Telegraph View: Cliff Richard is releasing The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook, his 100th Soulicious album
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Wednesday 4 September 2013
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Overstretched nurses 'ration care'
Nurses say they are being forced to 'ration care' because they are too busy to look after hospital patients properly. Nearly 9 in 10 nurses questioned for a study carried out by the University of...
Fake gardener steals cash from home in Sonning
Police are warning older people not to allow strangers into their homes
Consumer rights education urged
Government plans to boost consumer rights risk 'falling flat' unless more is done to educate the 47% of Britons who do not understand consumer laws. {DynamicContent:Social Media Buttons} A...
Care costs 'cutting inheritances'
Millions of Britons are being warned not to rely on an inheritance to pay for their own retirement. According to a new study, one in seven hope to fund their retirement by inheriting money or...
Virtually Dead – a new radio play
This blog was contributed by Liz Baker, who is currently a student of the M.A. in Writing course at Warwick University When, over quarter of a century ago, I watched my toddler niece teach my mother how to use a … Continue reading →
Hospitals' elderly care criticised
The standard of elderly care at two hospitals in West Yorkshire is criticised by the health watchdog.
Margaret’s not waiting any more
Last winter Margaret, who lives in Dumfries, became one of our case studies for our Still Waiting campaign for a better bus pass and to help end isolation for older people. . Although living close to a main road with … Continue reading →
Report Calls on EU to Maximise Potential of Older Workers
A new report from the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) has identified a number of key priorities for European governments who want to increase levels of participation amongst older workers. Working Longer: An EU Perspective, examines how the European Union and its member states have responded to the working longer agenda and what policies are currently in place to support older people to stay in work up to state pension age and beyond. The report argues that older people have been affected by the economy crisis and as such, governments need to invest additional resources into tackling ageism and…
Britain has become a 'neglectful society', warns care minister
The demands of modern life have turned Britain into a "neglectful society" in which has become the norm for older people to be left isolated, a minister has warned.
Britain has become a 'neglectful society', warns care minister
The demands of modern life have turned Britain into a "neglectful society" in which has become the norm for older people to be left isolated, a minister has warned.
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Association of stressful life events with incident falls and fractures in older men: the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study
Background: small, retrospective studies suggest that major life events and/or sudden emotional stress may increase fall and fracture risk. The current study examines these associations prospectively.
Methods: a total of 5,152 men aged ≥65 years in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men study self-reported data on stressful life events for 1 year prior to study Visit 2. Incident falls and fractures were ascertained for 1 year after Visit 2. Fractures were centrally confirmed.
Results: a total of 2,932 (56.9%) men reported ≥1 type of stressful life event. In men with complete stressful life event, fall and covariate data (n = 3,949), any stressful life event was associated with a 33% increased risk of incident fall [relative risk (RR) 1.33, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.19–1.49] and 68% increased risk of multiple falls (RR = 1.68, 95% CI = 1.40–2.01) in the year following Visit 2 after adjustment for age, education, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, stroke, instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) impairment, chair stand time, walk speed, multiple past falls, depressive symptoms and antidepressant use. Risk increased with the number of types of stressful life events. Though any stressful life event was associated with a 58% increased age-adjusted risk for incident fracture, this association was attenuated and no longer statistically significant after additional adjustment for total hip bone mineral density, fracture after age 50, Parkinson's disease, stroke and IADL impairment.
Conclusions: in this cohort of older men, stressful life events significantly increased risk of incident falls independent of other explanatory variables, but did not independently increase incident fracture risk.
Plenty of positives for Age UK Norfolk despite “extremely tough year”
The increasing funding demands for services for older people have been made clear by the trustees of Age UK Norfolk - alongside proof that plenty of good work is already being carried out.
Pensioner calls for skateboard and bicycle ban in Llanelli's pedestrianised areas
A LLANELLI pensioner has called for a ban on skateboards and bicycles in Stepney Street and Vaughan Street. Edward "Spike" Milligan has claimed the council had promised to act on this following the completion of renovation work, but that nothing had come to fruition.
'Gold standard' for elderly care
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said hospital wards should be able to receive a quality mark for proving excellent care for older people.
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