Age UK Trafford has enlisted some canine companions to assist with dementia support groups. We meet some of them.

Our homes play a major role in mental and physical health, especially as we age, but why is this connection ignored?

Research tells us sex remains important in later life, but is there enough information available to older people?

Changes to the way benefits are given to couples based on age will have consequences for older people.

Writer Helen Russell explains how people around the world manage to stay happy in even the coldest, darkest conditions.

It's been 700 days since the social care Green Paper was first announced. Here are seven reasons why we need it now.