Lower safe drinking limits need to be set for older people, according to a new study funded by Age UK. The research found that while binge drinking was rife among growing numbers of older people,...
Thursday 8 August 2013
Alcohol warning for older drinkers
Many older people are damaging their health by drinking too much, according to researchers in the north-east of England.
Conman sentence welcomed
Age Cymru has welcomed the jail sentence imposed on a north Wales roofer who conned older people out of thousands of pounds. He even ripped tiles off the roof of a 90-year-old's house then offered ...
Pensioner binge-drinkers told to cut down
Doctors have warned that those over-65 should drink less alcohol or risk severely damaging their health.
Older people 'drinking too much'
People over 65 should be set lower safe drinking limits amid growing evidence they are bingeing on alcohol, academics have said.
Over 50s Most Likely to 'Opt Out' of Auto-Enrolment
Official statistics released today by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that workers in their fifties are more likely to opt out of automatic enrolment into workplace pension schemes, than any other age group. The DWP report was based on analysis of data provided by 42 employers, representing approximately 1.9 million workers. Of the 1.9 million workers represented in that data, around six in ten (61 per cent) were already members of a pension scheme prior to the introduction of automatic enrolment and almost a quarter (24 per cent) were automatically enrolled (approximately 460,000 workers). The remaining 15…
Hot chocolate 'keeps brain healthy'
Hot chocolate can help older people keep their brains healthy, research has shown.
Advice NI 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...
Many elderly Britons drink too much: study
Many elderly people in Britain are drinking too much alcohol and should be set lower guideline limits, a new study published on Thursday said.
Meals-on-wheels halved in two years in 'silent assault' on elderly quality of life
The full impact of budget cuts on the lives of the elderly is disclosed in new figures showing a sharp fall in the number of people receiving day-to-day help.
Meals-on-wheels halved in two years in 'silent assault' on elderly quality of life
The full impact of budget cuts on the lives of the elderly is disclosed in new figures showing a sharp fall in the number of people receiving day-to-day help.
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Meals-on-wheels halved in two years in 'silent assault' on elderly quality of life
The full impact of budget cuts on the lives of the elderly is disclosed in new figures showing a sharp fall in the number of people receiving day-to-day help.
Hot chocolate can improve memory, study finds
Research on older people shows two cups of cocoa per day boosted blood flow to brain
Grip strength and its determinants among older people in different healthcare settings
Background: low muscle strength is central to geriatric syndromes including sarcopenia and frailty. It is well described in community-dwelling older people, but the epidemiology of grip strength of older people in rehabilitation or long-term care has been little explored.
Objective: to describe grip strength of older people in rehabilitation and nursing home settings.
Design: cross-sectional epidemiological study.
Setting: three healthcare settings in one town.
Subjects: hundred and one inpatients on a rehabilitation ward, 47 community rehabilitation referrals and 100 nursing home residents.
Methods: grip strength, age, height, weight, body mass index, number of co-morbidities and medications, Barthel score, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), nutritional status and number of falls in the last year were recorded.
Results: grip strength differed substantially between healthcare settings for both men and women (P < 0.0001). Nursing home residents had the lowest age-adjusted mean grip strength and community rehabilitation referrals the highest. Broadly higher grip strength was associated in univariate analyses with younger age, greater height and weight, fewer comorbidities, higher Barthel score, higher MMSE score, better nutritional status and fewer falls. However, after mutual adjustment for these factors, the difference in grip strength between settings remained significant. The Barthel score was the characteristic most strongly associated with grip strength.
Conclusions: older people in rehabilitation and care home settings had lower grip strength than reported for those living at home. Furthermore grip strength varied widely between healthcare settings independent of known major influences. Further research is required to ascertain whether grip strength may help identify people at risk of adverse health outcomes within these settings.
Older people 'drinking too much'
People over 65 should be set lower safe drinking limits amid growing evidence they are bingeing on alcohol, academics have said.
Hot chocolate 'keeps brain healthy'
Hot chocolate can help older people keep their brains healthy, research has shown.
Over 65s should drink less, experts say
Heavy drinking among pensioners is a "hidden problem" and unless they consume less alcohol they risk severely damaging their health, experts have warned.
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Over-65 drinkers in health alert: Doctors call for alcohol safety levels to be halved for pensioners
Doctors and public health experts said heavy drinking among the elderly was a 'hidden problem' and safe limit guidelines for over-65s should be halved.
Cocoa 'might prevent memory decline'
Drinking cocoa every day may help older people keep their brains healthy, research suggests.
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