The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Lanarkshire health board announces major expansion of primary care occupational therapy service

The primary care OT service has been tested in GP practices across the Hamilton and Bellshill but will be spread to all areas

Daily Record · Dec 9, 2022

Christmas light switch on in aid of four-year-old's wheelchair fund

Each light has been fitted with the aim of raising money to buy a four-year-old boy an electric wheelchair after he was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy

Chronicle Live · Dec 9, 2022

GRA reforms can’t be ‘fully contained’ in Scotland, says UK equalities minister

THE UK Equalities Minister has expressed concerns about controversial gender recognition reforms in Scotland in a letter to First Minister Nicola…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 9, 2022

There’s a nursing crisis in the NHS — here is what I would do about it

Britain is facing an era of strikes not seen for a generation. There are walkouts every day until Christmas and during it. Most worryingly, The Royal College of Nursing strikes begin on December 15 at half of all NHS Trusts. The Royal College of Midwives opened a ballot last month,…

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022

Assisted living facilities pressed to address growing needs of older, sicker residents

Assisted living communities too often fail to meet the needs of older adults and should focus more on residents’ medical and mental health concerns, according to a recent report by a diverse panel of experts.

Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022

France begins citizens' debate on end-of-life care

A panel of 150 members of the public are meeting Friday to begin discussing whether or not to adopt legislation that would legalise assisted dying, in line with President Emmanuel Macron’s wish to “serenely” debate this deeply divisive issue.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 9, 2022

Woman who remortgaged home to open dementia day centre plans second site

Rosie was a teenage carer for her nan and left school with no GCSEs

Liverpool Echo · Dec 9, 2022

Almost everyone is becoming about a year younger in South Korea

South Korean lawmakers approved a measure that would revise the way the country tallies a person’s age, ending a system that counted newborns as a year old and meaning that most of its citizens are about to get younger.

Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022

Secrecy to come off criminal age report

A report on raising the age of criminal responsibility will be released after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus met his state and territory colleagues.

AAP · Dec 8, 2022

Koreans about to become one year younger

SEOUL: South Korean lawmakers have approved a measure that would revise the way the country tallies a person’s age, ending a system that counted newborns as a year old and meaning that most of its citizens are about to get younger.

Bangkok Post · Dec 8, 2022