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Country joins EU neighbours in demographic crunch of ageing population and falling birthrateFor the first time since the end of the second world war, France has recorded more deaths than births, suggesting that the country’s long-held demographic advan…
Housing crisis reaches UK’s oldest generations as high private rents and lack of social housing hits pensionersThe housing crisis has reached the country’s oldest generations, charities have warned, with a growing number of people over the age of 60 se…
YouGov survey finds many say payments are too low and oppose reforms such as raising retirement age or cutsMost Europeans believe their country’s state pension system will soon become unaffordable – but they also think the current scheme is not generou…
Campaigners decry plan to reduce requirement for improved standards from 100% down to 40% of new homesGovernment plans to make huge cuts to targets for accessible new-build homes in England have been labelled a “monumental reversal” by campaigners, who…
House of Lords report says tools such as raising pension age and increasing immigration will not be adequateYoung people will suffer most from the government’s failure to take seriously the unsustainable pressure on public finances and living standards…
Second ‘exemplary’ success for 85-year-old who had already rumbled bogus police officer demanding €60,000An 85-year-old Bavarian has managed – twice – to ensnare phone fraudsters trying to shake him down for cash and valuables.The German pensioner rece…
The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderlyThree nursing home residents died because employees of the American healthcare gia…
As corridor care has become the norm, safest option for those with flu symptoms is to contact GP or NHS 111 and try to stay homeAs cases of flu rise sharply across the UK, the Guardian spoke to Amir Hassan, an emergency medicine consultant and the divi…
Of patients diagnosed with condition in 2024/25, only 18% were assessed for fall risk and just 16% had a medical reviewGPs are failing to provide adequate support for people living with frailty, an independent watchdog has found.Frailty is a syndrome r…
Chris Whitty contrasts systematic approach in children and calls for more research into managing infections in elderlyThe medical profession must do more to prevent and manage infections in elderly people as the current methods are “hit and miss”, the …