A recent survey commissioned by bank HSBC has revealed that parents are less likely to plan for their retirement than individuals without children. The study – The Future Of Retirement: Why Family Matters – hoped to gain a better understanding of attitudes towards retirement. The study itself involved around 17,000 participants from 17 different countries read more »

A pioneering new scheme which helps to improve the lives of the nations older generation is to be rolled out across the country. Southwark circle started in the London borough of Southwark back in 2009, with a primary aim of bringing older people together to do things they enjoy as well as providing them with read more »

Isolated elderly individuals could find solace in a new service which helps them to utilise the world wide web. In today’s society a huge number of us could not imagine a day going by without access to the internet. From working online to staying in touch with friends and internet shopping, the world wide web read more »

The Department for Work and Pensions has recently released figures suggesting that over a quarter of under 16′s will live to see their 100th birthday. The same statistics also revealed that approximately 11 million individuals who are alive now will eventually live to be centenarians. These 11 million are made up of the following: -3.3 read more »

Research has revealed that happiness takes the form of a U shaped curve throughout life, dropping in a persons late 20′s and not recovering again until after the 50 years mark. Bert van Landeghem, an economist based at Maastricht University in Belgium has found that whilst young adults are care free and hopeful about life read more »

According to London biology professor Lewis Wolport, you are likely to be happiest when you reach the ripe old age of seventy. If your feeling gloomy about the prospect of growing old then do not fear, the happiest time of your life may still be yet to come. A recent study of 341,000 conducted by read more »

A group of charities including Independent Age, Age UK Oxfordshire, Counsel and Care and WRVS, have set out to raise awareness of the link between loneliness and poor health in the elderly. The campaigners are warning that older people who feel lonely stand an increased risk of developing depression, a poor diet and reduced mobility. read more »

A recent study has revealed that walking for as little as 40 minutes each week is enough to help preserve the memories of ageing brains. A year long trial which has recently been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that moderate exercise increased an area of the brain which makes memories, read more »

According to an official study from the NHS Information Centre, the number of elderly people being admitted to hospital because they are obese has risen by almost ten times in five years. The figures show that in 2009/10 1,102 individuals aged between 60 and 74 were admitted to hospital as a direct result of their read more »

New rules and guidelines have been set out which are intended to give retired people more freedom over how they spend there pensions. The Treasury are set to bring an end to regulations which currently mean pensioners can be forced into investing in an annuity even when certain market conditions mean they could generate a read more »