OlderLivingMatters

IT might seem ridiculous to ask, but the system for claiming benefits and getting access to services is so convoluted, so difficult, that...

A reader has been in touch to say that she has spent the weekend hiding from her 89-year old mother. She feels as though she just...

Loneliness is not the only issue for older people - and neither is social care

I'm not doing it because I'm so great. I'm doing it because if it were my Mum and Dad, I would hope someone might befriend them

What can you do, if Aunty or your parents refuse to come for Christmas? You can't make them come, can you?

It was a relief to know her husband wasn't the only one whose things were stolen

No one has told them what help they could get - in terms of benefits or transport or even a blue badge...they trundle along unnoticed, never

Whenever I talk to an older person or someone who cares for older people they have a lot to say - an awful lot to say - on all sorts of...

Social isolation of the elderly appears directly linked to the apparent international Alzheimer’s/Dementia epidemic. Statistics show that...