From hot showers to hurt hips, this week’s news stories illustrate the need for preventative spending. Doug Anthoney reports. Edinburgh City Council is piloting a programme to install easy-access wet floor showers in the homes of older tenants. Those who … Continue reading →
Doctors and nurses are too busy to speak to dying patients on hospital wards while many of the terminally ill keep quiet because they don't want to be a burden, a report warns.
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Millions of pensioners face growing old in social isolation because they are trapped in large family homes which they cannot leave, a report warns.
People aged 60 or over are most likely to stop driving because of their health, not because of age. Only 1% of people aged 60 or over would give up driving because of their age, while 43% of those...
Millions of pensioners face growing old in social isolation because they are trapped in large family homes which they cannot leave, a report warns.
The Government has been urged to back a massive drive to build more retirement properties. A study found that many people aged over 60 live in homes that are too big for their needs but would give...
Older people who want to downsize their homes should be helped to do so, "freeing up" billions of pounds of housing stock, a think tank says.
