older people Articles

As a losing candidate in the recent general election, in a seat Labour held from 1997-2010, I made my contribution to the four million conversations that the party pledged to have with voters. However, those conversations not only told us what the party did not want...

Age now trumps class at the ballot box People of a certain generation may well remember The Simpsons episode when, following a bout of intergenerational warfare between the children of Springfield and their parents, a referendum is held on a curfew for young people....

Today Age UK publishes new research showing that nearly 900,000 older people aged 65-89 in England with a social care need are without any support. Nearly a third of older people who have difficulty in carrying out an essential daily task like washing or dressing do...

It was inevitable that the government would extend ‘special measures’ to failing care homes and home care agencies having used the regime with some success for hospitals. While special measures may make some care providers improve, it does not address the fundamental...