One in Twenty British Adults Claim They will NEVER Retire
And of those who do believe retirement is on the cards, one in 10 reckon they’ll be aged 70 or older when the time comes....
Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Exploring the complexities of ageing, and offering a comprehensive look at health, wellness, and social care for elderly populations. It delves into mental and cognitive health, support for dementia patients, the impact of menopause, advancements in biological ageing measurement, technology for elder safety, and health challenges during pandemics. It also emphasises the importance of caregiving, physical activities, and creative engagements like poetry for the elderly, reflecting the wide range of medical and social aspects of ageing.
New Healthcare Framework to Help Ageing Populations Stay Healthier for Longer
An international team of researchers have put forward a position statement, published in Science, which lays out a new healthcare framework to help aging populations...
Serum Neurofilament a Discriminative Biomarker Between Frontotemporal Dementia & Psychiatric Disorders
Early symptoms of frontotemporal dementia are often confused with symptoms occurring in psychiatric disorders. Reporting their findings in Journal of Neurology, Finnish researchers from the...
Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Gene Impairs Function of Brain Immune Cells
A study carried out with a new human stem cell-derived model reveals that the most prevalent genetic risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), apolipoprotein E4...
Protein tangles linked with Dementia
Scientists have visualised for the first time protein tangles associated with dementia in the brains of patients who have suffered a single head injury. This...
Care Home Nursing: The World’s Largest Relay Race?
In a relay race members of a team take turns completing parts of a course, with relay being defined as the act and consequence of...
Mouth Care Matters in Older People
Our population is ageing as the health care workforce is ever more stretched; is mouth care being sacrificed on the altar of busyness? The scale...
Opioid analgesics increase the risk of pneumonia among persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Opioid analgesics were associated with a 30% increase in the risk of pneumonia in persons with Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study from the University of...
Global Survey Reveals that 3/4 of Respondents Embarrassed Because of Their Hearing Loss
Denmark, 22nd May 2019 – A new survey[i] conducted in ten countries, specifically designed to study the habits of people with hearing loss, reveals how...
Aspects of Age
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...
