Facebook fan Lily Strugnell is celebrating her 109th birthday. The great-great-grandmother, who lives on the Isle of Wight, was born in Portsmouth on August 6, 1904. {DynamicContent:Social Media...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Become a Befriending Volunteer for Age NI
Do you have some spare time to be a friend to older people living in: Larne, Carrickfergus or Newtownabbey? Would you have two spare hours a week to: Support an older person at risk of loneliness a...
Advice NI's Newest Project: A Web Portal For Older People
Advice NI and the Rights 4 Seniors team are beginning another exciting project: developing and managing a web portal for older people in Northern Ireland.
A web portal, as defined in the online Oxford Dictionary, as "an internet site providing access or links to other sites". It is the first point of access - a gateway - to wonderful world of the web.
Respect the offline community
Guest blogger Judith Donovan CBE, Chair of the Keep Me Posted Campaign, calls for action on behalf of those who can’t, or prefer not to, go online. There is no doubt that digital services have revolutionised the way businesses communicate. For … Continue reading →
Rise in divorces among over-60s
The number of older people who are getting divorced is on the rise, official figures show.
Academics help older people live independently in North Tyneside
Academics in the region are sharing their expertise in a pioneering project to help older people live independently in their own homes for longer
Get involved with how Social Care is delivered
Integrated Care Partnerships (ICPs) will bring together doctors, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, hospital specialists, other healthcare professionals, service users and carers as well as the...
Life getting worse for older people
Effects of age discrimination, poverty and neglect worse than in previous years, says charity report Life got worse for millions of pensioners in Britain over the past year as they struggled to cope with rising levels of poverty, loneliness and age discrimination, research for older people's charities reveals today. According to the findings more than two million pensioners are living below the ...
Charity urges older drivers to check licenses
According to figures from the DVLA there are two million photocard driving licences that are now out of date across the UK, an estimated 167,000 of which are in Scotland, with a further 2.6 million...
Elderly NHS patients' harrowing plight is revealed in report
Some elderly patients were given no help to eat or left in urine-soaked clothes, according to the health service ombudsman The NHS is inflicting pain and suffering on elderly patients and ignoring their most basic needs, according to a report by the health service ombudsman that highlights cases where vulnerable patients were failed. Some patients were not offered help with eating or bathing ...
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