Seeing parents can be hard when life is busy. Loneliness and isolation among the elderly...

We happily go about our everyday lives thinking of ourselves as invulnerable. That is until something...

What is caring at a distance? The fact that we are living longer is wonderful achievement....

Caring from a distance isn’t easy, but here are some helpful tips to help you cope...

If you are caring for someone who has been told they may not get better, you...

It can be very upsetting having to witness the decline in the mental abilities of a...

Watching a parent suffer with dementia is one of the hardest things you will ever do...

Most of us were brought up with the fairytale notion of the perfectly happy family As...

Cognitive neuroscientist and age specialist Dr Lynda Shaw is calling for better transparency and co-ordination of...

Different ways to get additional support for carers Are you a carer for your ageing parent?...

We talk all the time about the issues involved in caring for an ageing parent, but...

As we grow older, we start to witness the unfortunate and often distressing decline of our...

Mum falling, dad becoming ill, gran having a fire, are all events that suddenly make us...

When your ageing parent is bereaved, whether their partner’s death was sudden, or prolonged, it takes...

As September 2015 is Oddfellows Friendship Month across the UK, we thought we’d look at the...

The question we are asked most frequently is how to go about getting help for an...

Often at times of crisis, a decision is made to put an old person into a...

Caring for ageing parents can put a huge strain on families, particularly those people who may...

If you’re over 65, own your home and need to fund your long-term care, you may...

Why choose live in care? Live in care is a modern solution, which helps relieve the...

The average age that people have children in the UK has gone up markedly since our...

It is critically important to ask you ageing parent to write a will for a number...

Young people and those in the world of business aren’t the only people using computers these...

What are living wills, now known as advance decisions?    An advance decision is a statement...

One of my greatest regrets is that I didn’t ask my father to record his life...

It’s been a long winter, but, but now we’ve hit the hot weather and this can...

Depending on the kinds of difficulties someone’s having with their finances, the help you could provide might involve anything from helping them with bills and paperwork and assisting with their day-to-day money, through to taking on a lasting power of attorney.

What is elderly anorexia? Anorexia is a medical term that means lack of appetite, but sometimes...

Our bones contain collagen (protein), calcium salts and other minerals. Each bone is made up of...

Managing people’s affairs after death used to be simpler. Estates are normally left in a normal...