The Warm Homes Scheme is funded by the Department for Social Development and is the Department’s primary tool in tackling fuel poverty in Northern Ireland. The Scheme aims to make your home warmer, healthier and more energy-efficient.
The new Warm Homes Scheme was launched in July 2009. The Scheme is open to households of any age, where the applicant is a home owner or rents their home from a private landlord and is in receipt of a qualifying benefit.
Political efforts from the UK and US to screen older people for early signs of dementia could lead to unnecessary investigation and potentially harmful treatment for an "inevitable consequence of aging," according to an analysis published in BMJ. Recent government policy directives have called for regular screening of older people to test for mild cognitive impairment, also known as pre-dementia ...
Older people who played a specially designed game improved their multitasking abilities, memory and attention Playing brain-training video games may help reverse the natural decline in cognitive abilities among older people, according to scientists. They found that 60-year-olds who played a custom-designed video game for 12 hours over the course of a month improved their multitasking abilities ...
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.
Care home and care agency bosses should face criminal charges if they preside over a culture of abuse and neglect, three leading charities working with vulnerable people said today. On the day that...
The views of older people could soon be represented within Government by a dedicated commissioner, tasked with encouraging ministers to focus policy and decision-making on preparing for an ageing...
The Scottish Government has responded to the findings of the Scottish Parliament Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee's inquiry into the future of community transport. Transport and...
