The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Austerity increased rates of premature births in UK, research says

Reasearch finds premature birth rates increased by around 25 per cent in most deprived areas

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2024

A quarter of pediatric deaths at hospitals are preventable, study finds

Adopting better pediatric emergency care standards would only just under $12 per child, researchers say

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024

Man, 89, fell and died after member of staff broke rules and left him unattended in hospital sick bay

Coroner criticises Royal London Hospital after death of man judged to be ‘at risk’ of a severe fall

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024

Carers’ earnings limit to rise by £45 a week after allowance scandal

Guardian investigation revealed scale of penalties for unwitting breaches of carer’s allowance earnings limits

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024

Pennsylvania woman, 114, becomes oldest living person in North America

Naomi Whitehead attains status after death of Elizabeth Francis, who was third-oldest known living person in world

The Guardian - US · Oct 30, 2024

'Built for another era': Mercy Services nursing home to close

SINGLETON'S Mercy Services nursing home is closing down after 40 years forcing the relocation of 38 residents.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 30, 2024

The Spirit of Paimio brings new life to the modernist landmark

The second edition of the Spirit of Paimio conference, ‘Reimagining Community’, brings together a group of architects, writers, designers, astrophysicists, and artists to think and talk about what it means to be in community at the sanatorium turned Modernist site

Wallpaper · Oct 29, 2024

Voices: I see being child-free as offsetting my carbon emissions

COMMENT: By not starting a family, I always believed I was doing my bit to save the planet, says Gina Beach – but as the birth rate in Britain plummets to a record low, am I contributing to an even more pressing problem?

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024

Streeting did not intend to ‘wade into’ assisted dying debate

The Health Secretary said he is worried that people could feel they have a ‘duty to die’ to relieve the burden on their loved ones.

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024

People are withdrawing from organ donation after reports of a man mistakenly declared dead

Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people refusing to become organ donors after a Kentucky man almost had his organs harvested despite still being alive

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024