Social care crisis
A recent report from the charity Age UK concludes that we are living on borrowed time in saving social care for older people from complete collapse. The report, ‘The Health and Care of Older People in ...
HEALTH
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
When a woman is diagnosed at the earliest stage, her chance of surviving ovarian cancer for five years or more doubles from just 46 per cent to more than 90 per cent. However, nearly half of GPs only ...
Could we be cared for by robots?
In Japan, for example, where 26% of the population is aged 65 years or older, scientist are developing a robot capable of lifting patients out of beds and into wheelchairs. It’s called Robear, and is ...
Keeping body confident at any age
As we all know, taking pride in our appearance doesn’t go away with age – in fact for some of us it can become more of a priority. While we may have hoped that feeling conscious about our bodies would ...