What are the best ways tro help adults showing signs of depression?
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This research adds to growing evidence of using smell tests as an integral part of clinical care for ageing people who may be cognitively impaired.
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Osteoporosis is a disease which makes bones weak and fragile. The disease has no obvious symptoms, so many people don’t know they have osteoporosis until they suffer a fracture.
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Playing online games challenges many parts of the ageing brain. Brain games range from those that sharpen your cognitive skills to those that are simply an easy and enjoyable way to pass the time.
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A third of people aged 65 and over, and around half of people aged 80 and over, fall at least once a year. Falling is a cause of distress, pain, injury, loss of confidence, loss of independence and mortality.
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People who experience frequent bad dreams in middle age are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia later in life, according to new research.
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The elderly are not only concerned about their increasing frailty but often it's their whole well-being that is worrying.
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The best way for you to stay well is to do everything you can to prevent yourself from getting ill in the first place.
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Do you know if your loved one is dehydrated? The signs of dehydration may not be the ones you think. Learn how to manage hydration properly.
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Since the pandemic, elderly people are increasingly worried about the deterioration in their health and are more fearful about normal life.
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Physical and mental changes can prevent us from having access to a healthy diet and also alter our relationship with food.
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Loneliness and social isolation are increasing in the elderly. What does it mean and what can you do to help? Loneliness, unlike social isolation, is that ‘sense of suffering from being disconnected from other people’, which is different than social isolation which is simply not being around other people or not having close connections.
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The elderly are feeling especially isolated during the pandemic. Find ways to help and reduce their loneliness and encourage your loved ones to be connected and stay active.
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There are so many more activities than you realise to keep your loved ones happy and mentally agile.
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Mental well-being could not be more important for the elderly after the pandemic. Reduce their loneliness and encourage your loved ones to be connected and stay active.
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It is easy to miss the signs of malnutrition in the elderly when most people are concerned about dieting. Often we do not realise that food issues have contributed to an overall gradual decline in health.
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Severe cold snaps can have a dramatic effect on everyday life, especially for the elderly. Top tips to stay warm this winter.
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Sleep is the most important thing we do for our health.
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End of life is a really difficult subject but is an important part of the care and support we offer to our relatives and friends.
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Problems with continence affect people of all ages and from all social backgrounds but are particularly prevalent amongst older people.
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