Epilepsy Action campaign film receives media applause
A film to raise awareness of how to support a person having an epileptic seizure is receiving positive media attention for health charity Epilepsy Action, including...
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Protecting the rights of older people to health and social care
Protecting the rights of older people to health and social care: The current health and social care crisis affects the whole of society but has...
Adults learn babies cries
Deciphering a baby’s cries of pain is not an innate ability and must be learned. Before young children learn to speak, crying is their only...
When the time comes
Families of older people dying of progressive chronic disease often feel insufficiently informed about the course of the illness, so when death occurs it can...
UK Government must start fixing social care
"COVID emergency means the UK Government must no longer delay its promise of fixing social care": The social care system must be drastically overhauled, and...
Health of ageing populations
Populations around the world are ageing due to increased life expectancy and falling fertility. These shifts have been driven by improved healthcare, better infrastructure and medical innovations. But...
Older people face ‘double whammy’ of unmet needs
Hundreds of thousands of older people are facing 'double whammy' of unmet care needs and being chronically lonely. New research from Age UK shows just...
Is a baby worth more than an old man?
Is your beginning worth more than your end? Helplessness defines both ends of life: our need to be washed, fed, carried (or hoisted) in a...
