Tag Archives: older people

What more could you want?

What more could you want?

I’m writing in response to two of the letters in your February issue. The one from Maisie Robson, who was looking for a radio 4 alternative – if the lady has internet access, she could buy ...
Not our fault for living longer

Not our fault for living longer

Your article about our ageing population by Aidan Sawley in the February issue trots out the same old misguided ideas that flow from the intellectual elite running UK Ltd. they say that increasing the ...
Independent Age responds to the state care cuts

Independent Age responds to the state care cuts

Independent Age Chief Executive, Janet Morrison’s response to news that cuts have left 250,000 older people without state care: “Today’s new research from the Health Foundation and Nuffield Trus ...
Over 50s should get married and stay married

Over 50s should get married and stay married

New international research has found that single over-50s were almost twice as likely to report financial dissatisfaction as those who were married. The  World Values Survey, which looks at political ...