POLICE fear burglars are targeting vulnerable elderly residents after a spate of overnight break-ins. Many Clarksfield residents report feeling scared in their own homesl, and one elderly woman has suffered five burglaries in six weeks.
Monday 30 September 2013
A great day to join HelpAge: 1 October from Moldova to Manila
Today is my first day as HelpAge International's new Chief Executive Officer. My first four hours as part of this global movement dedicated to fighting for older people's rights have already reinforced to me what I already knew. I am incredibly lucky to be joining this brilliant organisation at thi...
Photography competition celebrating ageing launched
The Age Action Alliance marks its anniversary and Older People's Day with a photography competition celebrating later life. This week Age Action Alliance celebrates its second anniversary. The...
Age Action Alliance celebrates its 2nd anniversary
Two years ago today, on 30 September, the Age Action Alliance was launched. Just over 100 cross-sector organisations and older people joined together with a shared commitment to promote collaborative working and provide practical solutions to improve … Continue reading →
Health not age is key factor when stopping driving
People aged 60 or over are most likely to stop driving because of their health, not because of age. Only 1% of people aged 60 or over would give up driving because of their age, while 43% of those...
TV forcing older women out, says Harman
Harriet Harman has waded into the debate surrounding the lack of older women on TV, accusing the broadcasting industry of double standards. {DynamicContent:Social Media Buttons} In a speech at t...
North-south divide in internet use amongst over 65s
New data from Age UK reveals a north-south divide amongst older people when it comes to using the internet, with those aged 65 and over in the south of England generally more likely to be online...
Influence of life-style choices on locomotor disability, arthritis and cardiovascular disease in older women: prospective cohort study
Background: many chronic conditions have their roots in modifiable health-related behaviours.
Methods: a total of 4,286 women aged 60–79 in the British Women's Heart and Health Study are followed up for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), arthritis and locomotor disability over 7 years. Self-reported smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise and fruit intake at baseline is also available. Associations between these and each outcome, plus a composite outcome, are investigated in those without prevalent disease at baseline using logistic regression with multiple imputation.
Results: ex-smokers and current smokers showed increased odds of locomotor disability, CVD and the combined outcome. Less regular exercisers had increased odds of all outcomes, particularly locomotor disability. There was no evidence that alcohol or fruit intake was associated with any outcome. Population attributable fractions (PAFs) suggest in addition to the influence of smoking and alcohol, exercise accounts for 9% of incident locomotor disability, 5% of CVD and 4% of arthritis. All four lifestyle factors combined account for 17% of incident locomotor disability and 9% of incident conditions combined.
Conclusions: never smokers and regular exercisers had substantially reduced odds of 7-year disability onset. Low PAFs suggest changes in health-related behaviours in older women would result in only modest reductions in common chronic conditions.
Interest only mortgages put oldest old at risk
One in three over 70's with mortgages have an interest only mortgage with no linked investment, shocking research revealed on Saturday.
Nanette Newman: 'Bryan's passing has given me a purpose'
Nanette Newman, 79, speaks for the first time about the death of her husband, the writer and director Bryan Forbes to Elizabeth Grice
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Sunday 29 September 2013
More Shropshire elderly are feeling isolated
The number of people living in Shropshire who feel isolated is increasing, according to a leading charity.
Jimmy Hill, his Alzheimer's battle - and a family in turmoil
The legal dispute sparked by Jimmy Hill's Alzheimer's could affect other families, says Robert Mendick
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Number of beds for elderly down a third
THE number of Scottish hospital beds for elderly people has fallen by almost a third over the past 10 years, startling new figures have revealed.
Saturday 28 September 2013
Perceived age discrimination in older adults
Objectives: to examine perceived age discrimination in a large representative sample of older adults in England.
Methods: this cross-sectional study of over 7,500 individuals used data from the fifth wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), a longitudinal cohort study of men and women aged 52 years and older in England. Wave 5 asked respondents about the frequency of five everyday discriminatory situations. Participants who attributed any experiences of discrimination to their age were treated as cases of perceived age discrimination. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the odds ratios of experiencing perceived age discrimination in relation to selected sociodemographic factors.
Results: approximately a third (33.3%) of all respondents experienced age discrimination, rising to 36.8% in those aged 65 and over. Perceived age discrimination was associated with older age, higher education, lower levels of household wealth and being retired or not in employment. The correlates of age discrimination across the five discriminatory situations were similar.
Conclusion: understanding age discrimination is vital if we are to develop appropriate policies and to target future interventions effectively. These findings highlight the scale of the challenge of age discrimination for older adults in England and illustrate that those groups are particularly vulnerable to this form of discrimination.
Developing dementia-friendly communities in NI
Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) are calling for proposals for projects which will help contribute to the development of dementia-friendly communities in Northern Ireland. JRF are open to a very...
Government warned on ageing society
The Ready for Ageing Alliance - which is made up of eight leading charities - called on ministers to take action after a poll conducted by older people's housing and care provider Anchor found that 77% did not think ministers were ready to cope with society's changing demographics.
Friday 27 September 2013
Half of people over 50 'to sell homes for retirement'
More than half of over-50s are relying on the equity in their property to cover the costs of old age, a survey suggests. {DynamicContent:Social Media Buttons} Some 52% of workers aged over 50 sai...
Students get their dancing shoes on for older people
DANCERS of all generations came together ahead of a national celebration of older people.
First World War still shaping Britain as 'original baby-boomers' trigger surge in over-90s
New figures show how the original "baby boomers" are still having a dramatic effect on the shape modern Britain.
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The Global Impact of Ageing: The Oldest Old
In an earlier blog we discussed how people aged over 85 are the fastest-growing segment of the UK population. However, this is not just happening here or in other industrialised nations; rather, it's a global phenomenon. Age UK is working with the Gerontological Society … Continue reading →
Population Estimates for people aged 85+ in NI published
The population of Northern Ireland is becoming increasingly older. Improving survival coupled with falls in the number of births, has resulted in an ageing population. In 2012, 15% of the populatio...
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