How to have a long and healthy retirement
It’s a time when we’re supposed to find happiness, but post-work life is often associated with severe health problems. Here are some tips to help you live long and prosper
How ‘superagers’ stay sharp in their later years
A new study shows how strenuous mental and physical exercise keeps your brain firing on all cylinders
More middle-aged men taking steroids to look younger
Experts warn about growing number of men in their 40s and 50s taking drugs to fight signs of ageing and boost sex drive
Joanna Cannon vows to keep working in NHS after £300,000 book deal
Novelist who began writing to relieve the stress of her psychiatry job says literary success will not stop her listening to ‘real voices’ in hospital
Three-quarters of older people in the UK are lonely, survey finds
Individuals and firms urged to look for signs after results of poll carried out for Jo Cox commission on loneliness
Don’t dread old age. I’m 94, and I won’t spend my last years in fear of the Tories
I lived through the 30s and 80s and know the only way to beat the tyranny of austerity is through defiance. As long as you can love, there’s a purpose to life
Making the right connection helps to combat loneliness
A report finds isolated communities cost the UK £32bn a year in lost productivity and increase the pressure on public services
Half a million older people spend every day alone, poll shows
Scale of loneliness among over-60s revealed as Age UK develops scheme to provide support and companionship
Loneliness is a hazard of old age. A phone call can mean a lot
Most of us are too busy to help an older person we may not know. But a few minutes each week can open the door to a lifetime of experience
Have fun in your 50s: it’s the key to living longer, science says
A positive outlook in middle age can make you live longer, a UCL study has found. We ask over-50s how they keep themselves happy and contented
Sedentary lifestyles: the hidden factor in the social care crisis
Taking exercise is a ‘miracle pill’ that can save us from physical and mental ill health in old age. So why are politicians so reluctant to promote it?
I’d rather die than be a burden on my daughter – like many old people
If I become demented, bedridden and incontinent, I hope a chum will smother me rather than leave me to moulder in nappies in a £1,000 a week care home
Why some slow, unhurried conversation should be top of your shopping list
Researchers say making the shopping process less hurried is beneficial for older people – but why stop there? Lots of us could do with a chat
I have trouble climaxing with my girlfriend when I wear a condom
At 64, I just don’t get the same sensation with a condom, and manual stimulation during intercourse is uncomfortable for her
You’ll never walk alone: the rise of walking football
There are now more than 800 walking football clubs in the UK, and the FA is issuing an official rulebook. Here’s what you need to know