The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Older Australians are healthier than ever, but this hasn’t changed the way we talk or think about over-70s

People are still classified as ‘older’ or even ‘elderly’ as early as 65, even though they are now expected to keep working until they are 67

The Guardian - AU · Apr 3

How we won a refund from a cash-grabbing care home firm

Letters: One reader shares their experience of fighting to receive the money they were owed, while Roy Grimwood offers insight into the disastrous effects of a flawed economic model

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3

Number of young adults facing life behind bars or indeterminate sentences almost doubles in a decade

Exclusive: Increasing numbers of 18-20-year-olds are being handed long-term sentences which are often equal to or longer than their age, a report warns

The Independent UK · Apr 3

I did not tell my sister that our other sister was dying. Silence was the right choice, yet murky and painful

In family estrangement, the mud and dirt gets everywhere, Kathryn Heyman writes. And it is very hard to undo what has been done

The Guardian - AU · Apr 2

Funeral director admits preventing dozens of burials and stealing donations from mourners

Robert Bush also admitted he had given grieving families the wrong ashes

The Independent UK · Apr 2

Funeral director who kept bodies admits 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial

Police found 35 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes when they raided Legacy Independent Funeral Directors’ in Hull in March 2024.

Evening Standard · Apr 2

The Average Gen X 401(k) Balance Kind of Bites

Gen X, the first generation to rely on 401(k)s to build and grow a nest egg, is nearing retirement. There's a hefty shortfall between the "magic number" for retiring and Gen X savings.

Kiplinger · Apr 1

Resident doctors accuse Keir Starmer of sabotaging talks to end pay and jobs dispute

British Medical Association leaders say PM’s threat to cut 1,000 new roles makes next week’s strike action more likely

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1

'Frail' manslaughter accused released into aged care

Prosecutors have accepted an elderly dementia patient accused of killing a fellow aged care resident can be released to a secure ward, a magistrate has heard.

AAP · Apr 1

Japan allows divorced couples to negotiate joint custody of children for first time

The new rules are the first major change to the country’s laws governing child-rearing in more than a century

The Guardian - AU · Mar 31