Retirement is a big part of life for us all and it should offer the opportunity to enjoy your golden years to the fullest. More retirees are relocating in their later years – with a surge of demand for retirement homes across the UK over the last 12 months. New research from Lottie has analysed […]
A new exhibition ‘Aspects of Age’ opening this week at the Royal College of Nursing reflects how the way we care for older people has changed, over two centuries, shifting from institutional to home care, from the workhouse and asylums of the Victorian era to the hospital and care home and beyond. Dawne Garrett, RCN […]
Dog walking boosts levels of physical activity in old people and can ward off decline in later life, according to recent research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) at the University of Cambridge found that […]