A free event aimed at keeping older people healthier and fitter for longer will go ahead at the Town House on Thursday [03 October]. 01/10/2013 00:00:00
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Award plaudits for later life's champions
Today Scotland's champions of older people were recognised at the inaugural annual Age Scotland Awards ceremony in the Scottish Parliament. The aim of the Awards is to challenge popular myths abou...
Energy tariffs 'too confusing'
There are so many energy tariffs available that consumers are being left in a state of bewilderment, consumer group Which? has said. {DynamicContent:Social Media Buttons} The watchdog...
Do you know a fantastic councillor?
Nominations for the Age UK Councillor Award open on 14 October, so why not start thinking now about who you could nominate? In recognition of the important role that councillor's play, we sponsor t...
UN International Day of Older Persons
01 October is UN International Day of Older Persons, a day Age NI believes should be acknowledged and celebrated by all! Northern Ireland is getting older - the 2011 Census recorded 228 centenaria...
Gloria Foster's death ‘a serious mistake’, says report
A woman who died after being left without care for nine days was the victim of 'a serious mistake', a report by Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board said. Gloria Foster, 81, was found in a poor physica...
Age UK and E.ON make winter warmer for over 60s
Age UK and energy company E.ON have announced the re-launch of our Winter Warmth Programme. For the third year running a grant from E.ON will enable a number of Age UKs across the country to offer...
New hub will help elderly learn key computer skills
A NEW neighbourhood group has been set up in Marston to bring the community closer together and help older people get up to speed with computer skills.
Older People's Day
We all know that people are living longer. Within the next twenty years, a fifth of the UK population will be aged 65. Yet for many, this age doesn't mean being old at all. The people whose lives I'll be...
Memory Boxes can be contemporary too
London artist Ludovica Gioscia is fascinated by hedonism throughout history. She uses found objects to unfold stories from baroque art and architecture or the food orgies of the Romans, to the more recent Italian fashionistas of the 1980s called the...
Britain's reluctant internet revolutionaries
It has been likened to the invention of the printing press, electricity or even the wheel but, according to a major study, half of Britons who use the internet are decidedly lukewarm about it.
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Memory Boxes can be contemporary too
London artist Ludovica Gioscia is fascinated by hedonism throughout history. She uses found objects to unfold stories from baroque art and architecture or the food orgies of the Romans, to the more recent Italian fashionistas of the 1980s called the...
Elderly in UK worse off than in Ireland: Nation fails to make top ten in league measuring wellbeing of older people
The table, drawn up by academics for the charity HelpAge International, showed the top three countries were Sweden, Norway and Germany.
We are entering the era of the age wars, warns former minister
Older people risk being cast as villains in an "age war" because Britain is unprepared for an increasingly elderly population, the former Care Minister has said.
Older People's Minister called for
Leading charities have called on the Government to take action to meet the needs of an ageing population, after a poll revealed that more than three-quarters of people believe ministers are 'not...
UK 13th in elderly wellbeing table
The UK is not in the top 10 countries when it comes to the quality of life and wellbeing of older people, a table has calculated.
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