4 Sitting Down, to reduce loneliness and encourage older people to go out to the shops more, by increasing the amount of seating for those who need it.
Shopping gives older people, particularly those living... Read more
When Tricia Lodge, 71, retired and moved to the North Yorkshire Dales, she was keen to do something that would help others and also get her out of the house.
A friend showed her a newspaper article about a new Red Cross service in the Yorkshire Moors and Dales, and... Read more
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