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  1. Veterans welcome a new generation of soldiers

    miles between Portmouth and Pirbright by minibus. During the journey, Carol Elliott, Business Development Manager at Age UK Portsmouth, discovered that one of the older veterans had a close connection

  2. Conditions and illnesses

    As we get older there are some conditions and illnesses that we are more likely to develop. Find out more about them, their symptoms and how they can be diagnosed and treated.  Looking after your

  3. Dementia-friendly communities

    importance of training for staff in what it’s like to live with dementia, as well as support to develop inclusive services. Ensuring the environment within which services are provided is dementia-friendly ... reported the following changes: 1.  Factoring in the needs of people living with dementia when developing new services This meant organising activities such as walking, chair-based exercise groups, dance

  4. LGBT+ rights

    Most of the issues, advice and policies relating to later life apply to everyone equally, but there are some things that affect lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) people differently – and some

  5. Why the Government is wrong to change the pension credit rules

    a mixed age couple currently in receipt of pension credit whose claim is interrupted.  This policy change, therefore, has massive ramifications, yet the decision was made to ‘sneak’ it out – presumably ... for people who have reached pension age, who are by definition not of working age. In fact, this policy change has been something of an unexploded bomb, ticking away on the statute book since 2012 but

  6. Health decline and housing

    growth, ageing populations and climate change.' Unfortunately, in England there's currently no housing policy to address the poor housing affecting more than 2 million older households (55yrs+). Government ... grants and loans that transformed the lives of many disadvantaged older householders. What surprises policy makers is that most non-decent homes are owner occupied. Yet if we consider the data this is less

  7. General Election: Older people’s priorities

    videos widely soon. We have set out what we heard from older people and what this means for potential policies in a new report called ‘ A blueprint for improving the lives of older people ’. We hope ... desire to ‘keep the Triple Lock’ through the next Parliament: that is, the Government policy that means that each year, the state pension is guaranteed to increase by the greatest of the rise

  8. Understanding frailty

    The term frailty or ‘being frail’ is often used to describe a particular state of health. Read this guide from Age UK for more information around frailty.

  9. Professor Ian Deary interview on The Disconnected Mind

    LBC1936 members all started out at age 70 with ‘healthy’ brains. Unfortunately, some will develop dementia during the study, though that’s a small group at the moment. Sadly, the number is ... things can be remedied.’ Have you been surprised at how much The Disconnected Mind project has developed? ‘I didn’t think it would grow like it has at all. Age UK’s funding of the LBC1936

  10. Cascade Volunteer Training Programme

    Volunteer Training packs are still available through our partner consultants. Building Better Buddies - developed by Age Concern Central Lancashire Building Better Buddies provides a training programme for older ... vulnerable older men in new activities. Visit the Age Concern Central Lancashire website Come to Tea - developed by the National Association for the Providers of Activities for Older People Come to Tea supports

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