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  1. How to help when someone you know is bereaved

    Words of support Hannah Pearce, Age UK's Joint Head of External Affairs reflects on the death of her mother, who would have been 70 this week, while offering advice on helping someone dealing with loss ... terrible wave of deaths. Many people have died lonely, traumatic deaths separated from loved ones. Seven years on, I can now appreciate the calm, quiet, intimate circumstances of her death. Grief is an incredibly

  2. Coronavirus: is this a second wave?

    week there has been a lot of discussion about the progression of the coronavirus epidemic in the UK. After a lull over the summer months, all the numbers seem to be increasing. Does this mean we’re in ... information from scientific studies, the numbers of people being hospitalised and the numbers of deaths from coronavirus. All these sources of information are now suggesting the same thing – that

  3. Coronavirus and Black older people

    coronavirus deaths begins, Dr Webb takes a look at the most up to date evidence to focus on Black older people – the group evidence suggests has been most disproportionately affected by deaths from coronavirus ... the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published an updated analysis of the data on coronavirus deaths. The ONS have estimated that up to 28 July, 1,510 Black people had died of coronavirus in England

  4. Bereavement information guide

    The death of someone close to us can be one of the hardest things that we ever have to go through. It can affect us in lots of different ways – and there's no right or wrong way to feel.  This ... the things that could help you. It covers: dealing with grief talking about your feelings looking after yourself looking out for those around you. It also lists organisations that specialise in bereavement

  5. What to do when your caring role changes or ends

    you think through your options to make sure that both you and the person you care for are looked after. Getting more help at home If the condition of the person you’ve been caring for deteriorates ... need, then it’s time to think about arranging a different system of care . The person you look after may require more support than you have the time or energy to give. Ask their local council to assess

  6. Coronavirus variant: 30% increased mortality?

    increased risk of dying with the new variant, all of the estimates are based on early data – after all, the new variant has only been widespread for a few months – and all estimates have some ... variants. Where the previous variants may have led to 100 deaths, a similar number of infections with the new variant will likely lead to 130 deaths. This is obviously very concerning, and needs to be taken

  7. Gifts that keep on giving

    by leaving a gift in their will. Leaving a gift in your will ensures vital work can continue after your death. It’s what Bob and Joyce Dumper did for various charities, including Age UK, which received ... Rowell recalls a young man who suggested he would likely join his father’s farming business after his studies, but Bob, who saw more in him, ensured he fulfilled that greater promise. As a result

  8. Remembering the Holocaust

    night of broken glass On Kristallnacht (9-10 November 1938), Hedi’s father was in prison after speaking out against the Nazis in court. “My mother and I watched it from the windows of a second ... Then as the train crossed the border out of Germany, those at the front started shouting, ‘Death to Hitler’. “We were at the back, terrified that they’d stop the train and we’d

  9. Brenda's story

    eyes out.” “I’ve been on my own a long time,” Brenda says of life since the death of her husband, Les, in 2005. Les had been diagnosed with lung cancer in February of that year and ... for being the life and soul, Brenda was much quieter, so had to come out of her shell after her husband’s death. She had to get her head around the financial and logistical concerns of the household

  10. The real cost of living

    “I went down to nearly 7 stone. If I’d continued, I would have been close to death…” James, a retired nurse, explains how the cost of living crisis and ill health put him at serious risk. The cost of living ... involving the capacity of people with disabilities and learning difficulties. A care crisis of his own After 46 years working for the NHS, James retired in 2016, only to find himself alone and facing his own

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