Navigating unchartered waters
The U.K. is moving into uncharted waters. Never have so many lived for so long. Fifty years ago only around one in ten of the population were over 65. Today it is one in six and expected to reach one ...
Tag Archives: older people
Thousands being targeted by TV licence fraudsters
Charity predicts the number could rise significantly from June 2020 and calls on the next government to restore free TV licences for over-75s More older people are likely to be targeted by fraudsters ...
Call to help “Generation Stuck” get moving
Four in ten older people call for the Government to do more to encourage downsizing among over-65s. Research by McCarthy & Stone, the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, ...
Crime – the reality for older people
Following on from our front page story this month, readers of Mature Times won’t be surprised to learn that older people that are victims of crime are being failed by our police and prosecutors. That’ ...