The right bike for the right person: a lesson from Isla Rowntree

The Islabikes founder’s new range of bikes for those aged 65-plus shows how different people can often have very different cycling needs

The bicycle firm that wants to keep older people pedalling

Islabikes made a name for itself with children’s bicycles – now it wants to get grandparents riding

‘I’ve never slowed down’: meet the sports champions playing into their 80s

Pam became a world champion in her 80s, and Dickie still tackles hard at 83. What’s their secret?

The gamer, the cyclist, the kickass knitter: Carl Honoré’s heroes of ageing

The writer travelled the world looking for people who were ageing well, and his new book contains many portraits of inspiring older people. Here are four of them …

Why it’s never too late to start lifting weights

Older people benefit hugely from resistance exercises, new research has found. Here’s the best way to start, without even leaving your chair

GPs could prescribe bingo and dancing after English trial’s success

One practice prescribing activities saw 20% cut in hospital outpatient admissions

Edwina Brocklesby: ‘My sons join me on triathlons – we jump in the river together’

The athlete and fitness charity founder, 75, on cheerleading and swimming with manta rays

Should we press-gang older people into having fun?

Games such as cribbage, pontoon and shove ha’penny could take us back to the school yard and rattle our marbles

I may be an old nobody but I can still offer a helping hand to those in need

I have lived unnoticed. I have fought no wars, delivered no speeches, mounted no podiums and not hit a century. Now I can make amends

‘I enjoy the comradeship and giggles’: care home residents get active

A £1m programme is bringing adapted activities including weightlifting and volleyball to older people in care settings

‘The magic of cinema’: the club supporting older people with HIV

The Terrence Higgins Trust initiative aims to combat loneliness and encourage discussion through a shared love of film

Where to move for… a long life

The best places in Britain for longevity? (Clue: it helps if you have money)

To treat or not to treat: find out what really matters to the patient

Informed consent is a tenet of a good doctor-patient relationship, particularly when it comes to the elderly

The price of driving down care home costs? Staff who quit after a few weeks

Making money out of the sick, feeble and helpless means treating them and their care workers like rubbish. No wonder turnover is so high

Comedy in a care home: the standups taking slapstick into new territory

The residents were expecting bingo. Instead they got lessons in strawberry spitting, a Railway Children spoof – and a stuntman stripping to his underpants