Older people

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• Our love of a free NHS ignores the gaping hole in social care finances

  Guardian Professional, 11 Sep 2014: As the Barker report suggests, a fairer system is required so that those most in need are supported, argues Janet Morrison

• If you have cancer, the NHS will pay for care. Got dementia? You’re on your own

  10 Sep 2014: Andrea Needham: My mother’s dementia is arbitrarily classed as a social, not medical, condition, so she gets little help with her care costs. This is unfair

• We know the population is ageing – now we must embrace the challenge

  Sponsored feature, 10 Sep 2014: With numbers of people aged 75 and over expected to double by 2040, society needs to adapt quickly, writes Jane Falkingham

• Older patients and families forced to pay 'dementia tax', says UK charity

  10 Sep 2014: Alzheimer's Society says it is unfair sufferers must pay for care while people with other conditions get treated by NHS

• Bereavement can disrupt immune system of older people, says study

  9 Sep 2014:

  Damaging effects of grief on the immune system not seen in younger people, whose defences seemed more resilient

• Bus-pass ballet: the over-70s dancers who are going back to the barre

  9 Sep 2014: Judith Mackrell meets the dancers in a new show that’s giving older performers a chance to shine

• Scrapping free bus passes for older people would 'cost over £1.7bn a year'

  9 Sep 2014: Study finds that for every £1 spent on the bus pass, more than £2.87 of benefits for society and wider economy were generated

• Cocktails in Care Homes: 'It's an occasion, people wonder what to wear'

  7 Sep 2014:

  Corinne Jones on Cocktails in Care Homes, a project that brings drinks, entertainment and company into the lives of elderly people

• Residential care must reinvent itself so it is no longer seen as a last resort

  3 Sep 2014: Paul Burstow: The Demos review of residential care suggests decisions about what care we need must be separated from decisions about where we live, not bundled into one take-it-or-leave-it option

• Campaigners call for longer road crossing times for London pedestrians

  3 Sep 2014: A new report has found that many older people in the capital are unnerved by “green man time” being too short
  

• My father, the old man

  30 Aug 2014: There are pros and cons to having a parent who is much older than the norm – he told riveting stories, but could be a bit out of touch

• Pensioners practise hip moves at care homes across UK

  Sponsored feature, 29 Aug 2014: Classes like chairobics run by social enterprise Oomph are seeing a reduction in falls and happy and healthier residents, reports Sarah Johnson

• My frail grandad is left vulnerable as Sky refuses to fix his phone

  29 Aug 2014: He can’t help with a ‘line test’ so the engineers won’t visit

• Tenancy in common – solution to avoid selling my house for care home fees?

  28 Aug 2014: Property advice: I have been approached by a firm promoting this solution – it isn’t widely publicised and sounds too good to be true

• The CQC loophole leaves thousands reliant on unchecked care services

  Guardian Professional, 28 Aug 2014: An anomaly in registration means some agencies supplying live-in care workers are not regulated, says David Brindle

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