Fit for life
Does your attitude towards health change as you grow older? Do you worry more - or less - about illness? Lucy Atkins talks to five people across the age spectrum about their views on sickness, fitness and wellbeing.
Seniors join the school of thought
Older people are challenging the methods of health professionals after they were asked to team up with experts and residents in a scheme that has generated remarkable results. Linda Jackson reports.
Elderly ‘betrayed’ over care terms
The government was accused last night by the royal commission on long term care for the elderly of 'betraying' millions of older people.
Pledge on equal treatment for elderly
A new plan to end discrimination in the treatment of older people will include guaranteed equality of access to care and a ban on 'do not resuscitate' notes, reports Patrick Butler
Made in Scotland
The probability that older people will need long-term nursing care is about one in five for men, one in three for women. But no one knows in advance just who will be stricken with Alzheimer's or dementia, nor the trade-in value of their home, if they own one.