The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Meghan to miss Harry’s WellChild Awards ceremony

Harry has been patron of WellChild – the national charity for seriously ill children and their families – since 2007.

Evening Standard · Sep 21

Think Australia would be better off with less migration? The numbers tell a different story

The population is ageing and we’re having fewer babies. Labor should keep that in mind as the migration debate rages

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21

Pope Leo to visit a secular France at odds with Catholic views on abortion, euthanasia

Pope Leo XIV on Friday begins a four-day visit to France, where the Catholic Church's views on abortion and euthanasia run counter to the values of a secular country that recently enshrined abortion in its constitution and gave final approval to a bill establishing the right to assisted dying.

France 24 · Sep 21

On assisted dying, MPs grappled with a difficult bill

Letters: Readers respond to the bill’s narrow defeat in the Commons earlier this month

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

Think it’s time for gen Z to ‘grow up’? You’re even more out of touch than the British state

We can’t expect young people to make a seamless transition from childhood to adulthood in this chilly economic climate. Finally, Westminster is catching on, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

Japan Smashes Record With 100K Centenarians but Economists Warn of Looming Crisis

Japan has recorded 99,763 people aged 100 and over, extending a 55-year rise, while longevity and demographic ageing increase pressure on public finances and services.

International Business Times UK · Sep 17

‘Amazing community’: how people are making new friends and connections as adults

As concern about loneliness and social isolation grows, we spoke to people who have joined groups and set up activities

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17

Voices: I resent having to care for my ageing parents – it’s a living nightmare

COMMENT : The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email [email protected] for advice on love, work, family and relationships

The Independent UK · Sep 17

Centenarians living in Japan exceed 100,000 for the first time

The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has surpassed a record 100,000 this year

The Independent UK · Sep 16

About 1,500 Britons a day quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers

More than a million people have left work to look after loved ones in the past two years, Carers UK says

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15