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HOSPITAL FIRE IN SOUTH KOREA: PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN EXPRESSES REGRET OVER BLAZE
The fire started in Sejong Hospital's emergency room and had engulfed the first floor when firefighters arrived... READ MORE›
ARCHAEOLOGIST DEBUNKING MYTH THAT MOST PEOPLE DIED YOUNG PRIOR TO MODERN MEDICINE
Ms Cave next plans to sink her teeth into other age-detection methods to better understand older people in past societies... READ MORE›
THE JAPANESE RICE CAKES THAT KILL
Japan's mochi rice cakes are a new year delicacy but take the lives of several people each year... READ MORE›
EATING LEAFY GREENS MAY STAVE OFF MEMORY LOSS
However, older people who ate one or two servings of vitamin K-rich food per day performed better on memory tests than those who didn't, he added... READ MORE›
UK STATE PENSIONS RANKED THE WORST IN THE DEVELOPED WORLDA
The British state pension is now worst in the developed world as it has fallen below Mexico and Chile, data shows... READ MORE›
UK AND US 'MUST LEARN FROM POOR COUNTRIES' TO SOLVE AGEING CRISIS
In just four years, what began with five older people associations has mushroomed into hundreds of such self-sustaining entities... READ MORE›
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HALF A MILLION OLDER PEOPLE SPEND EVERY DAY ALONE, POLL SHOWS
Age UK, which commissioned the research, said the results highlighted a growing number of chronically lonely older people, which was placing increasing demand on health services... READ MORE›
HEALTH CARE COSTS HERE'S WHAT THE U.S. COULD LEARN FROM SINGAPORE'S PLAN FOR AGING WORKERS
Singapore's largest supermarket chain, NTUC Fairprice, has also focused on employing older workers, with roughly half of its employees aged 50 or over... READ MORE›
WORLD'S 'OLDEST MAN' DIES AT THE AGE OF 146 IN INDONESIA
Sodimejo had been preparing for his death since he was 122 and a gravestone was made for him in 1992 -- 24 years ago... READ MORE›
'NO ONE TELLS YOU WHAT OLD AGE IS LIKE. I DON'T CARE ABOUT RAISING HELL'
Miriam Margolyes 'No one tells you what old age is like. I don't care about raising hell'... READ MORE›
13,000 PENSIONERS COULD BE FORCED INTO CARE HOMES AGAINST THEIR WILLA
Thousands of pensioners could be forced into care homes against their will under secret NHS cost cutting plans... READ MORE›
FOR 'GEAR-SHIFTING' BABY BOOM GENERATION, RETIREMENT MEANS REDEFINING WORK, NOT STOPPING IT
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick share the honour of having the oldest populations in the country... READ MORE›
CARE CUTS 'LEAVE OLD HIGH AND DRY'
Hundreds of thousands of older people who need social care are being left high and dry... READ MORE›
BABY BOOMERS' DRINK AND DRUG MISUSE NEEDS URGENT ACTION, WARN EXPERTS
By 2020 the number of people receiving treatment for substance misuse problems are expected to double in Europe, and treble in the US, among those aged over 50... READ MORE›
NINE PEOPLE CHOKE TO DEATH EATING MOCHI RICE CAKES IN JAPAN
Every year, Japan's emergency services warn people to cut the mochi into bite-size pieces before serving them to young children or elderly relatives... READ MORE›
ELDERLY PEOPLE WARNED OVER ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
Experts warned that GPs were less attuned to drinking problems among elderly people... READ MORE›
TRUMPCARE HAS SENIORS RETHINKING EARLY RETIREMENT
Nevertheless, millions of older Americans face a gap in health coverage between the time they stop working and when they become eligible for Medicare... READ MORE›
WORLD AIDS DAY TO BE MARKED AROUND WORLD
Ahead of World Aids Day, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) urged for more investment and access to treatment for children... READ MORE›
WORLDS OLDEST DOG? MAGGIE THE KELPIE DIES AGED 30
Owner Brian McLaren, a dairy farmer in Woolsthorp, Victoria, confirmed the news to The Weekly Times ... READ MORE›
HOW OVER-50S ARE CHANGING PATTERNS OF WORKING LIFE
Encore careers offer a bonus not least in the power to shift ageing from a problem to part of a solution... READ MORE›
NHS CRISIS GROWS AS YOUNG BRITONS TURN THEIR BACKS ON FAMILY DOCTORS
Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said failure to treat younger people outside hospital would add to the financial pressures on the NHS... READ MORE›
FIVE LIFESTYLE FACTORS ARE KEY TO CUTTING RISK OF DEMENTIA, SAYS CHARITY
Age UK says exercise and diet help lessen Alzheimers risk and healthy activities may cut threat of dementia by 36 percent... READ MORE›
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY MOSTLY USED ON WOMEN AND OLDER PEOPLE, SAYS STUDY
The use of electroconvulsive therapy to treat serious mental health problems is more prevalent in women and older individuals, researchers have found... READ MORE›
WORLD'S OLDEST PERSON HAS LOTS OF COMPANY IN JAPAN
Already, a quarter of Japan's population of about 127 million is 65 years or older, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare... READ MORE›
ISTANBUL SUICIDE BOMBER 'REGISTERED AS A REFUGEE A WEEK BEFORE ATTACK'
Only one person was arrested in direct connection with Tuesday's attack, which killed 10 German tourists and wounded another 15 people... READ MORE›
MEET THE YOUNGSTERS HELPING SOLVE JAPAN'S CAREGIVING CRISIS. LIKE KUNIO ODAIRA, 72.
Kunio Odaira, 72, started working at the Cross Heart nursing home in Yokohama, Japan, after retiring from his job in sales at an auto parts maker... READ MORE›
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT OUR AGEING POPULATION
If you're an older person or work with older people, you can share your thoughts by filling in the form below... READ MORE›
FEW FEEL OLDER PEOPLE IN THE UK HAVE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE, SURVEY FINDS
In the process such projects can also demonstrate the cross-generational support that will help society manage an ageing population... READ MORE›
THE BEST AND WORST COUNTRIES FOR PEOPLE 60 AND OLDER
Australia's overall ranking of 17th out of 96 countries masks an alarmingly high rate of poverty among older Australians according to the report's methodology... READ MORE›
AMERICA IS AGING IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
Housing is doing its part, too, in contributing to the aging of America's capital stock... READ MORE›
PLUMBERS AND HEATING ENGINEERS 'SHOULD SOUND ALARM ON FREEZING HOMES'
Hidden army of non-health workers, including meter installers, could cut winter deaths toll by alerting authorities to dangerously cold homes, say NHS guidelines... READ MORE›
ADORED BY TEENS, SNAPCHAT IS GETTING POPULAR WITH THEIR PARENTS
Snapchat, the photo-sharing mobile app known for these filters, is gaining older users... READ MORE›
THANKS TO 'REJUVENATION,' DEFINITION OF ELDERLY SHOULD GO UP 10 YEARS, JAPANESE RESEARCHERS SAY
It also left many young people worried that seniors will never leave the workforce, threatening their career prospects... READ MORE›
TELL US ABOUT THE STATE OF SOCIAL CARE IN ENGLAND
We would like to hear your stories of the state of social care in England... READ MORE›
100 WOMEN 2016: BIRTHDAY CAKES AND CANDLES FOR RETIRED RUSSIAN COWS
In a country where animal rights are not widely recognised, one Russian woman is trying to give rescued cows a happy old age... READ MORE›
HOW CAN WE BUILD A BETTER SOCIETY FOR OLDER PEOPLE? LIVE DISCUSSION
One said On the whole the public view older people as a drain on society instead of an asset... READ MORE›