A pensioner dies in hospital as a result of the injuries he received from being trampled by cows in the Scottish Borders.
Monday, 2 September 2013
Win Cinema Tickets for New Comedy 'In A World...'
Enter our competition to win two tickets to see new comedy 'In A World...' at the Queen's Film Theatre (QFT) in Belfast! Carol, a struggling vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of...
Free sports event for over 65s
OLDER people in the community looking to enhance their fitness or interested in free advice about health and nutrition are being invited to a 'Golden Oldies Open Morning' at Tavistock Sports Centre next week.
Impressions from New York and the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing
This is a guest post from Mateja Kozuh Novak, the President of the Slovene Federation of Pensioners' Associations. I was very glad and honoured when I received the invitation from HelpAge to join their delegation to on the fourth session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) in New Yo...
Drawing on terrible cruelty
"(Eric Mangaud's) drawings transcribe existing photographs operate on a tension between fast (the photograph fixing the image) and slow (the laborious transcription of something seen), and that contradiction is a way of probing our experience of the visual image and...
Equal marriage – the Government’s commitment to caring for LGBT people in later life
This blog was contributed by Anthony Smith, Development Officer (Equalities and Human Rights) at Age UK. We achieved another significant milestone for equality over the summer, when the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act completed its passage through Parliament and received Royal … Continue reading →
Lives of elderly at mercy of postcode lottery in 'ageist' NHS, figures suggest
Age discrimination is rife in the NHS with elderly people routinely being denied potentially life-saving treatment simply because of where they live, stark new figures suggest.
Lives of elderly at mercy of postcode lottery in 'ageist' NHS, figures suggest
Age discrimination is rife in the NHS with elderly people routinely being denied potentially life-saving treatment simply because of where they live, stark new figures suggest.
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The City high-flier who wrote a guide for dementia carers after losing her mother
Jan Hall, who lost her mother to dementia, has written about the condition, says Charmian Evans
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Pensioner faces £750 vet bill after cat's tail jams in stairlift
A DISABLED pensioner is struggling to pay a staggering vets' bill after her cat's tail got trapped in her stairlift and had to be freed by firefighters.
Lives of elderly at mercy of postcode lottery in 'ageist' NHS, figures suggest
Age discrimination is rife in the NHS with elderly people routinely being denied potentially life-saving treatment simply because of where they live, stark new figures suggest.
A rare case of complete bilateral ophthalmoplegia and ptosis
We describe the case of an 85-year-old gentleman admitted with bilateral ptosis and complete bilateral ocular paralysis. Initial differential diagnoses included myasthenia gravis, diabetic cranial neuropathy, an ischaemic event and possible occult neoplasm. Investigations did not support any of the differentials and Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) was considered. Anti-GQ1b IgG antibody was positive, supporting the possibility of anti-ganglioside syndrome. This gentleman was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and made a full recovery.
NHS denies the elderly life-saving treatment for cancer: Postcode lottery means some patients are six times more ...
Some patients over 75 are six times more likely to have operations to remove cancer than those living in other areas where doctors have written them off because of their dates of birth.
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