NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In older people with low vitamin D levels and a common type of high blood pressure, vitamin D supplements do not appear to lower blood pressure, according to a new study from the UK.
Wednesday 14 August 2013
Sudden rise in deaths prompts action pledge
AN unexplained rise in the number of deaths among older people has seen local health chiefs pledge to do all they can to ensure the wellbeing of an increasingly elderly population.
Safeguards for vulnerable dementia patients ignored
Rules to protect the welfare of dementia patients in care are not being applied properly, MPs have warned. {DynamicContent:Social Media Buttons} The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are bei...
The importance of libraries in rural areas
This blog was contributed by Alan Wylie on behalf of Voices for the Library Libraries are seen by many as a lifeline and a crucial public service, especially if you are elderly, socially isolated, poor, vulnerable, or all of the above. In … Continue reading →
Join the Age Cymru Consultative Forum
We want to recruit four new members to the Age Cymru Older People's Consultative Forum. This forum allows older people to be fully involved in our work and ensures that the strategic direction of A...
Unemployment Falls but Signs of 'Deep Distress' Remain
The latest employment statistics released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a small drop in unemployment of just 4,000 to 2.51 million. The fall between January-March and April-June this year meant the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.8 per cent. However July’s claimant count fell by 29,200 to 1.44 million compared to the previous month, and the number of people claiming for 12 months or more and therefore classified as long term unemployed, fell by 2,500 to 424,000. There were 69,000 more people aged 16 and over in work – up to 29.78 million – the highest…
Diabetic pensioner found after going missing for two weeks
A vulnerable pensioner who went missing last week in the Clapham area for two weeks has been found "safe and well", according to police. Police grew concerned after John Robinson, 65, went missing from his Stockwell home on July 30.
Monkey business? Pensioner behind botched Christ fresco raises £43,000 for charity as her artwork becomes major ...
Spanish pensioner Cecilia Gimenez's well-intended, but botched attempts to restore a 19th-century fresco of Jesus at her local church has proven surprisingly lucrative.
Appreciate us as older... don't dismiss us as elderly
As a people we don't much like talking about the ageing process. So when did growing older become so taboo, asks Duane Farrell Robert McNeill's column in the Belfast Telegraph last week focussed on...
A portrait of Grace, with grace
Last week, The Daily Mail published a portfolio of photographs by Connecticut photographer Susan Falzone documenting the daily life of her aunt, Grace, who has Alzehimer's disease. The photographs which are lovely, include Grace at the supermarket and the park,...
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